Suzuki SX4 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Suzuki SX4 in Great Britain in 2025 — 37,487 tests. Figures cover every SX4 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the SX4 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
69.1%
3.2 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
37,487
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
8.3%
of SX4 first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
68,750
middle half: 51,250–88,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Suzuki SX4 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 60,839 Suzuki SX4 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 59,073 taxed and 1,766 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Suzuki SX4 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures. DVLA's count for the SX4 also includes the S-Cross, which the licensing data does not record under a name of its own, so it is wider than the MOT figures above.

Still taxed, end of 2025
59,073
97.1% of the 60,839 SX4 cars taxed or on SORN; 57 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
1,766
declared off the road by their keepers — 2.9% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed SX4 cars is still rising: 59,073 at the end of 2025, up 561 (1.0%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 179 at the end of 2014 to 1,766 at the end of 2025, up 886.6%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed SX4 cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

020k40k60k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed SX4 cars, year 2014: 31kTaxed SX4 cars, year 2015: 35kTaxed SX4 cars, year 2016: 38kTaxed SX4 cars, year 2017: 41kTaxed SX4 cars, year 2018: 43kTaxed SX4 cars, year 2019: 44kTaxed SX4 cars, year 2020: 44kTaxed SX4 cars, year 2021: 45kTaxed SX4 cars, year 2022: 47kTaxed SX4 cars, year 2023: 54kTaxed SX4 cars, year 2024: 59kTaxed SX4 cars, year 2025: 59k59k
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YearTaxed SX4 cars
201430,881
201534,614
201637,864
201740,711
201842,962
201943,920
202043,936
202144,763
202246,543
202353,706
202458,512
202559,073

SX4 cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

05001k2k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)SX4 cars on SORN, year 2014: 179SX4 cars on SORN, year 2015: 203SX4 cars on SORN, year 2016: 282SX4 cars on SORN, year 2017: 372SX4 cars on SORN, year 2018: 493SX4 cars on SORN, year 2019: 648SX4 cars on SORN, year 2020: 842SX4 cars on SORN, year 2021: 935SX4 cars on SORN, year 2022: 1kSX4 cars on SORN, year 2023: 1kSX4 cars on SORN, year 2024: 1kSX4 cars on SORN, year 2025: 2k2k
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YearSX4 cars on SORN
2014179
2015203
2016282
2017372
2018493
2019648
2020842
2021935
20221,081
20231,266
20241,499
20251,766

Which model years survive

Taxed SX4 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 59,073 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed SX4 cars
20252,4824.2%
20246,56611.1%
20238,33514.1%
20222,7424.6%
20211,6402.8%
20208651.5%
20192,0023.4%
20182,6994.6%
20173,1895.4%
20163,3895.7%
20153,7456.3%
20146,31510.7%
20133,2115.4%
20121,8853.2%
20112,0843.5%
20101,8483.1%
20091,6802.8%
20081,8713.2%
20071,8433.1%
20066821.2%
All other build years (one year, each under 1%)00.0%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name SX4 under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the SX4 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, SX4 vs all cars, 2025.

Suzuki SX4All cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Suzuki SX4, vehicle age 6: 86.9%Suzuki SX4, vehicle age 7: 84.6%Suzuki SX4, vehicle age 8: 82.7%Suzuki SX4, vehicle age 9: 80%Suzuki SX4, vehicle age 10: 77.1%Suzuki SX4, vehicle age 11: 70.8%Suzuki SX4, vehicle age 12: 65.2%Suzuki SX4, vehicle age 13: 59.3%Suzuki SX4, vehicle age 14: 55.8%Suzuki SX4, vehicle age 15: 54.9%Suzuki SX4, vehicle age 16: 52.8%Suzuki SX4, vehicle age 17: 52.3%Suzuki SX4, vehicle age 18: 49.1%Suzuki SX4, vehicle age 19: 47.2%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%All cars 57.6%Suzuki SX4 47.2%
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Age (years)SX4 testsSX4 pass rateAll cars
62,00686.9%83.5%
72,71484.6%80.9%
83,21382.7%78.2%
93,36880.0%74.9%
103,70877.1%71.9%
116,34070.8%68.6%
123,27465.2%65.8%
131,89959.3%63.5%
142,11355.8%61.2%
151,90254.9%59.3%
161,71052.8%58.3%
172,12352.3%57.2%
181,98749.1%57.4%
1974847.2%57.0%

Better or worse than the average car?

