2005 Mercedes-Benz CLK 1.8L Petrol · J1 TKR

The vehicle presents a current roadworthy status following the October 2025 test at 69,164 miles, where the tester passed it with no defects recorded. The maintenance trend is stable across the available history, with every annual examination from October 2023 through October 2025 returning a clean result once the car cleared the initial failure. Two anomalous entries show a failed then passed test on the same day at identical mileage in both 2023 and 2025, but the DVSA data lists no defects for either failure, suggesting administrative or presentation errors rather than mechanical faults. The 2005 Mercedes-Benz CLK shows 69,164 miles on the most recent test, against 68,793 in October 2024 and 68,661 in October 2023. That is roughly 371 miles covered in the year to October 2024 and only 503 miles to October 2025, confirming very low use for a 21-year-old car at about 3,294 miles per year. The record is sparse and clean, with no advisories on worn tyres, brake discs, suspension bushes, or corrosion across the three years shown, so no rapid accumulation or neglect pattern emerges from the mileage alone. A buyer should still commission a physical inspection of structural integrity and underbody condition given the car's age and low standing mileage, as long periods idle can mask perished rubber components, seized calipers, or hidden corrosion not captured in a pass result. The clean MOT trail gives no evidence of recurring mechanical risk, but the twin same-day fail-pass entries in 2023 and 2025 warrant a check of the V5C and DVSA portal to confirm those failures were clerical rather than suppressed defects. Focus the viewing on coil springs, steering joints, and exhaust emissions hardware, since the low annual distance means consumable wear is minimal yet age-related degradation of seals and bushes remains likely. The previous owner appears to have kept basic upkeep current enough to clear each test, though the negligible mileage implies the CLK was a secondary vehicle rather than a daily driver.