2005 Smart (Mcc) Forfour: MOT pass rate and reliability

68.4% of 2005 Smart (Mcc) Forfours pass the MOT first time, measured across 569 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 97,919 miles.

How the 2005 compares

  • Against all Smart (Mcc) Forfours (79%, 22,713 tests): -10.6 points
  • Against all 2005 cars (64.2%): +4.2 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Smart (Mcc) Forfour model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2005 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Smart (Mcc) Forfour:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2004 58.2% 201 105,289
2005 68.4% 569 97,919
2006 62.7% 450 99,045
2015 74.1% 5,494 52,067
2016 77.6% 5,316 45,665
2017 81.8% 4,780 39,688
2018 85.9% 3,849 32,368
2019 85.5% 1,956 26,731

What this means if you are buying a 2005 Forfour

The 2005 is a weaker year for this model, passing 10.6 points less often than the Smart (Mcc) Forfour average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2005 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 21-year-old car fails on

A 2005 car is 21 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is above average and into the range where cambelts and water pumps are due if they have not already been done, so ask for the service history rather than take the mileage on trust. On a 2005 Smart (Mcc) Forfour the average at test was 97,919 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2018 at 85.9%, and the weakest in our data is 2004 at 58.2%. That 27.7 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2005 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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