Suzuki MOT pass rates and used models

Suzuki cars passed 73.6% of their initial MOT tests in 2025, 1.3 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average and 33rd of 63 makes. Among the most-tested models, the Vitara scored highest at 84.5% and the Splash lowest at 61.6%.

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Every Suzuki model ranked

First-time MOT pass rates from 2025, highest first. Each model links to its buying guide and full MOT record.

ModelPass ratevs SuzukiTestsAvg age
SX4 S-Cross 91.5% 17.9 pts above 4,945 3.5 yrs
Swace 90.1% 16.5 pts above 3,216 3.3 yrs
Vitara 84.5% 10.9 pts above 72,087 7.1 yrs
Celerio 82.9% 9.3 pts above 27,263 8.5 yrs
Ignis 81% 7.4 pts above 31,532 8.4 yrs
Baleno 73.5% Level 6,685 8 yrs
Swift 72.3% 1.3 pts below 135,247 10.5 yrs
Jimny 69.6% 4 pts below 23,411 15.3 yrs
SX4 69.3% 4.3 pts below 37,879 11.4 yrs
Alto 64.7% 8.9 pts below 45,475 13.1 yrs
Grand Vitara 62.3% 11.3 pts below 18,206 17.6 yrs
Splash 61.6% 12 pts below 16,969 13.5 yrs
Carry 58.2% 15.4 pts below 3,481 20.9 yrs
Wagon R+ 56% 17.6 pts below 6,449 21.4 yrs

Among models with at least 10,000 tests, the Vitara and Splash are 22.9 percentage points apart. Part of that gap is age: models that left sale years ago are tested as older cars, and older cars fail more often.

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Suzuki pass rate by age

Every Suzuki tested in 2025, split by the car's age at test.

Age at testTestsPass rate
3 to 5 years67,16789.8%
6 to 10 years172,63979.2%
11 years and over180,86360.5%

Suzuki pass rates fall by 29.3 percentage points between the youngest and oldest groups, so compare a model with others of a similar age rather than with the headline figure.

Suzuki head-to-head comparisons

Popular rivals compared on the same DVSA data.

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MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.