Suzuki Wagon R MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Suzuki Wagon R in Great Britain in 2025 — 6,448 tests. Figures cover every Wagon R first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Wagon R ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
56.0%
16.3 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
6,448
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
12.2%
of Wagon R first tests; national 7.3%

How many Suzuki Wagon R cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 8,122 Suzuki Wagon R cars that were taxed or on SORN: 5,675 taxed and 2,447 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 Wagon R vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
5,675
69.9% of the 8,122 Wagon R cars taxed or on SORN; 11 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
2,447
declared off the road by their keepers — 30.1% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Wagon R cars peaked at 26,322 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 20,647 (78.4%) to 5,675 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 1,003 at the end of 2014 to 2,447 at the end of 2025, up 144.0%. 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 Wagon R cars, year by year

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

010k20k30k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Wagon R cars, year 2014: 26kTaxed Wagon R cars, year 2015: 24kTaxed Wagon R cars, year 2016: 22kTaxed Wagon R cars, year 2017: 20kTaxed Wagon R cars, year 2018: 17kTaxed Wagon R cars, year 2019: 15kTaxed Wagon R cars, year 2020: 13kTaxed Wagon R cars, year 2021: 11kTaxed Wagon R cars, year 2022: 10kTaxed Wagon R cars, year 2023: 8kTaxed Wagon R cars, year 2024: 7kTaxed Wagon R cars, year 2025: 6k6k
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YearTaxed Wagon R cars
201426,322
201524,212
201622,016
201719,551
201817,175
201914,989
202012,912
202111,028
20229,576
20238,298
20246,889
20255,675

Wagon R 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.

05001k2k2k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Wagon R cars on SORN, year 2014: 1kWagon R cars on SORN, year 2015: 1kWagon R cars on SORN, year 2016: 2kWagon R cars on SORN, year 2017: 2kWagon R cars on SORN, year 2018: 2kWagon R cars on SORN, year 2019: 2kWagon R cars on SORN, year 2020: 2kWagon R cars on SORN, year 2021: 2kWagon R cars on SORN, year 2022: 2kWagon R cars on SORN, year 2023: 2kWagon R cars on SORN, year 2024: 2kWagon R cars on SORN, year 2025: 2k2k
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YearWagon R cars on SORN
20141,003
20151,460
20161,839
20171,962
20182,068
20192,129
20202,436
20212,382
20222,336
20232,393
20242,412
20252,447

Which model years survive

Taxed Wagon R cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 5,675 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 Wagon R cars
20074227.4%
20064638.2%
200594116.6%
20041,17820.8%
20031,08419.1%
200280314.1%
20015149.1%
20002223.9%
All other build years (four years, each under 1%)480.8%

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 WAGON R+ 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 Wagon R ages

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

Suzuki Wagon RAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Suzuki Wagon R, vehicle age 19: 60.4%Suzuki Wagon R, vehicle age 20: 59.1%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%Suzuki Wagon R 59.1%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Wagon R testsWagon R pass rateAll cars
1950760.4%57.0%
201,06859.1%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Wagon R ahead
-4-2+0+2+4Age 19: +3.4 points vs the average car19Age 20: +1.5 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
19+3.4
20+1.5

The Wagon R fleet on the road, by age

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

05001k1k2kAge 19: 50719Age 20: 1k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
19507
201,068

What a Wagon R fails on

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

Suspension19.8%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment19.2%
Brakes18.7%
Tyres9.7%
Body, chassis, structure9.6%
Visibility8.3%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.4%
Steering5.2%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (96.9% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Suspension: 28.0% of advisories28.0%Brakes: 27.3% of advisories27.3%Tyres: 17.1% of advisories17.1%Non-component advisories: 7.8% of advisories7.8%Body, chassis, structure: 6.3% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 5.2% of advisories
SuspensionBrakesTyresNon-component advisoriesBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaks
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension28.0%
Brakes27.3%
Tyres17.1%
Non-component advisories7.8%
Body, chassis, structure6.3%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.2%

What mileage is normal for a Wagon R?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Wagon R; 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 Wagon R (median)
0k25k50k75k100k1920Vehicle age (years)Age 19: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 53,750–96,250)Age 20: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 51,250–93,750)73k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1953,75073,75096,250
2051,25073,75093,750

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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.