2018 Suzuki Vitara: MOT pass rate and reliability

90.3% of 2018 Suzuki Vitaras pass the MOT first time, measured across 12,114 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 43,358 miles.

How the 2018 compares

  • Against all Suzuki Vitaras (89%, 57,147 tests): +1.3 points
  • Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): +4.4 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Suzuki Vitara model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2018 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Suzuki Vitara:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2015 86% 5,598 67,097
2016 87.4% 11,017 60,228
2017 88.6% 11,453 51,880
2018 90.3% 12,114 43,358
2019 92.8% 12,753 35,250
2020 94.2% 2,556 27,514

What this means if you are buying a 2018 Vitara

The 2018 sits close to the Suzuki Vitara 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 an 8-year-old car fails on

A 2018 car is 8 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 2018 Suzuki Vitara the average at test was 43,358 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 94.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2015 at 86%. That 8.2 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2018 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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