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Suzuki Alto MOT pass rate by year

How the Suzuki Alto's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1997 to 2015, across the DVSA record.

What is the Suzuki Alto MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Suzuki Alto model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Suzuki Alto averages 25.8% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
199762.8%37.2%6,836
199862.3%37.7%9,971
199963.7%36.3%16,863
200064.8%35.2%16,412
200166.2%33.8%18,450
200266.9%33.1%13,864
200367.8%32.2%90,167
200468.6%31.4%133,978
200568.8%31.2%116,069
200668.8%31.2%49,516
200976.4%23.6%117,132
201076.1%23.9%87,629
201177.8%22.2%79,077
201278.5%21.5%72,007
201379.4%20.6%162,773
201479.5%20.5%157,466
201580.2%19.8%20,333

Does age change how often a Suzuki Alto fails?

Older Suzuki Altos fail more often, as expected. The 1997 cars fail 37.2% of tests against 19.8% for the 2015. Across every year the model averages 25.8%. The 1998 is the weakest year at 37.7%, and the 2015 the strongest at 19.8%.

More on the Suzuki Alto

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
Suzuki Alto: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them
All Suzuki models compared by MOT failure rate
MOT failure rates across Britain

Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain