Suzuki Vitara Recorded MOT Outcomes

13.8%
historical failure rate from 251,648 tests
13.2 percentage points below the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: This page summarises past outcomes for a make/model group. It does not use the condition, service history or current defects of a particular vehicle, so it is not a pass prediction, diagnosis or buying recommendation.

Recorded Failure Rate by Age Band

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 7.8% 32,365 Visibility
3-5 years 11.4% 134,334 Lamps & Electrics
6-10 years 17.1% 75,735 Lamps & Electrics
11-15 years 34.4% 1,007 Lamps & Electrics
15+ years 42.0% 8,207 Lamps & Electrics

Recorded Component-Category Rates

Each percentage is a sample-size-weighted historical category rate across the included age and mileage groups.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Lamps & Electrics2.8%
Tyres2.0%
Visibility1.7%
Brakes1.6%
Suspension0.5%
Body & Chassis0.4%
Steering0.2%

These categories describe aggregate records. They do not show that a specific vehicle has a component fault.

Other Suzuki Model Groups

Groups With Similar Recorded Rates

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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