Suzuki Swift Sz5 Dualjet Mhev Cvt: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Suzuki Swift Sz5 Dualjet Mhev Cvt passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 18.4 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 776 individual Suzuki Swift Sz5 Dualjet Mhev Cvt tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 95.1% first-time pass rate means roughly 5 in every 100 Suzuki Swift Sz5 Dualjet Mhev Cvts presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Suzuki Swift Sz5 Dualjet Mhev Cvt tested had covered 15,352 miles and was built around 2021.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. The Suzuki Swift Sz5 Dualjet Mhev Cvt sits 18.4 points above the national average, ranked 55 of 2,005 models. On one bought as repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Most common MOT failures on a Suzuki Swift Sz5 Dualjet Mhev Cvt

1. A tyre seriously damaged, 2.1% of tests
2. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 1.3% of tests
3. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 0.9% of tests
4. A tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative, 0.3% of tests
5. A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED, 0.3% of tests
6. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 0.3% of tests
7. Brake lining or pad worn down to wear indicator, 0.3% of tests (1.3x the national rate for this defect)
8. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 0.3% of tests
9. Headlamp aim unable to be tested, 0.1% of tests
10. A steering linkage component with an unsafe modification, 0.1% of tests (35.5x the national rate for this defect)

From 774 DVSA-tracked Suzuki Swift Sz5 Dualjet Mhev Cvt tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 4.68% of these flagged Suzuki Swift Sz5 Dualjet Mhev Cvt defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 5.11% nationally.

Most common MOT advisories on a Suzuki Swift Sz5 Dualjet Mhev Cvt

An advisory doesn't fail the car - the tester flags it as worth watching, but it still passes. A different list from the failures above: what testers are noting on a Suzuki Swift Sz5 Dualjet Mhev Cvt before it actually fails on it.

1. A tyre seriously damaged, 9% of tests, also fails
2. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 7.8% of tests, also fails
3. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 3% of tests, also fails
4. Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured, 1.9% of tests
5. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 1.4% of tests
6. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 0.5% of tests
7. A brake hose ferrule excessively corroded, 0.4% of tests
8. A main load-bearing structural member fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced, 0.3% of tests (3.05x the national rate for this advisory)
9. A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting, 0.3% of tests
10. 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., 0.1% of tests

From 774 DVSA-tracked Suzuki Swift Sz5 Dualjet Mhev Cvt tests, 2024.

Other Suzuki models

• Suzuki Swift - 77.3%
• Suzuki Vitara - 88.6%
• Suzuki Alto - 74%
• Suzuki Sx4 - 75%
• Suzuki Celerio - 90%
• Suzuki Jimny - 72.9%
• Suzuki Ignis - 79.8%
• Suzuki Grand Vitara - 68.2%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Honda Jazz Sr I-Mmd Cvt - 95.1%
• Bentley Continental GT - 95.1%
• Toyota Rav4 Black Edition Hev Cvt - 95.1%
• Ford Puma Titanium First Ed Mhev - 95%
• Ford Kuga Titanium Edition - 95%
• Suzuki Ignis Sz5 Dualjet Mhev - 95%

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
• Do you need an HPI check on a car you know is a write-off?

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