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Smart (Mcc) MOT failure rates by model

Smart (Mcc) cars fail 23.6% of MOT tests. Here is every Smart (Mcc) model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.

What is the MOT failure rate for Smart (Mcc) cars?

Across 1,409,481 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 23.6% of Smart (Mcc) cars fail. That is 2.1 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Smart (Mcc) models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.

ModelFailure rateTestsTop failure area
Smart (Mcc) City28.4%325,877Lamps & electrical
Smart (Mcc) Smart28.2%1,011Lamps & electrical
Smart (Mcc) Cabriolet27.3%38,420Lamps & electrical
Smart (Mcc) Roadster25.3%33,621Lamps & electrical
Smart (Mcc) Fortwo22.1%740,407Lamps & electrical
Smart (Mcc) Forfour21.1%267,108Tyres

Which Smart (Mcc) fails its MOT most, and which least?

The Smart (Mcc) City has the highest failure rate at 28.4%, and the Smart (Mcc) Forfour the lowest at 21.1%. 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