Pass rate
88.1%
Above average — 0.2 pts ahead of the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,636 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£73
2018 Suzuki Jimny MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 26,265 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
26.2% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2024 100.0% pass
- Avoid 2006 71.8% pass
Across the 22 years on record, a spread of 28.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 86.5%
- Typical mileage
- 26k mi
The 2018 Suzuki Jimny MOT pass rate is 88.1% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Suzuki Jimny does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with lamps & electrics
Lamps & electrics are 6.8% of this car’s recorded faults, against 12.2% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 28% 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 2018 Suzuki Jimny compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 0.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 86.5%. The median 2018 Suzuki Jimny in this dataset had covered 26,265 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 87.9% of the time, April–September 88.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 7.58% of tests.
- 1,636 recorded tests behind this page.
- 88.1% overall pass rate, 86.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Suzuki Jimny, the average is 78.3% — best year 2024 (100.0%), worst 2006 (71.8%).
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
- 1,636
- Typical mileage (median)
- 26,265 mi
- Make and model
- Suzuki Jimny
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Jimny MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 69% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Jimny
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 313 | 89.5% |
| South East | 299 | 91.6% |
| Yorkshire | 186 | 81.7% |
| Scotland | 160 | 81.3% |
| North West | 152 | 89.5% |
| West Midlands | 144 | 88.2% |
| Wales | 104 | 85.6% |
| East of England | 100 | 95.0% |
| North East | 88 | 87.5% |
| East Midlands | 60 | 90.0% |
| London | 30 | 90.0% |
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 2018 Jimny
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 2018 Jimny
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 coil springs 7.6% 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.
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Check the wipers and washers 1.3% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the windscreen 1.2% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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 2018 Jimny through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£73 — and 28% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£73
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 28%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,636 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 Jimny, side by side
22 model years on record, from 2000 to 2024. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.8% to 100.0% — a spread of 28.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 72.9% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2001 72.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2002 73.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 73.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 72.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2005 72.7% chassis condition or chassis has…
- 2006 71.8% chassis condition or chassis has…
- 2007 72.8% chassis condition or chassis has…
- 2008 76.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2009 78.2% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2010 77.7% chassis condition or chassis has…
- 2011 79.7% service brake performance…
- 2012 81.4% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 83.8% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 84.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2015 83.3% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2016 85.6% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2017 86.6% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2018 88.1%coil spring fractured or broken
- 2019 94.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 96.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2024 100.0% no single leading item
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 2018 Suzuki Jimny 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz A-Class 88.1%
- Land Rover Discovery 88.1%
- BMW 118 88.1%
- Nissan Leaf 88.1%
- Nissan Pulsar 88.1%
- Mitsubishi Shogun 88.0%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 Suzuki Jimny 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 986 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 | 259 | 26.20% | 20.98% | +5.22 |
| Tyres | 240 | 24.30% | 19.76% | +4.54 |
| Brakes | 227 | 23.00% | 20.89% | +2.11 |
| Visibility | 85 | 8.60% | 4.97% | +3.63 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 67 | 6.80% | 12.21% | −5.41 |
| Non-component advisories | 64 | 6.50% | 4.18% | +2.32 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 17 | 1.70% | 5.52% | −3.82 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 14 | 1.40% | 5.57% | −4.17 |
| Steering | 8 | 0.80% | 2.57% | −1.77 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 5 | 0.50% | 1.76% | −1.26 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 7.6% | £25–65 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.3% | £8–22 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.2% | £80–200 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.98% | £8–22 |
| Swivel pins and bushes swivel pin and/or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.86% | £40–150 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.86% | £8–22 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.61% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.43% | £30–80 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.43% | £5–25 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 0.43% | £80–180 |
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 | 6.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 5.9% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 5.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 1.7% | £18–45 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 1.6% | £80–180 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 1.6% | £20–55 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 955 | 91.4% | 18,278 mi |
| 30-60k | 553 | 84.8% | 41,135 mi |
| 60-90k | 109 | 77.1% | 70,573 mi |
| 90-120k | 18 | 77.8% | 101,820 mi |
| 120k+ | 1 | 100.0% | 125,367 mi |
Source: 1,636 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.
2018 Jimny MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Suzuki Jimny?
88.1% of the 1,636 2018 Suzuki Jimny tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 86.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Suzuki Jimny?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (7.58%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.28%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.22%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Suzuki Jimny MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.4% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Suzuki Jimny in this dataset had covered 26,265 mi.
Does the season affect the 2018 Suzuki Jimny MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 87.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 88.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.