Suzuki Carry, Buying guide, MOT record, UK numbers and recalls
3,080 Suzuki Carrys are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 58.2% of initial MOT tests, 14.1 points below the 72.3% UK average.
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Suzuki Carry at the MOT
58.2% of 3,481 initial tests passed in 2025, ranking the Carry 512th of 575 models.
First-time pass rate, 2025
Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.
Where Carrys fail
Share of all failure items recorded on Suzuki Carry tests in 2025.
The items testers recorded most often were component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (12.1%), ball joint excessively worn (5.1%) and integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced (4.4%).
The MOT page lists every common Carry MOT failure. For one car's own results and advisories, run a free MOT history check.
What to look at on a viewing
The Carry's most common failure areas, and what a tester checks in each.
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Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters.24.7% of Carry failure items
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Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting.22.3% of Carry failure items
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Body, chassis, structure
Look underneath and along the sills for corrosion, and check for damaged or poorly repaired panels.14.2% of Carry failure items
Suzuki Carrys in the UK
3,080 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has fallen 70% since the end of 2014.
- Change since 2014
- −70%from 10,214 licensed
- Typical year of first use
- 2004half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2004 or earlier
- Declared off the road
- 2,37844% of those registered, under SORN
Licensed Suzuki Carrys since 2014
Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.
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| Date | Licensed |
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| End of 2014 | 10,214 |
| End of 2015 | 9,258 |
| End of 2016 | 8,462 |
| End of 2017 | 7,679 |
| End of 2018 | 6,751 |
| End of 2019 | 5,935 |
| End of 2020 | 5,084 |
| End of 2021 | 4,586 |
| End of 2022 | 4,083 |
| End of 2023 | 3,689 |
| End of 2024 | 3,368 |
| End of 2025 | 3,108 |
| End of June 2026 | 3,080 |
How old they are
Licensed Suzuki Carrys by year of first use.
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| First used | Licensed, end 2025 |
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| 2006 | 40 |
| 2005 | 746 |
| 2004 | 752 |
| 2003 | 502 |
| 2002 | 333 |
| 2001 | 185 |
| 2000 | 117 |
| 1999 | 31 |
Carry engine sizes
1.3 litre engines made up 89% of Suzuki Carry MOT tests in 2025, followed by 0.7 litre at 10%. Petrol accounts for 100% of licensed Carrys.
Engine size at MOT, 2025
Share of 3,480 initial MOT tests in 2025.
Suzuki Carry recalls
2 DVSA safety recalls launched from 1992 to October 2026 name the Suzuki Carry. Each covers vehicles built in a set period, so a recall does not mean every Carry is affected.
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Sep 2006 R/2006/074
Risk of fire
Defect and remedy
- Defect
- It has been identified that affected vehicles have been fitted with an ignition switch which encompasses an improper design of the contact points.
- Remedy
- Recalled vehicles will have the ignition switch replaced.
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Nov 2001 R/2001/145
Gearshift control cable concern
Defect and remedy
- Defect
- On some vehicles there is a possibility that the inner cable of the gearshift control cable may have been deformed through improper installation on the production line. In use the deformed cable may break due to over-stressing. This would result in the drivers' inability to select the gears.
- Remedy
- Recall affected vehicles and replace any damaged gearshift control cables.
Other Suzuki models
The most-tested Suzuki models in 2025, against the Carry's 58.2% MOT pass rate.
Suzuki Carry FAQs
How many Suzuki Carrys are there in the UK?
3,080 Suzuki Carrys were licensed in the UK at the end of June 2026, with a further 2,378 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT vehicle licensing statistics.
Is the Suzuki Carry reliable?
MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 58.2% first-time pass rate for the Suzuki Carry across 3,481 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.
Has the Suzuki Carry had any recalls?
2 DVSA safety recalls launched from 1992 to October 2026 name the Suzuki Carry. The most recent was published in September 2006. A recall applies to vehicles built in a set period, so check a specific car on the GOV.UK vehicle recall checker.
What should I check before buying a used Suzuki Carry?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: suspension, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and body, chassis, structure. Then check the individual car's own records. Outstanding finance, insurance write-offs and police stolen markers are not part of the MOT record, so they take a history check.
How do I check a Suzuki Carry's history?
Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.
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Across the 1,548 vehicles of every make Carpeep has checked since November 2025, 19% had outstanding finance recorded and 13% an insurance write-off. More on the Suzuki history check. To confirm a car's identity, see the Suzuki VIN check.
- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), which also gives the engine sizes. Licensed, SORN, fuel and registration figures are from the Department for Transport vehicle licensing statistics (VEH0120, VEH0124, VEH0160). Recalls are from the DVSA vehicle recalls data, with recalls launched up to October 2026. Government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability. History-check findings are anonymous counts from reports bought on Carpeep, each vehicle counted once, and are published only where at least 100 vehicles returned an answer.