Suzuki SX
Registered from 2008 to 2012.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2012 1.6 petrol. 18 of 56 tests failed, 32%.
Better than 0% 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 | 61% | 11 |
| Brakes | 50% | 9 |
| Lights and electrics | 17% | 3 |
| Plates and identity | 6% | 1 |
| Seat belts and airbags | 6% | 1 |
| Tyres and wheels | 6% | 1 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Where it stands out against its peers
- Suspension: failed more often than 94% of 2012 cars — 61% of its 18 failed tests, where an ordinary 2012 car has 38%.
- Brakes: failed more often than 94% of 2012 cars — 50% of its 18 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 — 61% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- Brakes — 50% of its failures
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Tyres and wheels — 6% of its failures
- Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle.
- Lights and electrics — 17% of its failures
- A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Plates and identity — 6% of its failures
- Seat belts and airbags — 6% of its failures