62.3%
Suzuki Grand Vitara
Suzuki Grand Vitara MOT pass rate and common problems
The Suzuki Grand Vitara passed 62.3% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 10 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was position lamp not working.
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How the Grand Vitara 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 Grand Vitara runs 11.3 points behind the Suzuki average. It is 11th of the 14 Suzuki models in the data. The average Grand Vitara arrived at its test 17.6 years old with 92,530 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.
Grand Vitara MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Suzuki Grand Vitara cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 81.1% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 62%, a drop of 19.1 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years (small sample) | 2 | 100% | 27.7 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 301 | 81.1% | 8.8 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 17,903 | 62% | 10.3 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Grand Vitara failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Suzuki Grand Vitara cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 46.5% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Grand Vitara MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Suzuki Grand Vitara cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 38% of everything testers recorded against failed Suzuki Grand Vitara cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Grand Vitara
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect and stop lamp not working. 13.4% of failure items.
2
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt and chassis condition or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting. 6.5% of failure items.
3
Suspension
Recorded most often: component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength. 5.7% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 4.3% of failure items.
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Suzuki Grand Vitara MOT FAQs
What is the Suzuki Grand Vitara MOT pass rate?
62.3% of Suzuki Grand Vitara cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 18,206 tests. That is 10 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 468th of 575 models.
What does a Suzuki Grand Vitara most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Suzuki Grand Vitara cars failing their 2025 MOT was position lamp not working, on 6.5% of failure items. Next were component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.7%) and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.3%).
Which area causes the most Suzuki Grand Vitara MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 24.8%, followed by suspension at 21.7%.
Do older Suzuki Grand Vitara cars fail their MOT more often?
Suzuki Grand Vitara cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 81.1% of MOT tests in 2025, against 62% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Suzuki Grand Vitara has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Suzuki Grand Vitara 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 Grand Vitara'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.