Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd Auto: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd Auto fails its first MOT more often than the average UK car, by 0.8 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 2,794 individual Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd Auto tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 75.9% first-time pass rate means roughly 24 in every 100 Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd Autos presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is worse than average, so budget for remedial work and treat a fresh 12-month MOT as a genuine selling point rather than a given. The average Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd Auto tested had covered 54,964 miles and was built around 2012.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd Auto bought as a repairable salvage, assume the mechanical side needs more than the visible accident damage, and pad your repair estimate accordingly.

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Most common MOT failures on a Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd Auto

1. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 4% of tests (5.24x the national rate for this defect)
2. Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer, 1.2% of tests (2.94x the national rate for this defect)
3. A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened, 3.9% of tests (2.36x the national rate for this defect)
4. Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded, 1.9% of tests (2.34x the national rate for this defect)
5. A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED, 1.8% of tests (2.04x the national rate for this defect)
6. Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 1.5% of tests (1.54x the national rate for this defect)
7. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 2.3% of tests (1.41x the national rate for this defect)
8. Exhaust system leaking or insecure, 1% of tests (1.34x the national rate for this defect)
9. Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction, 1.2% of tests (1.33x the national rate for this defect)
10. A tyre seriously damaged, 2.6% of tests (1.29x the national rate for this defect)

From 4,040 DVSA-tracked Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd Auto tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 4.63% of these flagged Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd Auto defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd Auto pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd Auto year:

• 2009 Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd Auto - 73.4% first-time pass, 368 tests
• 2010 Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd Auto - 75.9% first-time pass, 344 tests
• 2011 Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd Auto - 73.8% first-time pass, 413 tests
• 2012 Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd Auto - 78.8% first-time pass, 425 tests
• 2013 Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd Auto - 78.1% first-time pass, 1,151 tests

Other Smart models

• Smart Roadster 80 Auto(Rhd) - 72.3%
• Smart Fortwo Pulse Mhd Auto - 76.1%
• Smart City Passion 61 Auto - 67.5%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Mercedes-Benz 190 - 76.1%
• Nissan Pulsar - 76%
• Renault Unclassified - 76%
• MINI Cooper D - 75.8%
• Mercedes-Benz 200 - 75.8%
• Kia Picanto - 75.7%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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