Sym MOT failure rates by model
Sym cars fail 20.5% of MOT tests. Here is every Sym model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.
What is the MOT failure rate for Sym cars?
Across 148,180 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 20.5% of Sym cars fail. That is 5.2 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Sym 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sym Xs | 27.8% | 4,869 | Other |
| Sym Husky | 24.7% | 1,962 | Brakes |
| Sym Wolf | 24.0% | 1,572 | Lamps & electrical |
| Sym Jungle | 23.4% | 1,201 | Brakes |
| Sym Ad05w | 23.4% | 1,092 | Brakes |
| Sym Red | 23.2% | 1,498 | Brakes |
| Sym City | 22.3% | 6,163 | Brakes |
| Sym Crox | 22.3% | 1,688 | Brakes |
| Sym Euro | 22.2% | 2,352 | Brakes |
| Sym Dd | 22.2% | 1,114 | Brakes |
| Sym Ad12w | 22.1% | 3,222 | Brakes |
| Sym Jet | 21.6% | 46,738 | Brakes |
| Sym Dd50 | 21.6% | 6,378 | Brakes |
| Sym Mio | 20.4% | 3,152 | Brakes |
| Sym Symply | 20.1% | 10,685 | Brakes |
| Sym Shark | 19.2% | 4,619 | Brakes |
| Sym Mask | 19.2% | 3,494 | Brakes |
| Sym Fiddle | 19.1% | 6,983 | Brakes |
| Sym Az | 19.1% | 3,169 | Brakes |
| Sym Vs | 18.6% | 1,361 | Tyres |
| Sym Av | 17.5% | 3,176 | Lamps & electrical |
| Sym Megalo | 17.3% | 2,013 | Lamps & electrical |
| Sym Gts | 17.3% | 1,236 | Brakes |
| Sym Av05w | 17.1% | 1,133 | Brakes |
| Sym Symphony | 16.7% | 3,494 | Brakes |
| Sym Joyride | 16.5% | 4,516 | Tyres |
| Sym Voyager | 15.4% | 2,456 | Brakes |
| Sym Hd | 13.3% | 1,712 | Brakes |
| Sym Joymax | 13.0% | 1,612 | Brakes |
Which Sym fails its MOT most, and which least?
The Sym Xs has the highest failure rate at 27.8%, and the Sym Joymax the lowest at 13.0%. 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