Smart Smart Pulse Softip(Rhd) S-A
Registered from 2001 to 2002.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2002 petrol. 22 of 71 tests failed, 31%.
Better than 19% of 2002 cars. The typical one fails 27%, across 558 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Lights and electrics | 64% | 14 |
| Suspension | 50% | 11 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 41% | 9 |
| Brakes | 32% | 7 |
| Tyres and wheels | 23% | 5 |
| Body and structure | 9% | 2 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer's specified limits
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
Where it stands out against its peers
- Lights and electrics: failed more often than 98% of 2002 cars — 64% of its 22 failed tests, where an ordinary 2002 car has 42%.
- Exhaust and emissions: failed more often than 97% of 2002 cars — 41% of its 22 failed tests, where an ordinary 2002 car has 15%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Suspension — 50% of its failures
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A suspension component excessively damaged or corroded
- Exhaust and emissions — 41% of its failures
- Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer's specified limits
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Brakes — 32% of its failures
- Tyres and wheels — 23% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 64% of its failures
- A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Body and structure — 9% of its failures
- A suspension component excessively damaged or corroded