Pass rate
91.5%
Above average — 2.0 pts ahead of the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 5,940 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £29–£69
2019 Smart Mcc Fortwo MOT pass rate
- 2019
- 2 trims combined
- typical 19,965 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
42.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
1.5 pts down across model years — 5.7% in 2004, 4.2% in 2019.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 91.5% pass · this year
- Avoid 2001 70.3% pass
Across the 20 years on record, a spread of 21.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 90.8%
- Typical mileage
- 20k mi
The 2019 Smart Mcc Fortwo MOT pass rate is 91.5% of its MOT tests — 2.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 42.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Smart Mcc Fortwo does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.1× the national share
Tyres make up 42.0% of everything recorded on the 2019 Smart Mcc Fortwo, against 19.8% nationally — 22.2 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
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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Every Smart Mcc Fortwo first registered in 2019 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2019 Smart Mcc Fortwo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 2.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 90.8%. The median 2019 Smart Mcc Fortwo in this dataset had covered 19,965 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 82% of tests, with a 91.0% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 91.6% of the time, April–September 91.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 1.68% of tests.
- 5,940 recorded tests behind this page.
- 91.5% overall pass rate, 90.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Smart Mcc Fortwo, the average is 82.4% — best year 2019 (91.5%), worst 2001 (70.3%).
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
- 5,940
- Typical mileage (median)
- 19,965 mi
- Make and model
- Smart Mcc Fortwo
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Fortwo MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (82% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Fortwo
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 1,716 | 91.6% |
| East of England | 837 | 90.7% |
| South West | 818 | 92.1% |
| London | 666 | 92.5% |
| East Midlands | 363 | 90.9% |
| West Midlands | 342 | 90.1% |
| North West | 340 | 92.9% |
| Yorkshire | 295 | 91.2% |
| Scotland | 257 | 89.9% |
| Wales | 175 | 92.0% |
| North East | 130 | 90.8% |
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 2019 Fortwo
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 2019 Fortwo
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 wipers and washers 1.7% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
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.
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Check the windscreen 1.4% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the tyre tread 1.2% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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 2019 Fortwo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £29–£69 — and 50% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £29–£69
- Cheapest common item: washers provides insufficient washer liquid
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 50%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 5,940 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, side by side
20 model years on record, from 2001 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 70.3% to 91.5% — a spread of 21.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2001 70.3% headlamp aim projected beam image…
- 2002 72.4% stop lamp not working
- 2003 73.5% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2004 74.5% headlamp aim projected beam image…
- 2005 70.9% headlamp aim projected beam image…
- 2006 74.1% headlamp aim projected beam image…
- 2007 75.6% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2008 76.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2009 76.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2010 78.0% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2011 79.4% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2012 81.9% service brake performance…
- 2013 82.6% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 85.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 85.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 85.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 87.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 89.8% wipers does not clear the…
- 2019 91.5%wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 91.2% tread depth below requirements of…
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 2019 Smart Mcc Fortwo 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 2019 cars with a similar record
- BMW X3 91.5%
- Kia Stonic 91.5%
- Hyundai Kona 91.5%
- Peugeot 108 91.6%
- Citroen C1 91.6%
- Skoda Kamiq 91.4%
Closest pass rates among 2019 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 2019 Smart Mcc Fortwo 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 3,902 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 1,649 | 42.00% | 19.76% | +22.24 |
| Brakes | 977 | 24.90% | 20.89% | +4.01 |
| Visibility | 426 | 10.80% | 4.97% | +5.83 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 282 | 7.20% | 12.21% | −5.01 |
| Suspension | 154 | 3.90% | 20.98% | −17.08 |
| Non-component advisories | 151 | 3.80% | 4.18% | −0.38 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 136 | 3.50% | 1.76% | +1.74 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 75 | 1.90% | 5.52% | −3.62 |
| Road Wheels | 34 | 0.90% | 0.75% | +0.15 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 18 | 0.50% | 0.82% | −0.32 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.7% | £8–22 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.4% | £80–200 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.89% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.88% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.84% | £45–95 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Rectified | 0.67% | £5–15 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.61% | £5–20 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 0.56% | £45–95 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.6% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.7% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 2.7% | £45–110 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 2.0% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 4,415 | 93.2% | 16,177 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,313 | 87.3% | 40,002 mi |
| 60-90k | 184 | 83.7% | 70,534 mi |
| 90-120k | 24 | 66.7% | 99,610 mi |
| 120k+ | 4 | 75.0% | 141,697 mi |
Source: 5,940 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.
2019 Fortwo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Smart Mcc Fortwo?
91.5% of the 5,940 2019 Smart Mcc Fortwo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 90.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Smart Mcc Fortwo?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.68%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.43%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.18%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Smart Mcc Fortwo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.2% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Smart Mcc Fortwo in this dataset had covered 19,965 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2019 Smart Mcc Fortwo?
Petrol: 91.0% pass rate across 4,868 tests. Electric: 93.5% pass rate across 1,072 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2019 Smart Mcc Fortwo MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 91.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 91.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.