BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
Make report · 2005–2025

SYM

75.0%
first-time pass rate
17.4%
failed outright
115k
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a SYM

failure defects across all SYM models · advisories excluded

brakes is SYM's most common failure — 7.6% of all SYM tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
brakes
7.6 see ranking
lighting and signalling
5.8 see ranking
steering and suspension
3.4 see ranking
lamps and reflectors
2.6 see ranking
tyres and wheels
2.9 see ranking

Top failure groups aggregated across every SYM model, 2005–2025. "% of tests" = share of the make's tests recording at least one defect in that group.

SYM models, ranked by test volume

top 60 of 117 models (≥ 100 tests), 2005–2025 · by volume
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
JET
73.4 19.2 12,295 23,192
DD50
73.3 18.8 9,008 5,940
CITY HOPPER
71.4 21.5 12,004 4,446
JET 50 - EURO X
72.3 19.0 12,352 4,412
FIDDLE
76.6 15.8 7,139 3,826
SHARK
77.1 16.1 16,219 3,624
JOYRIDE
80.8 12.6 13,756 3,295
SYMPLY 50
77.3 15.9 9,866 3,077
AD12W JET 4 125
72.9 19.8 12,309 2,366
AV
79.8 13.2 7,446 2,362
SYMPLY 125
75.9 17.4 14,366 2,172
SYMPLY
73.4 18.3 10,684 2,071
MIO
75.0 15.1 6,834 1,957
XS 125 K
62.7 24.7 9,636 1,728
AZ
76.1 14.6 12,886 1,608
JET 14 125 E4
73.8 17.4 9,914 1,562
MEGALO
79.5 13.2 12,295 1,524
XS 125
63.2 24.7 9,334 1,515
HUSKY
68.7 21.5 12,192 1,512
VS 125
76.9 16.0 13,983 1,228
JET 4 125 E4
72.0 19.5 9,305 1,207
RED DEVIL
71.3 20.6 13,764 1,192
EURO
72.3 20.1 14,168 1,137
VOYAGER
79.4 14.5 19,118 1,064
JUNGLE
70.2 20.8 10,672 946
MASK
76.4 18.5 11,386 922
WOLF
70.5 18.1 11,778 885
AV05W SYMPLY 50
80.5 13.3 9,960 879
SYMPHONY
79.5 13.5 9,184 840
MASK 50
78.8 13.2 5,766 831
AD05W JET 4 50
71.2 21.7 10,168 819
JOYMAX
86.2 10.1 13,074 783
XS
66.7 21.9 7,764 748
VOYAGER 250
87.0 10.0 14,483 723
AZ SYMPHONY SR 125
79.8 13.5 13,465 702
EURO MX
71.6 19.0 16,187 673
HD ORBIT
82.2 11.1 13,396 667
SYMPLY 2 125
74.3 18.9 14,049 657
CROX 125 E4
77.2 17.2 6,132 635
AW12W FIDDLE II 125 S
77.1 15.2 9,939 612
ATTILA
72.7 19.1 14,966 593
JET 100 - EURO X
76.2 16.2 13,402 563
JET 14 125 AC E5
75.0 18.6 8,634 553
JD
71.1 21.1 5,413 522
CROX
69.8 21.5 7,191 507
FIDDLE II 125
76.4 16.0 10,945 499
SYMPHONY 125 SR E4
78.9 14.4 9,488 437
JET 4 50 E4
77.0 14.5 6,200 422
JET 50 BASIX
72.6 17.5 13,897 405
JET 4 125
74.9 19.2 13,464 395
AW
80.5 11.9 6,352 395
MASK 125
71.4 19.0 8,073 395
MAXSYM
88.9 9.6 10,854 386
JET 50 SPORT X
72.6 20.4 8,070 372
GTS EVO 300
87.4 10.1 13,415 358
JET 14 125 E4 LC
79.0 13.9 8,336 338
PU
62.8 24.9 5,577 333
AJ
72.8 14.1 6,336 320
ORBIT III 125 E5
72.1 21.5 7,924 312
JET X 125 E5
74.1 18.7 7,932 305

Normal tests only. Median miles is odometer reading at test where recorded. Looking for a specific model? Search all SYM models. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT results, 2005–2025.