Engine oil leaking excessively on the Suzuki Grand Vitara
Engine oil leaking excessively on the Suzuki Grand Vitara is recorded on 10,125 tests — 13.0% of all its MOT tests, against 5.4% across every car in the data. That is 2.4× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 5.4% of tests record it — this model is 2.4× that share |
| The 368 models compared | 35 of 368, highest first |
| The model's own record | 77,753 tests · every year of the Grand Vitara → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Suzuki Grand Vitara tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.
Year by year
In 2001, 11.3% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2014, 0.8%. The share has fallen 10.5 points over that time. Worst year 2001 at 11.3%; best 2014 at 0.8%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 421 | 3,712 | 11.3% |
| 2002 | 750 | 7,022 | 10.7% |
| 2003 | 952 | 10,314 | 9.2% |
| 2004 | 1,503 | 15,330 | 9.8% |
| 2005 | 1,371 | 16,754 | 8.2% |
| 2006 | 844 | 14,064 | 6.0% |
| 2007 | 1,065 | 25,422 | 4.2% |
| 2008 | 1,014 | 22,692 | 4.5% |
| 2009 | 953 | 12,878 | 7.4% |
| 2010 | 554 | 12,536 | 4.4% |
| 2011 | 273 | 15,330 | 1.8% |
| 2012 | 134 | 3,848 | 3.5% |
| 2013 | 126 | 7,678 | 1.6% |
| 2014 | 26 | 3,300 | 0.8% |
Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.
What it costs
A typical UK repair for this item is £200–£700 fitted. It is a job for a garage, not a driveway. What the part is, and what to buy →
Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.
Where this sits
- Engine oil leaking excessively: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Suzuki Grand Vitara MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Suzuki model →