2006 Suzuki Swift: MOT pass rate and reliability

57.8% of 2006 Suzuki Swifts pass the MOT first time, measured across 4,108 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 96,367 miles.

How the 2006 compares

  • Against all Suzuki Swifts (77.6%, 121,442 tests): -19.8 points
  • Against all 2006 cars (64.1%): -6.3 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Suzuki Swift model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2006 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Suzuki Swift:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2005 57% 1,351 95,895
2006 57.8% 4,108 96,367
2007 58.3% 7,193 93,622
2008 58.9% 7,461 92,671
2009 61.5% 6,994 87,532
2010 64.6% 6,087 84,393
2011 72.7% 6,293 83,196
2012 77% 9,076 78,871
2013 79.5% 8,763 71,274
2014 81.6% 10,082 64,329
2015 84.7% 12,402 58,773
2016 86.8% 10,503 52,380
2017 88.3% 8,108 44,613
2018 89.3% 10,200 39,629
2019 91.5% 10,999 32,015
2020 94.7% 1,236 24,932

What this means if you are buying a 2006 Swift

The 2006 is a weaker year for this model, passing 19.8 points less often than the Suzuki Swift average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2006 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 20-year-old car fails on

A 2006 car is 20 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 2006 Suzuki Swift the average at test was 96,367 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 2020 at 94.7%, and the weakest in our data is 2005 at 57%. That 37.7 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2006 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

All Suzuki Swift MOT data · Every model