Pass rate
80.6%
Around average — 0.4 pts ahead of the 80.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 67 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £33–£90
2014 Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd MOT pass rate
- 2014
- typical 36,360 mi
Only 67 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
41.0% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2013 82.0% pass
- Avoid 2008 75.8% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 6.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 75.9%
- Typical mileage
- 36k mi
The 2014 Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd MOT pass rate is 80.6% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 41.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 2.0× the national share
Brakes make up 41.0% of everything recorded on the 2014 Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd, against 20.9% nationally — 20.1 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 22% 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. 67 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 2014 Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 80.2%, so this figure is 0.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 75.9%. The median 2014 Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd in this dataset had covered 36,360 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 7.46% of tests.
- 67 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.6% overall pass rate, 75.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd, the average is 80.6% — best year 2013 (82.0%), worst 2008 (75.8%).
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
- 67
- Typical mileage (median)
- 36,360 mi
- Make and model
- Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Fortwo Passion Mhd MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Fortwo Passion Mhd
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 19 | 84.2% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2014 Fortwo Passion Mhd
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 2014 Fortwo Passion Mhd
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 coil springs 7.5% 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.
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Check the lights 3.0% of tests
“headlamp not working on dipped beam”
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 1.5% of tests
“emissions not tested unable to be completed”
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.
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 2014 Fortwo Passion Mhd through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £33–£90 — and 22% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £33–£90
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: emissions not tested unable to be completed
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 22%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 67 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 →
Every year of the Fortwo Passion Mhd, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2008 to 2014. Across them the pass rate runs from 75.8% to 82.0% — a spread of 6.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2008 75.8% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2009 77.9% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2010 78.4% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2011 80.9% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2012 81.5% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 82.0% service brake performance…
- 2014 80.6%coil spring fractured or broken
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2014 Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd 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 2014 cars with a similar record
- Volkswagen Amarok 80.6%
- Mercedes-Benz A-Class 80.5%
- Volvo XC90 80.7%
- SEAT Altea 80.7%
- Vauxhall Meriva 80.4%
- Kia Sportage 80.3%
Closest pass rates among 2014 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 2014 Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 83 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 | 34 | 41.00% | 20.89% | +20.11 |
| Tyres | 21 | 25.30% | 19.76% | +5.54 |
| Suspension | 13 | 15.70% | 20.98% | −5.28 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 7 | 8.40% | 12.21% | −3.81 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 5 | 6.00% | 5.57% | +0.43 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 1.20% | 5.52% | −4.32 |
| Visibility | 1 | 1.20% | 4.97% | −3.77 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 1.20% | 1.76% | −0.56 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 7.5% | £25–65 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 4.5% | £60–150 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £5–25 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £3–12 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.5% | £60–250 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.5% | £45–120 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim not tested unable to be tested Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.5% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.5% | £30–80 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £60–150 |
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 | 26.9% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 16.4% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.4% | £45–95 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 7.5% | £60–150 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 6.0% | £180–450 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 4.5% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 27 | 81.5% | 24,182 mi |
| 30-60k | 28 | 82.1% | 48,374 mi |
| 60-90k | 12 | 75.0% | 63,936 mi |
Source: 67 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.
2014 Fortwo Passion Mhd MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2014 Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd?
80.6% of the 67 2014 Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 80.2% for cars first used in 2014. First-attempt pass rate: 75.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2014 Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (7.46%), service brake performance excessively binding (4.48%), headlamp not working on dipped beam (2.99%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2014 Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 81.5% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2014 Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd in this dataset had covered 36,360 mi.