Smart MOT failure rates by model
Smart cars fail 24.3% of MOT tests. Here is every Smart model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.
What is the MOT failure rate for Smart cars?
Across 345,847 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 24.3% of Smart cars fail. That is 1.4 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Smart models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.
| Model | Failure rate | Tests | Top failure area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smart City | 27.5% | 45,418 | Lamps & electrical |
| Smart Forfour | 26.8% | 74,526 | Lamps & electrical |
| Smart Roadster | 25.6% | 77,205 | Lamps & electrical |
| Smart Fortwo | 22.1% | 132,101 | Lamps & electrical |
| Smart Eq | 10.4% | 11,038 | Tyres |
Which Smart fails its MOT most, and which least?
The Smart City has the highest failure rate at 27.5%, and the Smart Eq the lowest at 10.4%. A higher rate reflects how old and how hard a model tends to be used as much as how it was built, so the oldest models in the range usually sit near the top.
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Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain