Smart (Mcc) City Cabriolet: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Smart (Mcc) City Cabriolet fails its first MOT more often than the average UK car, by 10.6 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 658 individual Smart (Mcc) City Cabriolet tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

First-time pass rate66.1%
UK national average76.7%
Difference-10.6 points
Tests analysed658
Average mileage at test67,155 miles
Average year of manufacture2004
Reliability rank1,848 of 2,005 models

What this means if you are buying one

A 66.1% first-time pass rate means roughly 34 in every 100 Smart (Mcc) City Cabriolets 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 (Mcc) City Cabriolet tested had covered 67,155 miles and was built around 2004.

What this means at salvage auction

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

Before you bid: run the lot through the analyzer, check the car's own record, check the mileage, decode the VIN, and if it carries a marker use the write-off value calculator. Or compare it against another model.

Looking at a specific Smart (Mcc) City Cabriolet rather than the model in general? The free check covers its MOT and mileage history, and the full HPI report confirms the insurance write-off category, outstanding finance and whether it is recorded stolen, from licensed data for 5 credits. Already own one that has been damaged? Work out whether fixing it beats selling it with the repair or scrap calculator, and see what damaged Smart (Mcc) City Cabriolets actually sold for at UK salvage auction.

Most common MOT failures on a Smart (Mcc) City Cabriolet

  1. Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer's specified limits, 2.1% of tests (9.73x the national rate for this defect)
  2. Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer, 3.7% of tests (9.39x the national rate for this defect)
  3. Emissions levels exceed default limits, 2.4% of tests (8.27x the national rate for this defect)
  4. Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle., 2.1% of tests (5.38x the national rate for this defect)
  5. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 8.7% of tests (4.96x the national rate for this defect)
  6. Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 2.3% of tests (4.2x the national rate for this defect)
  7. Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 3.5% of tests (3.6x the national rate for this defect)
  8. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 4% of tests (3.24x the national rate for this defect)
  9. A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED, 2.8% of tests (3.11x the national rate for this defect)
  10. A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened, 3.3% of tests (1.97x the national rate for this defect)

From 1,076 DVSA-tracked Smart (Mcc) City Cabriolet tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 3.18% of these flagged Smart (Mcc) City Cabriolet defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

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