Used car guide
2010 Mercedes-Benz B-Class: petrol or diesel?
Petrol, diesel and hybrid versions go wrong in different ways, so each has its own figures from the MOTs these cars had during 2023–2025. Pick the one you’re looking at: the fuel is on the logbook and in the car’s MOT history.
Petrol
61% pass first time (all 2010 cars: 60%)
Stands out: rigid brake pipes 2.9×, drive shaft (cv) joints 3.2×, side repeaters 4.9×
7,197 MOTsSee the petrol guide ›
Diesel
57% pass first time (all 2010 cars: 60%)
Stands out: rigid brake pipes 4×, side repeaters 5.1×, individual direction indicators 2.8×
6,429 MOTsSee the diesel guide ›
Hybrid versions had too few MOTs for figures of their own, or weren’t sold.
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Other years
Every year of the Mercedes-Benz B-Class compared
| Year | MOT tests | Most flagged |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | Too new for MOT data |
| 2025 | – | Too new for MOT data |
| 2024 | – | Too new for MOT data |
| 2023 | – | Too new for MOT data |
| 2022 | 1,424 | Tyres 19% |
| 2021 | 3,631 | Tyres 20% |
| 2020 | 8,747 | Tyres 23% |
| 2019 | 1,758 | Tyres 24% |
| 2018 | 11,521 | Tyres 29% |
| 2017 | 16,941 | Tyres 30% |
| 2016 | 15,928 | Tyres 31% |
| 2015 | 16,859 | Tyres 31% |
| 2014 | 24,593 | Tyres 32% |
| 2013 | 21,133 | Tyres 32% |
| 2012 | 17,251 | Tyres 31% |
| 2011 | 10,635 | Brakes 40% |
| 2009 | 13,002 | Brakes 47% |
| 2008 | 10,481 | Brakes 50% |
| 2007 | 8,076 | Brakes 48% |
| 2006 | 6,099 | Brakes 49% |
| 2005 | 1,264 | Brakes 48% |