SM Smart Mcc City Cabriolet MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Smart Mcc City Cabriolet MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Smart Mcc City Cabriolet passed on its first attempt in 65.9%, and its overall record sits −7.9 percentage points below the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Smart Mcc City Cabriolet in the 2023–2025 data: 2,298 tests across 7 model years (2001–2007). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Smart Mcc City Cabriolet MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Smart Mcc City Cabriolet, the Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Smart Mcc City Cabriolet's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Smart Mcc City Cabriolet DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Smart Mcc City Cabriolet, each with how many of the model's 2,298 tests it was noted on.

• "Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect" (Major) — noted on about 94 Smart Mcc City Cabriolet tests, 4.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits" (Major) — noted on about 92 Smart Mcc City Cabriolet tests, 4.0% of the model's MOT record.
• "Washers provides insufficient washer liquid" (Major) — noted on about 77 Smart Mcc City Cabriolet tests, 3.3% of the model's MOT record.
• "Headlamp lens slightly defective" (Minor) — noted on about 75 Smart Mcc City Cabriolet tests, 3.3% of the model's MOT record.
• "Coil spring fractured or broken" (Major) — noted on about 70 Smart Mcc City Cabriolet tests, 3.0% of the model's MOT record.
• "Stop lamp not working" (Major) — noted on about 64 Smart Mcc City Cabriolet tests, 2.8% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Smart Mcc City Cabriolet Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Smart Mcc City Cabriolet model year on record is 2004 (74.2% across 531 tests), and the weakest is 2001 (67.6%). The gap between them is 6.6 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Smart Mcc City Cabriolet Owners

These checks follow this Smart Mcc City Cabriolet's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Smart Mcc City Cabriolet.

• the lights — “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.

• the exhaust and emissions — “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.

• the wipers and washers — “washers provides insufficient washer liquid”

  Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Smart Mcc City Cabriolet. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Where the Smart Mcc City Cabriolet is most common

Across every City Cabriolet model year on record (2001–2007): 1,005 Smart Mcc City Cabriolet cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 2,298 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 35 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.

The twenty areas with the most Smart Mcc City Cabriolet cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →

Frequently Asked Questions: Smart Mcc City Cabriolet MOT & Reliability