2017 Smart (Mcc) Fortwo: MOT pass rate and reliability

85.7% of 2017 Smart (Mcc) Fortwos pass the MOT first time, measured across 4,778 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 34,264 miles.

How the 2017 compares

  • Against all Smart (Mcc) Fortwos (84.8%, 22,663 tests): +0.9 points
  • Against all 2017 cars (83.5%): +2.2 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Smart (Mcc) Fortwo model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2017 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Smart (Mcc) Fortwo:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2013 77.1% 869 50,140
2014 83.4% 3,694 47,164
2015 82.4% 2,193 43,918
2016 83.1% 5,718 39,481
2017 85.7% 4,778 34,264
2018 88.8% 3,364 29,508
2019 90.9% 1,877 23,542

What this means if you are buying a 2017 Fortwo

The 2017 sits close to the Smart (Mcc) Fortwo average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. 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 9-year-old car fails on

A 2017 car is 9 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 below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2017 Smart (Mcc) Fortwo the average at test was 34,264 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 2019 at 90.9%, and the weakest in our data is 2013 at 77.1%. That 13.8 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2017 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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