Smart MCC MOT pass rates and reliability
We have 69,531 MOT tests on Smart MCC cars from 2023, covering 2 models with enough tests to compare. Choose a model to see what it fails on most often, how its pass rate changes with age and how far it is typically driven.
Across 69,531 MOT tests on Smart MCC cars in 2023, 74% passed first time, close to the national average of 71% for all cars. Of the Smart MCC models with enough tests, the Forfour did best at 76% and the Fortwo did least well at 73%. Newer models pass more often whatever the make, so compare cars of a similar age.
Smart MCC models
What Smart MCC cars fail on
Share of tests with at least one failure in each area, across all models, against the figure for all cars.
- Lights and electrics9.6% (all cars 11.3%)
- Suspension6.4% (all cars 9.0%)
- Tyres6.0% (all cars 6.4%)
- Visibility5.8% (all cars 4.8%)
- Brakes5.7% (all cars 6.8%)
- Exhaust and emissions3.9% (all cars 3.1%)
- Body and structure2.1% (all cars 3.5%)
- Steering0.4% (all cars 1.8%)
Most common Smart MCC failure items
Share of tests on which each item was recorded.
- Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively 2.9%
- Stop lamp: not working 2.6%
- Coil spring: fractured or broken 2.4%
- Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid 2.0%
- Position lamp: not working 1.5%
- Service brake performance: excessively binding 1.5%
- Headlamp: not working on dipped beam 1.4%
- Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction 1.4%
Check a particular Smart MCC
Model figures tell you what to look out for. To see one car's own MOT history, mileage and tax, enter its registration.
Source: Department for Transport, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023, cars and light vans, normal tests only. Pass rates are first-time passes; a pass after repair at the test station counts as a fail. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.