69.6%
Suzuki Jimny
Suzuki Jimny MOT pass rate and common problems
The Suzuki Jimny passed 69.6% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 2.7 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was chassis condition or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Jimny 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 Jimny runs 4 points behind the Suzuki average. It is 8th of the 14 Suzuki models in the data. The average Jimny arrived at its test 15.3 years old with 66,546 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.
Jimny MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Suzuki Jimny cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 91.3% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 63.5%, a drop of 27.9 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 2,253 | 91.3% | 19 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,372 | 78.6% | 6.3 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 16,340 | 63.5% | 8.8 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 Jimny failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Suzuki Jimny cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Body, chassis, structure and brakes together account for 38.7% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Jimny MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Suzuki Jimny cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 40% of everything testers recorded against failed Suzuki Jimny cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Jimny
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: chassis condition or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting and integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced. 11.6% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength and coil spring fractured or broken. 7.5% of failure items.
3
Brakes
Recorded most often: rigid brake pipes excessively corroded and service brake imbalance across an axle. 6.8% of failure items.
4
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working. 4.3% of failure items.
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Suzuki Jimny MOT FAQs
What is the Suzuki Jimny MOT pass rate?
69.6% of Suzuki Jimny cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 23,411 tests. That is 2.7 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 354th of 575 models.
What does a Suzuki Jimny most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Suzuki Jimny cars failing their 2025 MOT was chassis condition or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting, on 8.4% of failure items. Next were position lamp not working (4.3%) and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.1%).
Which area causes the most Suzuki Jimny MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was body, chassis, structure at 19.7%, followed by brakes at 19%.
Do older Suzuki Jimny cars fail their MOT more often?
Suzuki Jimny cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 91.3% of MOT tests in 2025, against 63.5% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Suzuki Jimny has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Suzuki Jimny 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 Jimny'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.