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Suzuki Swift MOT pass rate by year

How the Suzuki Swift's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1990 to 2023, across the DVSA record.

What is the Suzuki Swift MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Suzuki Swift 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 Swift averages 23.4% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
199060.2%39.8%1,373
199160.9%39.1%1,408
199260.1%39.9%1,867
199362.6%37.4%2,776
199465.9%34.1%3,334
199565.3%34.7%15,136
199666.6%33.4%18,972
199766.3%33.7%20,270
199865.7%34.3%28,263
199965.5%34.5%42,772
200066.6%33.4%55,540
200171.6%28.4%52,785
200272.8%27.2%74,717
200372.6%27.4%23,346
200570.5%29.5%81,309
200671.3%28.7%186,192
200772.4%27.6%258,185
200872.5%27.5%219,584
200973.8%26.2%169,076
201075.4%24.6%124,062
201178.0%22.0%108,091
201279.8%20.2%136,947
201381.0%19.0%117,842
201482.4%17.6%119,923
201583.6%16.4%130,003
201684.4%15.6%96,364
201786.7%13.3%64,368
201887.4%12.6%67,177
201989.1%10.9%58,781
202090.7%9.3%32,593
202191.4%8.6%22,866
202293.2%6.8%8,708
202394.5%5.5%3,219

Does age change how often a Suzuki Swift fails?

Older Suzuki Swifts fail more often, as expected. The 1990 cars fail 39.8% of tests against 5.5% for the 2023. Across every year the model averages 23.4%. The 1992 is the weakest year at 39.9%, and the 2023 the strongest at 5.5%.

More on the Suzuki Swift

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

See also
Suzuki Swift: 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