The SX4's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the SX4 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

SX4 aheadSX4 behind
-10-5+0+5+10Age 6: +3.4 points vs the average carAge 7: +3.7 points vs the average car7Age 8: +4.5 points vs the average carAge 9: +5.1 points vs the average car9Age 10: +5.2 points vs the average carAge 11: +2.2 points vs the average car11Age 12: -0.6 points vs the average carAge 13: -4.2 points vs the average car13Age 14: -5.4 points vs the average carAge 15: -4.4 points vs the average car15Age 16: -5.5 points vs the average carAge 17: -4.9 points vs the average car17Age 18: -8.3 points vs the average carAge 19: -9.8 points vs the average car19Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
6+3.4
7+3.7
8+4.5
9+5.1
10+5.2
11+2.2
12-0.6
13-4.2
14-5.4
15-4.4
16-5.5
17-4.9
18-8.3
19-9.8

The SX4 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the SX4 fleet still in use.

01k3k5k7kAge 6: 2k6Age 7: 2kAge 8: 3k8Age 9: 3kAge 10: 3k10Age 11: 6kAge 12: 3k12Age 13: 1kAge 14: 2k14Age 15: 1kAge 16: 1k16Age 17: 2kAge 18: 1k18Age 19: 74819Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
62,006
72,714
83,213
93,368
103,708
116,340
123,274
131,899
142,113
151,902
161,710
172,123
181,987
19748

What an SX4 fails on

Where the failure items land when an SX4 fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Suspension24.3%
Brakes23.2%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment20.7%
Tyres12.5%
Visibility7.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.5%
Body, chassis, structure4.2%
Steering1.0%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.1% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a SX4, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Brakes: 34.9% of advisories34.9%Tyres: 26.3% of advisories26.3%Suspension: 23.6% of advisories23.6%Non-component advisories: 5.4% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 3.4% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 2.7% of advisories
BrakesTyresSuspensionNon-component advisoriesBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaks
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes34.9%
Tyres26.3%
Suspension23.6%
Non-component advisories5.4%
Body, chassis, structure3.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.7%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid SX4?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested SX4 fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 70.0% of 32,388 tests70.0%Petrol32,388 testsDiesel: 63.8% of 5,091 tests63.8%Diesel5,091 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol32,38870.0%
Diesel5,09163.8%

What mileage is normal for an SX4?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) SX4; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical SX4 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k68101214161819Vehicle age (years)Age 6: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 26,250–48,750)Age 7: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 33,750–58,750)Age 8: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 38,750–68,750)Age 9: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 46,250–81,250)Age 10: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 51,250–88,750)Age 11: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 56,250–96,250)Age 12: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 53,750–93,750)Age 13: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 58,750–98,750)Age 14: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 63,750–103,750)Age 15: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 68,750–108,750)Age 16: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 68,750–111,250)Age 17: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 73,750–116,250)Age 18: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 76,250–121,250)Age 19: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 76,250–116,250)96k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
626,25036,25048,750
733,75043,75058,750
838,75051,25068,750
946,25063,75081,250
1051,25068,75088,750
1156,25073,75096,250
1253,75073,75093,750
1358,75076,25098,750
1463,75083,750103,750
1568,75088,750108,750
1668,75088,750111,250
1773,75093,750116,250
1876,25096,250121,250
1976,25096,250116,250

What fails at each age

The SX4's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSuspensionVisibilityNoise, emissions and leaksEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
6-9 yrsTyres33.8%
6-9 yrsBrakes24.1%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment11.4%
6-9 yrsSuspension9.4%
6-9 yrsVisibility9.2%
6-9 yrsEverything else12.1%
10-13 yrsSuspension28.0%
10-13 yrsBrakes27.5%
10-13 yrsTyres15.8%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment14.2%
10-13 yrsVisibility6.4%
10-13 yrsEverything else8.1%
14+ yrsSuspension30.1%
14+ yrsBrakes25.0%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment17.2%
14+ yrsTyres7.7%
14+ yrsNoise, emissions and leaks6.7%
14+ yrsEverything else13.3%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.