Suzuki Celerio

Registered from 2014 to 2019.

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About this model

The Suzuki Celerio is a hatchback city car produced by the Japanese manufacturer Suzuki since 2008. Originally a rebadged Alto/A-Star city car for some markets, the Celerio was made as a global nameplate and a standalone model replacing the A-Star in 2014. Suzuki unveiled the second-generation Celerio at the Auto Expo 2014 in India, after being previewed as the A:Wind concept model at the Thailand International Motor Expo in November 2013. The third-generation model was unveiled in November 2021. In 2023, the third-generation model was also marketed by Toyota in African markets as the Toyota Vitz.

From the Wikipedia article Suzuki Celerio, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What fails its inspection

Great Britain's MOT record for the 2016 1.0 petrol. 678 of 8,522 tests failed, 8%.

Better than 88% of 2016 cars. The typical one fails 13%, across 899 models with enough tests behind them to say.

Where	Share of failures	Failed tests
Brakes	41%	275
Tyres and wheels	34%	233
Visibility	26%	178
Lights and electrics	16%	107
Suspension	6%	39
Seat belts and airbags	4%	28

The defects inspectors cite

Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
A tyre seriously damaged
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm

Where it stands out against its peers

Brakes: failed more often than 90% of 2016 cars — 41% of its 678 failed tests, where an ordinary 2016 car has 23%.
Visibility: failed more often than 96% of 2016 cars — 26% of its 678 failed tests, where an ordinary 2016 car has 11%.
Seat belts and airbags: failed more often than 91% of 2016 cars — 4% of its 678 failed tests, where an ordinary 2016 car has 1%.

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.

Brakes — 41% of its failures
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
Tyres and wheels — 34% of its failures
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre seriously damaged
Suspension — 6% of its failures
Lights and electrics — 16% of its failures
Visibility — 26% of its failures
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen

When it starts failing

At 100–120k miles this one fails 11% of its inspections, against the 19% an ordinary car of the same age fails.

Odometer	Rate	Its age	Tests
0–20k miles	5%	6%	1,796
20–40k miles	6%	10%	3,468
40–60k miles	10%	13%	2,125
60–80k miles	11%	16%	763
80–100k miles	19%	18%	263
100–120k miles	11%	19%	61

8,476 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.

Half of these have more than 20k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.

Specification

Year	Measured
2019	1.0 petrol · 67 hp · 890 kg · 2425 mm wheelbase · 4.5 L/100km (WLTP)
2018	1.0 petrol · 67 hp · 887 kg · 2425 mm wheelbase · 4.5 L/100km (WLTP)
2017	1.0 petrol · 68 hp · 884 kg · 2417 mm wheelbase · 3.9 L/100km (NEDC)
2016	1.0 petrol · 67 hp · 881 kg · 2425 mm wheelbase · 4.1 L/100km (NEDC)
2015	1.0 petrol · 67 hp · 882 kg · 2425 mm wheelbase · 4.1 L/100km (NEDC)