15+-Year Suzuki Swift Recorded MOT Outcomes

49.8%
historical failure rate from 35,785 tests in this age band
22.8 percentage points above the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: The source groups vehicles into broad age bands. It does not provide a model-year-specific result here, and it does not include an individual vehicle's condition, service history or current defects. This page is descriptive, not predictive or diagnostic.

Recorded Component-Category Rates

These percentages are sample-size-weighted historical rates for this model and age band.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Suspension14.4%
Lamps & Electrics11.2%
Brakes11.0%
Tyres4.5%
Body & Chassis4.3%
Visibility4.2%
Steering1.2%

A category rate does not show that a particular vehicle has a fault in that area.

Other Recorded Age Bands

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 7.5% 31,963 Visibility
3-5 years 12.8% 118,885 Visibility
6-10 years 23.0% 191,943 Lamps & Electrics
11-15 years 42.2% 147,874 Suspension
15+ years 49.8% 35,785 Suspension

Method: Failure and component-category rates are sample-size weighted. Only age/mileage groups with at least 100 tests are included. The checked-in source contains 148,509,908 tests and 39,969,903 failures.

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.

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