25,047 tests in 2025
Suzuki Celerio reliability and MOT pass rate
88.5% passed first time. The 11.5% fail rate is 11.1 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 9 years old with 39,541 miles.
Pass rate
88.5%
22.6% of all cars failed; 11.5% of these did.
Fixed on the day
5.7%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
39,541 mi
9 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 0 | — |
| 6-9 years | 18,403 | 10.5% |
| 10-13 years | 6,644 | 14.3% |
| 14+ years | 0 | — |
What the Celerio fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Brakes343 dangerous39.8%
- Tyres837 dangerous29%
- Visibility24.3%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12 dangerous20.4%
- Suspension7 dangerous12.2%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems4%
- Body, chassis, structure7 dangerous3.6%
- Noise, emissions and leaks1 dangerous3.6%
Is the Celerio getting worse?
The fail rate rose 3.9 points to 11.5% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 3 years. Ageing alone would predict about 7.5 points, so it is holding up better than the fleet average for its age.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27,772 | 6 | 7.6% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 27,719 | 7 | 8.5% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 23,000 | 8 | 9.9% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 25,047 | 9 | 11.5% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Celerio at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Celerio in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively512 tests
- 2Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm354 tests
- 3Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded279 tests
- 4Stop lamp: not working243 tests
- 5Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick211 tests
- 6Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements209 tests
- 7Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords204 tests
- 8Service brake performance: excessively binding172 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Celerio collects 2.3 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure3,319 tests
- 2Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm3,117 tests
- 3Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded1,886 tests
- 4Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick1,328 tests
- 5Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened945 tests
- 6Service brake performance: excessively binding690 tests
- 7Sub-frame: corroded and seriously weakened547 tests
- 8Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn538 tests
Questions
What is the Suzuki Celerio MOT pass rate?
88.5% of the 25,047 Suzuki Celerio first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 11.5% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 5.7% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Suzuki Celerio usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively", recorded on 512 failed tests, followed by "Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm" and "Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded". By section, brakes appears in 39.8% of failures, tyres appears in 29% of failures, visibility appears in 24.3% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was n/a%; at 10-13 years it was 14.3%. The median Suzuki Celerio tested in 2025 was 9 years old with 39,541 miles.
Is the Suzuki Celerio getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 3.9 points to 11.5% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 3 years. Ageing alone would predict about 7.5 points, so it is holding up better than the fleet average for its age.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Celerio trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
Other Suzuki models
Checking a particular Celerio?
The odds above are the model. The car in front of you has its own record: every test, every advisory, the mileage at each one.
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