Pass rate
77.1%
Around average — 4.1 pts ahead of the 73.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 843 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £34–£96
2007 Smart Mcc Fortwo Cabriolet MOT pass rate
- 2007
- typical 66,508 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
22.8% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2012 82.7% pass
- Avoid 2006 72.6% pass
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 10.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 71.3%
- Typical mileage
- 67k mi
The 2007 Smart Mcc Fortwo Cabriolet MOT pass rate is 77.1% of its MOT tests — 4.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Smart Mcc Fortwo Cabriolet does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.4× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 17.6% of everything recorded on the 2007 Smart Mcc Fortwo Cabriolet, against 12.2% nationally — 5.4 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 22.8%, 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.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 73.0% and this one manages 77.1% — 4.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 29% 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.
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 2007 Smart Mcc Fortwo Cabriolet compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.0%, so this figure is 4.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 71.3%. The median 2007 Smart Mcc Fortwo Cabriolet in this dataset had covered 66,508 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 77.1% of the time, April–September 77.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 5.69% of tests.
- 843 recorded tests behind this page.
- 77.1% overall pass rate, 71.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Smart Mcc Fortwo Cabriolet, the average is 78.2% — best year 2012 (82.7%), worst 2006 (72.6%).
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
- 843
- Typical mileage (median)
- 66,508 mi
- Make and model
- Smart Mcc Fortwo Cabriolet
- 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 Cabriolet MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Fortwo Cabriolet
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 264 | 77.7% |
| South West | 143 | 74.8% |
| East of England | 107 | 77.6% |
| West Midlands | 74 | 78.4% |
| Yorkshire | 70 | 77.1% |
| London | 70 | 82.9% |
| North West | 43 | 76.7% |
| East Midlands | 34 | 67.6% |
| Scotland | 21 | 71.4% |
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 2007 Fortwo Cabriolet
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 2007 Fortwo Cabriolet
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 5.7% 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 3.6% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
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 windscreen 3.0% 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.
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 2007 Fortwo Cabriolet through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £34–£96 — and 29% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £34–£96
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: fuel cap/sealing device ineffective
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 29%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 843 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 Cabriolet, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2003 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 72.6% to 82.7% — a spread of 10.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 79.2% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2004 76.2% headlamp aim projected beam image…
- 2005 73.6% catalyst emissions lambda reading…
- 2006 72.6% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2007 77.1%coil spring fractured or broken
- 2008 77.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 78.4% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2010 77.9% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2011 80.4% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2012 82.7% 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 2007 Smart Mcc Fortwo Cabriolet 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 2007 cars with a similar record
- Audi Tt 77.1%
- Mazda Rx-8 77.0%
- BMW 118 76.9%
- BMW 1 Series 76.9%
- Land Rover Defender 77.3%
- BMW X3 77.3%
Closest pass rates among 2007 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 2007 Smart Mcc Fortwo Cabriolet 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 1,599 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 | 372 | 22.80% | 20.89% | +1.91 |
| Suspension | 308 | 18.90% | 20.98% | −2.08 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 288 | 17.60% | 12.21% | +5.39 |
| Tyres | 224 | 13.70% | 19.76% | −6.06 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 121 | 7.40% | 5.57% | +1.83 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 106 | 6.50% | 5.52% | +0.98 |
| Visibility | 74 | 4.50% | 4.97% | −0.47 |
| Non-component advisories | 45 | 2.80% | 4.18% | −1.38 |
| Steering | 32 | 2.00% | 2.57% | −0.57 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 29 | 1.80% | 1.76% | +0.04 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 5.7% | £25–65 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.6% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.0% | £80–200 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.9% | £5–25 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 2.7% | £60–150 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.5% | £40–150 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.1% | £30–80 |
| Fuel cap/sealing device ineffective Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.9% | £80–250 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.7% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.7% | £5–25 |
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 | 19.2% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.8% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.1% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 6.4% | £200–700 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.2% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 5.3% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 45 | 86.7% | 21,854 mi |
| 30-60k | 290 | 77.2% | 47,956 mi |
| 60-90k | 345 | 75.4% | 73,782 mi |
| 90-120k | 134 | 76.9% | 101,359 mi |
| 120k+ | 28 | 82.1% | 155,479 mi |
Source: 843 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.
2007 Fortwo Cabriolet MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2007 Smart Mcc Fortwo Cabriolet?
77.1% of the 843 2007 Smart Mcc Fortwo Cabriolet tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.0% for cars first used in 2007. First-attempt pass rate: 71.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2007 Smart Mcc Fortwo Cabriolet?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (5.69%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.56%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.97%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2007 Smart Mcc Fortwo Cabriolet MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 86.7% of the time, falling to 82.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2007 Smart Mcc Fortwo Cabriolet in this dataset had covered 66,508 mi.
Does the season affect the 2007 Smart Mcc Fortwo Cabriolet MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 77.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 77.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.