Suzuki Splash
Registered from 2008 to 2015.
About this model
The Suzuki Splash is a city car that was introduced to the market in 2008. It was jointly developed by Suzuki Motor Corporation and Opel GmbH, which marketed their version under the name of Agila. Its debut as a concept car took place at the 2006 Paris Motor Show, making its production form debut at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show.
From the Wikipedia article Suzuki Splash, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2012 1.0 petrol. 619 of 2,866 tests failed, 22%.
Better than 45% of 2012 cars. The typical one fails 21%, across 925 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 56% | 345 |
| Brakes | 47% | 289 |
| Lights and electrics | 24% | 151 |
| Tyres and wheels | 15% | 94 |
| Visibility | 15% | 91 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 9% | 54 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Where it stands out against its peers
- Brakes: failed more often than 92% of 2012 cars — 47% of its 619 failed tests, where an ordinary 2012 car has 27%.
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 — 56% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Brakes — 47% of its failures
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Tyres and wheels — 15% of its failures
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- Exhaust and emissions — 9% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 24% of its failures
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Visibility — 15% of its failures
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
When it starts failing
At 120–140k miles this one fails 28% of its inspections, against the 25% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–20k miles | 8% | 10% | 97 | |
| 20–40k miles | 14% | 13% | 619 | |
| 40–60k miles | 20% | 17% | 852 | |
| 60–80k miles | 27% | 21% | 694 | |
| 80–100k miles | 27% | 23% | 392 | |
| 100–120k miles | 29% | 25% | 149 | |
| 120–140k miles | 28% | 25% | 50 |
2,853 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 40k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 1.0 petrol · 67 hp · 1050 kg · 2360 mm wheelbase · 4.6 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2013 | 1.0 petrol · 67 hp · 1059 kg · 2360 mm wheelbase · 4.6 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2012 | 1.0 petrol · 66 hp · 1065 kg · 2364 mm wheelbase · 4.7 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2011 | 1.2 petrol · 90 hp · 1086 kg · 2353 mm wheelbase · 5.3 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2010 | 1.2 petrol · 1090 kg · 2370 mm wheelbase · 5.5 L/100km (NEDC) |