Pass rate
74.5%
Below average — 1.6 pts ahead of the 72.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 51 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £52–£152
2002 Mcc Smart Pulse Softouch(rhd) MOT pass rate
- 2002
- typical 59,680 mi
Only 51 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Brakes
20.7% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£55 for Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2002 74.5% pass · this year
- Avoid 2002 74.5% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 69.8%
- Typical mileage
- 60k mi
The 2002 Mcc Smart Pulse Softouch(rhd) MOT pass rate is 74.5% of its MOT tests — 1.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 20.7% of what testers record.
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Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.6× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 19.3% of everything recorded on the 2002 Mcc Smart Pulse Softouch(Rhd), against 12.2% nationally — 7.1 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 20.7%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 17% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
- Based on a small sample. 51 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2002 Mcc Smart Pulse Softouch(rhd) compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.9%, so this figure is 1.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 69.8%. The median 2002 Mcc Smart Pulse Softouch(rhd) in this dataset had covered 59,680 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect", noted on 9.80% of tests.
- 51 recorded tests behind this page.
- 74.5% overall pass rate, 69.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mcc Smart Pulse Softouch(rhd), the average is 74.5% — best year 2002 (74.5%), worst 2002 (74.5%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 51
- Typical mileage (median)
- 59,680 mi
- Make and model
- Mcc Smart Pulse Softouch(rhd)
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Alignment
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Smart Pulse Softouch(rhd) MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 54% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2002 Smart Pulse Softouch(rhd)
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2002 Smart Pulse Softouch(rhd)
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 9.8% of tests
“headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the exhaust and emissions 5.9% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the coil springs 3.9% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2002 Smart Pulse Softouch(rhd) through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £52–£152 — and 17% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £52–£152
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 30%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 17%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 51 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Compare the 2002 Mcc Smart Pulse Softouch(rhd) with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2002 cars with a similar record
- BMW X5 74.6%
- Mercedes-Benz Ml 74.6%
- Toyota MR2 74.2%
- Volkswagen Bora 74.2%
- Vauxhall Agila 74.2%
- Toyota Celica 74.1%
Closest pass rates among 2002 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2002 Mcc Smart Pulse Softouch(rhd) 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 147 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 31 | 20.70% | 20.89% | −0.19 |
| Suspension | 29 | 19.30% | 20.98% | −1.68 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 29 | 19.30% | 12.21% | +7.09 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 15 | 10.00% | 5.52% | +4.48 |
| Tyres | 14 | 9.30% | 19.76% | −10.46 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 11 | 7.30% | 5.57% | +1.73 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 7 | 4.70% | 1.76% | +2.94 |
| Visibility | 5 | 3.30% | 4.97% | −1.67 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 2.00% | 4.18% | −2.18 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 2.00% | 0.82% | +1.18 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 9.8% | £30–80 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 5.9% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.9% | £60–250 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.9% | £25–65 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 3.9% | £180–450 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.9% | £45–120 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.9% | £5–25 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 3.9% | £80–180 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 3.9% | £60–150 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.9% | £3–12 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 27.4% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 15.7% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 13.7% | £200–700 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 13.7% | £45–120 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 13.7% | £20–80 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.8% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 4 | 75.0% | 25,181 mi |
| 30-60k | 22 | 72.7% | 51,059 mi |
| 60-90k | 16 | 81.3% | 72,257 mi |
| 90-120k | 8 | 62.5% | 98,504 mi |
Source: 51 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2002 Smart Pulse Softouch(rhd) MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2002 Mcc Smart Pulse Softouch(rhd)?
74.5% of the 51 2002 Mcc Smart Pulse Softouch(rhd) tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.9% for cars first used in 2002. First-attempt pass rate: 69.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2002 Mcc Smart Pulse Softouch(rhd)?
The three most recorded items are headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (9.80%), catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (5.88%), catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits (3.92%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2002 Mcc Smart Pulse Softouch(rhd) MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 75.0% of the time, falling to 62.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2002 Mcc Smart Pulse Softouch(rhd) in this dataset had covered 59,680 mi.