Service brake binding on the Suzuki Grand Vitara
Service brake binding on the Suzuki Grand Vitara is recorded on 4,700 tests — 6.0% of all its MOT tests, against 2.5% 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 | 2.5% of tests record it — this model is 2.4× that share |
| The 341 models compared | 28 of 341, 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, 2.7% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2014, 0.9%. The share has fallen 1.8 points over that time. Worst year 2002 at 3.7%; best 2014 at 0.9%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 150 | 5,568 | 2.7% |
| 2002 | 262 | 7,022 | 3.7% |
| 2003 | 413 | 15,471 | 2.7% |
| 2004 | 506 | 22,995 | 2.2% |
| 2005 | 591 | 16,754 | 3.5% |
| 2006 | 393 | 21,096 | 1.9% |
| 2007 | 450 | 25,422 | 1.8% |
| 2008 | 428 | 22,692 | 1.9% |
| 2009 | 404 | 19,317 | 2.1% |
| 2010 | 350 | 18,804 | 1.9% |
| 2011 | 305 | 15,330 | 2.0% |
| 2012 | 219 | 11,544 | 1.9% |
| 2013 | 142 | 7,678 | 1.9% |
| 2014 | 29 | 3,300 | 0.9% |
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 £60–£150 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
- Service brake binding: 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 →