Pass rate
83.3%
Around average — 10.3 pts ahead of the 73.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 66 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £24–£68
2007 Smart Mcc Roadster MOT pass rate
- 2007
- typical 46,328 mi
Only 66 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.
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Most common fault
Tyres
24.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2006 83.7% pass
- Avoid 2003 79.5% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 4.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 80.4%
- Typical mileage
- 46k mi
The 2007 Smart Mcc Roadster MOT pass rate is 83.3% of its MOT tests — 10.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 24.0% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.6× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 19.8% of everything recorded on the 2007 Smart Mcc Roadster, against 12.2% nationally — 7.6 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 24.0%, but at 19.8% 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 83.3% — 10.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 66 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 2007 Smart Mcc Roadster compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.0%, so this figure is 10.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 80.4%. The median 2007 Smart Mcc Roadster in this dataset had covered 46,328 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Position lamp not working", noted on 4.55% of tests.
- 66 recorded tests behind this page.
- 83.3% overall pass rate, 80.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Smart Mcc Roadster, the average is 81.1% — best year 2006 (83.7%), worst 2003 (79.5%).
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
- 66
- Typical mileage (median)
- 46,328 mi
- Make and model
- Smart Mcc Roadster
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Roadster MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Smart Mcc Roadster is most common
Across all Roadster model years on record (2003–2007): 1,297 Smart Mcc Roadster cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 2,778 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 57 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.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham (B) | 57 | 93.9% |
| 2 | Guildford (GU) | 32 | 76.5% |
| 3 | Exeter (EX) | 31 | 85.2% |
| 4 | Bristol (BS) | 30 | 73.4% |
| 5 | Peterborough (PE) | 29 | 82.2% |
| 6 | Nottingham (NG) | 24 | 82.7% |
| 7 | Maidstone (ME) | 24 | 76.5% |
| 8 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 23 | 80.7% |
| 9 | Ashford (TN) | 23 | 83.6% |
| 10 | Gloucester (GL) | 22 | 76.4% |
| 11 | Reading (RG) | 21 | 83.3% |
| 12 | Edinburgh (EH) | 20 | 81.1% |
| 13 | Poole (BH) | 19 | 82.4% |
| 14 | Chester (CH) | 19 | 74.4% |
| 15 | Middlesbrough (TS) | 19 | 87.5% |
| 16 | Luton (LU) | 19 | 91.2% |
| 17 | Manchester (M) | 18 | 81.4% |
| 18 | Chelmsford (CM) | 18 | 88.1% |
| 19 | Sheffield (S) | 18 | 85.7% |
| 20 | Portsmouth (PO) | 17 | 77.1% |
The twenty areas with the most Smart Mcc Roadster 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 →
Regional pass rates for the Roadster
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 15 | 86.7% |
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 Roadster
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 Roadster
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 4.5% of tests
“position lamp not working”
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 suspension joints 3.0% of tests
“ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the coil springs 1.5% 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.
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 Roadster through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £24–£68 — and 47% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £24–£68
- Cheapest common item: individual direction indicators incorrect…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: fuel cap/sealing device ineffective
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 47%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 66 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 Roadster, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2003 to 2007. Across them the pass rate runs from 79.5% to 83.7% — a spread of 4.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 79.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 81.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 80.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 83.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 83.3%position lamp not working
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 Roadster 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
- Toyota Alphard 83.3%
- BMW 535 82.8%
- Toyota Estima 82.4%
- Lexus IS250 81.8%
- Audi Q7 81.7%
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class 81.4%
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 Roadster 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 120 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 | 29 | 24.00% | 19.76% | +4.24 |
| Brakes | 25 | 20.70% | 20.89% | −0.19 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 24 | 19.80% | 12.21% | +7.59 |
| Suspension | 22 | 18.20% | 20.98% | −2.78 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 6 | 5.00% | 5.52% | −0.52 |
| Visibility | 4 | 3.30% | 4.97% | −1.67 |
| Non-component advisories | 4 | 3.30% | 4.18% | −0.88 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 3 | 2.50% | 5.57% | −3.07 |
| Steering | 2 | 1.70% | 2.57% | −0.87 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 0.80% | 0.82% | −0.02 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.5% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 3.0% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £5–25 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 3.0% | £3–12 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 3.0% | £60–150 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.0% | £45–110 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £3–15 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Rectified | 1.5% | £25–65 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.5% | £25–65 |
| Fuel cap/sealing device ineffective Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.5% | £80–250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 24.2% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.6% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 10.6% | £80–180 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.1% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 7.6% | £200–700 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 7.6% | £3–12 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 12 | 91.7% | 15,964 mi |
| 30-60k | 44 | 81.8% | 46,117 mi |
| 60-90k | 8 | 87.5% | 75,614 mi |
| 90-120k | 2 | 50.0% | 105,818 mi |
Source: 66 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 Roadster MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2007 Smart Mcc Roadster?
83.3% of the 66 2007 Smart Mcc Roadster tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.0% for cars first used in 2007. First-attempt pass rate: 80.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2007 Smart Mcc Roadster?
The three most recorded items are position lamp not working (4.55%), ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (3.03%), headlamp not working on dipped beam (3.03%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2007 Smart Mcc Roadster MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.7% of the time, falling to 50.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2007 Smart Mcc Roadster in this dataset had covered 46,328 mi.