Used car guide

2005 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 60% pass first time (all 2005 cars: 57%) Stands out: drive shaft (cv) joints 2.8× 739 MOTsSee the petrol guide › Diesel 50% pass first time (all 2005 cars: 57%) Stands out: drive shaft (cv) joints 4.1×, rigid brake pipes 1.8×, diesel smoke emissions 9.8× 525 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

YearMOT testsMost 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
20221,424Tyres 19%
20213,631Tyres 20%
20208,747Tyres 23%
20191,758Tyres 24%
201811,521Tyres 29%
201716,941Tyres 30%
201615,928Tyres 31%
201516,859Tyres 31%
201424,593Tyres 32%
201321,133Tyres 32%
201217,251Tyres 31%
201110,635Brakes 40%
201013,626Brakes 42%
200913,002Brakes 47%
200810,481Brakes 50%
20078,076Brakes 48%
20066,099Brakes 49%