Pass rate
71.3%
Below average — 1.1 pts behind the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 4,580 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £44–£116
2005 Suzuki Ignis MOT pass rate
- 2005
- typical 86,410 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
23.7% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 100.0% pass
- Avoid 2000 67.3% pass
Across the 17 years on record, a spread of 32.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 62.2%
- Typical mileage
- 86k mi
The 2005 Suzuki Ignis MOT pass rate is 71.3% of its MOT tests — 1.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.7% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with tyres
Tyres are 10.9% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 25% 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 2005 Suzuki Ignis compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 1.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 62.2%. The median 2005 Suzuki Ignis in this dataset had covered 86,410 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 71.0% of the time, April–September 71.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 6.99% of tests.
- 4,580 recorded tests behind this page.
- 71.3% overall pass rate, 62.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Suzuki Ignis, the average is 85.7% — best year 2023 (100.0%), worst 2000 (67.3%).
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
- 4,580
- Typical mileage (median)
- 86,410 mi
- Make and model
- Suzuki Ignis
- 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 Ignis MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 60% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Suzuki Ignis is most common
Across all Ignis model years on record (2000–2023): 40,461 Suzuki Ignis cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 93,501 tests. Sheffield (S) has the most, with 1,002 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 | Sheffield (S) | 1,002 | 86.7% |
| 2 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 944 | 86.1% |
| 3 | Peterborough (PE) | 814 | 86.5% |
| 4 | Portsmouth (PO) | 796 | 85.4% |
| 5 | Exeter (EX) | 795 | 88.6% |
| 6 | Brighton (BN) | 769 | 87.8% |
| 7 | Birmingham (B) | 739 | 85.8% |
| 8 | Cardiff (CF) | 663 | 83.8% |
| 9 | Nottingham (NG) | 659 | 83.0% |
| 10 | Glasgow (G) | 655 | 83.9% |
| 11 | Swansea (SA) | 652 | 85.2% |
| 12 | Bradford (BD) | 645 | 86.0% |
| 13 | Bristol (BS) | 590 | 82.4% |
| 14 | Edinburgh (EH) | 583 | 80.9% |
| 15 | Gloucester (GL) | 576 | 85.7% |
| 16 | Warrington (WA) | 560 | 87.0% |
| 17 | Leeds (LS) | 557 | 86.5% |
| 18 | York (YO) | 550 | 83.8% |
| 19 | Doncaster (DN) | 542 | 85.7% |
| 20 | Plymouth (PL) | 541 | 85.2% |
The twenty areas with the most Suzuki Ignis 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 Ignis
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 762 | 75.3% |
| South West | 633 | 69.2% |
| East of England | 509 | 74.1% |
| Yorkshire | 487 | 69.0% |
| North West | 445 | 73.0% |
| West Midlands | 421 | 71.0% |
| Scotland | 357 | 65.5% |
| East Midlands | 304 | 70.4% |
| Wales | 297 | 65.3% |
| North East | 217 | 68.7% |
| London | 148 | 84.5% |
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 2005 Ignis
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 2005 Ignis
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 7.0% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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 4.9% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
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 3.6% 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 2005 Ignis through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £44–£116 — and 25% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £44–£116
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 25%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 4,580 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 Ignis, side by side
17 model years on record, from 2000 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.3% to 100.0% — a spread of 32.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 67.3% service brake imbalance across an…
- 2001 71.6% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2002 72.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 71.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2004 72.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2005 71.3%headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 72.8% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2007 72.9% rigid brake pipes excessively…
- 2008 76.1% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2016 84.9% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2017 86.0% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2018 89.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2019 91.8% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2020 95.4% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 96.4% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 96.9% wipers does not clear the…
- 2023 100.0% windscreen damaged but not…
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 2005 Suzuki Ignis 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 2005 cars with a similar record
- Volvo XC90 71.2%
- Nissan Pathfinder 71.2%
- Mitsubishi Colt 71.4%
- Toyota Hilux 71.4%
- Citroen C4 71.4%
- Ford Fiesta 71.5%
Closest pass rates among 2005 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 2005 Suzuki Ignis 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 14,548 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 | 3,486 | 23.70% | 20.98% | +2.72 |
| Brakes | 2,940 | 20.00% | 20.89% | −0.89 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,972 | 13.40% | 12.21% | +1.19 |
| Tyres | 1,601 | 10.90% | 19.76% | −8.86 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1,404 | 9.50% | 5.57% | +3.93 |
| Non-component advisories | 889 | 6.00% | 4.18% | +1.82 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 692 | 4.70% | 5.52% | −0.82 |
| Steering | 546 | 3.70% | 2.57% | +1.13 |
| Visibility | 541 | 3.70% | 4.97% | −1.27 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 477 | 3.20% | 1.76% | +1.44 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.0% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 4.9% | £18–45 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 4.3% | £80–250 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.3% | £30–80 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.8% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.6% | £25–65 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 3.1% | £80–180 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.0% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.9% | £80–200 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 2.6% | £180–450 |
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 | 23.9% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 14.6% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 14.4% | £25–65 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 14.1% | £120–300 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.1% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 96 | 80.2% | 21,798 mi |
| 30-60k | 817 | 76.4% | 47,509 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,599 | 70.9% | 75,326 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,384 | 69.4% | 104,106 mi |
| 120k+ | 681 | 68.7% | 138,263 mi |
Source: 4,580 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.
2005 Ignis MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Suzuki Ignis?
71.3% of the 4,580 2005 Suzuki Ignis tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 62.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Suzuki Ignis?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (6.99%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (4.91%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (4.30%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Suzuki Ignis MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 80.2% of the time, falling to 68.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Suzuki Ignis in this dataset had covered 86,410 mi.
Does the season affect the 2005 Suzuki Ignis MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 71.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 71.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.