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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Suzuki RV: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which RV years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.8% average, from 4,900 DVSA tests.

2018
highest-passing year · 91.3%
2006
lowest-passing year · 76.7%
14.6pp
spread across 16 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: 2018 (91.3% of 69 tests). Lowest: 2006 (76.7% of 129). Years more than two points below the model average: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013.

74%84%94%2003: 86.5% pass (104 tests)2004: 81.3% pass (203 tests)2005: 79.7% pass (241 tests)2006: 76.7% pass (129 tests)2007: 84.6% pass (162 tests)2008: 83.0% pass (159 tests)2009: 83.2% pass (191 tests)2010: 87.0% pass (169 tests)2011: 90.4% pass (104 tests)2012: 86.2% pass (145 tests)2013: 84.7% pass (144 tests)2014: 87.0% pass (731 tests)2015: 88.9% pass (704 tests)2016: 88.4% pass (953 tests)2017: 91.1% pass (587 tests)2018: 91.3% pass (69 tests)200320112018
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (86.8%)
2003 104 86.5% -0.3 pp
2004 203 81.3% -5.5 pp
2005 241 79.7% -7.1 pp
2006 129 76.7% -10.1 pp
2007 162 84.6% -2.2 pp
2008 159 83.0% -3.8 pp
2009 191 83.2% -3.6 pp
2010 169 87.0% +0.2 pp
2011 104 90.4% +3.6 pp
2012 145 86.2% -0.6 pp
2013 144 84.7% -2.1 pp
2014 731 87.0% +0.2 pp
2015 704 88.9% +2.1 pp
2016 953 88.4% +1.6 pp
2017 587 91.1% +4.3 pp
2018 69 91.3% +4.5 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 · 2012–2025
70%81%93%2012: 80.0% pass (30 tests)2014: 74.2% pass (31 tests)2016: 73.5% pass (34 tests)2017: 87.9% pass (199 tests)2018: 83.3% pass (246 tests)2019: 87.6% pass (371 tests)2020: 89.4% pass (500 tests)2021: 85.5% pass (774 tests)2022: 88.5% pass (747 tests)2023: 86.3% pass (725 tests)2024: 86.9% pass (551 tests)2025: 88.2% pass (552 tests)20122025

Questions

Which RV years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013 registered examples pass first time less often than the Suzuki RV overall (86.8%); the 2006 cohort is lowest at 76.7% from 129 tests.
Which RV year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2018, at 91.3% of 69 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018.
How much does the RV pass rate vary by year?
14.6 percentage points between the highest (2018, 91.3%) and lowest (2006, 76.7%) 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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