58.2%
Suzuki Carry
Suzuki Carry MOT pass rate and common problems
The Suzuki Carry passed 58.2% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 14.1 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Carry compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
73.6%
Suzuki average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Carry runs 15.4 points behind the Suzuki average. It is 13th of the 14 Suzuki models in the data. The average Carry arrived at its test 20.9 years old with 83,899 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Carry MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years (small sample) | 24 | 70.8% | 1.5 pts below |
| 6 to 10 years (small sample) | 40 | 95% | 22.7 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 3,401 | 57.5% | 14.8 pts below |
Too few tests fall into some age groups to compare them reliably. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Carry failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Suzuki Carry cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 46.9% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Carry MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Suzuki Carry cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 45.2% of everything testers recorded against failed Suzuki Carry cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Carry
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength and ball joint excessively worn. 17.3% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: stop lamp not working and headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect. 6.3% of failure items.
3
Noise, emissions and leaks
Recorded most often: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction and catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits. 6.3% of failure items.
4
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced. 4.4% of failure items.
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Suzuki Carry MOT FAQs
What is the Suzuki Carry MOT pass rate?
58.2% of Suzuki Carry cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 3,481 tests. That is 14.1 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 512th of 575 models.
What does a Suzuki Carry most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Suzuki Carry cars failing their 2025 MOT was component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength, on 12.1% of failure items. Next were 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%).
Which area causes the most Suzuki Carry MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 24.7%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 22.3%.
Does this mean every Suzuki Carry has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Suzuki Carry that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Suzuki Carry's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.