MOT fail rates

Suzuki Grand Vitara MOT fail rate by age

How often the Suzuki Grand Vitara fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 89,823 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 22 September 2026

At 17 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 17 (n=9,265)41.7%

All cars at 17 years (n=4,040,458)43.1%

Median mileage at test94,150

All cars, median mileage105,023

103 of 250 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 17 years.

What stands out

At 9 years the Suzuki Grand Vitara fails 18.5% of MOTs (1,743 tests), 8.7 points below the 27.1% for all cars that age. At 23 years it fails 40.3% (1,733 tests), about the same as the 39.6% average.
The gap is widest at 10 years: 9.3 points below all cars.
Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 17 years: Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength, at 8 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Suzuki Grand Vitara: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
Age	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars	Difference	Median mileage
9 years	18.5%	1,743	27.1%	−8.7 pts	52,644 miles
10 years	21.0%	2,865	30.3%	−9.3 pts	59,159 miles
11 years	25.0%	4,328	33.3%	−8.3 pts	66,303 miles
12 years	27.8%	5,684	36.0%	−8.2 pts	73,294 miles
13 years	32.2%	6,523	38.3%	−6.0 pts	79,779 miles
14 years	34.8%	7,715	40.3%	−5.5 pts	85,131 miles
15 years	37.6%	8,900	41.6%	−4.0 pts	89,360 miles
16 years	41.0%	9,081	42.6%	−1.6 pts	93,074 miles
17 years	41.7%	9,265	43.1%	−1.4 pts	94,150 miles
18 years	42.2%	9,139	43.3%	−1.0 pts	95,788 miles
19 years	42.8%	8,060	43.2%	−0.4 pts	97,742 miles
20 years	42.4%	6,834	42.8%	−0.4 pts	98,138 miles
21 years	41.3%	4,929	42.1%	−0.8 pts	99,547 miles
22 years	39.8%	3,024	41.0%	−1.2 pts	98,924 miles
23 years	40.3%	1,733	39.6%	+0.7 pts	99,752 miles

Most common fail items at 17 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Major	8
Driveshaft CV boot split Major	5.3
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded Major	5.2
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction Major	3.2
Exhaust system: has a major leak of exhaust gases Major	3

Out of 9,265 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Side/position light not working Major	7.9
Wipers not clearing screen Major	5.5
Brake light not working Major	4.6
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect Major	4.4
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous	3.2

Out of 9,265 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 17 years

Model	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
Suzuki Swift	49.1%	20,553	43.1%
Suzuki Jimny	37.7%	6,665	43.1%
Suzuki SX4	48.6%	5,608	43.1%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated 28 September 2026.

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First used	Age at test	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
2002	21 years in 2023	41.6%	1,123	42.1%
2003	22 years in 2025	39.7%	1,101	41.0%
2004	21 years in 2025	40.0%	1,649	42.1%
2005	20 years in 2025	41.4%	1,806	42.8%
2006	19 years in 2025	44.0%	1,495	43.2%
2007	18 years in 2025	39.7%	1,867	43.3%
2008	17 years in 2025	41.1%	1,772	43.1%
2009	16 years in 2025	36.2%	1,554	42.6%
2010	15 years in 2025	34.9%	1,600	41.6%
2011	14 years in 2025	34.3%	1,351	40.3%
2012	13 years in 2025	31.6%	1,059	38.3%
2013	12 years in 2025	23.6%	1,113	36.0%

More on the Suzuki Grand Vitara

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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