Pass rate
97.4%
Above average — 17.2 pts ahead of the 80.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 78 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £25–£69
2014 Smc Cg MOT pass rate
- 2014
- typical 4,445 mi
Only 78 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
Suspension
36.7% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2014 97.4% pass · this year
- Avoid 2016 89.9% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 7.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 97.3%
- Typical mileage
- 4k mi
The 2014 Smc Cg MOT pass rate is 97.4% of its MOT tests — 17.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 36.7% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.7× the national share
Suspension accounts for 36.7% of everything recorded on the 2014 Smc Cg, against 21.0% nationally — 15.7 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- 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 80.2% and this one manages 97.4% — 17.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 78 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 Smc Cg compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 80.2%, so this figure is 17.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 97.3%. The median 2014 Smc Cg in this dataset had covered 4,445 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Individual direction indicators with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning", noted on 3.85% of tests.
- 78 recorded tests behind this page.
- 97.4% overall pass rate, 97.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Smc Cg, the average is 93.6% — best year 2014 (97.4%), worst 2016 (89.9%).
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
- 78
- Typical mileage (median)
- 4,445 mi
- Make and model
- Smc Cg
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Indicator Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Cg MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 89% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Cg
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 16 | 100.0% |
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 Cg
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 Cg
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 3.9% of tests
“individual direction indicators with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning”
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 battery 2.6% of tests
“battery(ies) insecure”
Check the battery is secure and its terminals are clean and tight — a loose battery is a fail on its own, and a weak one shows up as slow cranking on a cold morning.
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Check the number plates 2.6% of tests
“registration plates missing”
Check both plates are present, legible and correctly spaced, with the postcode of the supplier and the BS AU 145e mark. A private plate in the wrong style is a fail before the car is even looked at.
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 Cg through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £25–£69 — and 36% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £25–£69
- Cheapest common item: individual direction indicators with a…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: battery(ies) insecure
- £60–£140
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 36%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 78 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 Cg, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2014 to 2016. Across them the pass rate runs from 89.9% to 97.4% — a spread of 7.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2014 97.4%individual direction indicators…
- 2015 93.9% gradient tester (sp) efficiency…
- 2016 89.9% decelerometer (sp) efficiency…
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 Smc Cg 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
- Porsche 911 95.1%
- Bentley Continental 94.9%
- Porsche Cayman 93.2%
- Porsche Boxster 93.0%
- Audi A8 92.8%
- Jaguar F-Type 92.1%
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 Smc Cg 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 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 18 | 36.70% | 20.98% | +15.72 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 9 | 18.40% | 12.21% | +6.19 |
| Brakes | 7 | 14.30% | 20.89% | −6.59 |
| Tyres | 5 | 10.20% | 19.76% | −9.56 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4 | 8.20% | 5.57% | +2.63 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 4 | 8.20% | 1.76% | +6.44 |
| Visibility | 1 | 2.00% | 4.97% | −2.97 |
| Steering | 1 | 2.00% | 2.57% | −0.57 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual direction indicators with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.9% | £3–12 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.6% | £60–140 |
| Registration plates missing Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 2.6% | £20–80 |
| Decelerometer (sp) efficiency less than 50% of the required value Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £45–110 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.3% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.3% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.3% | £5–25 |
| Mirrors missing Visibility | Major | 1.3% | £20–80 |
| Obviously under inflated Tyres | Minor | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Parking brake efficiency (trikes, quads and pre-68 vehicles) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £25–80 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.3% | £40–150 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 7.7% | £20–55 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 5.1% | £18–45 |
| Exhaust system noise is clearly in excess of that emitted by a similar vehicle fitted with a standard silencer in… Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 5.1% | £45–120 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 5.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.9% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 73 | 97.3% | 5,221 mi |
| 30-60k | 3 | 100.0% | 31,756 mi |
Source: 78 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 Cg MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2014 Smc Cg?
97.4% of the 78 2014 Smc Cg tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 80.2% for cars first used in 2014. First-attempt pass rate: 97.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2014 Smc Cg?
The three most recorded items are individual direction indicators with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning (3.85%), battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier (2.56%), registration plates missing (2.56%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2014 Smc Cg MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 97.3% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2014 Smc Cg in this dataset had covered 4,445 mi.