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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Suzuki An: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which An years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.7% average, from 3,457 DVSA tests.

2017
highest-passing year · 95.6%
2013
lowest-passing year · 87.1%
8.5pp
spread across 5 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 2017 (95.6% of 90 tests). Lowest: 2013 (87.1% of 224). Years more than two points below the model average: 2013.

85%91%97%2013: 87.1% pass (224 tests)2014: 91.2% pass (1,131 tests)2015: 92.2% pass (987 tests)2016: 91.7% pass (804 tests)2017: 95.6% pass (90 tests)201320152017
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (90.7%)
2013 224 87.1% -3.6 pp
2014 1,131 91.2% +0.5 pp
2015 987 92.2% +1.5 pp
2016 804 91.7% +1.0 pp
2017 90 95.6% +4.9 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2017–2025
88%91%94%2017: 90.7% pass (236 tests)2018: 91.6% pass (273 tests)2019: 90.9% pass (416 tests)2020: 89.1% pass (385 tests)2021: 91.9% pass (469 tests)2022: 92.2% pass (460 tests)2023: 89.9% pass (437 tests)2024: 93.4% pass (334 tests)2025: 91.6% pass (334 tests)20172025

Questions

Which An years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2013 registered examples pass first time less often than the Suzuki An overall (90.7%); the 2013 cohort is lowest at 87.1% from 224 tests.
Which An year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2017, at 95.6% of 90 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the An pass rate vary by year?
8.5 percentage points between the highest (2017, 95.6%) and lowest (2013, 87.1%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

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