Pass rate
87.2%
Above average — 3.2 pts ahead of the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 11,176 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£74
2016 Suzuki SX4 MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 56,522 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
33.5% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
1.6 pts down across model years — 3.4% in 2006, 1.8% in 2020.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 95.4% pass
- Avoid 2006 68.7% pass
Across the 15 years on record, a spread of 26.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 85.4%
- Typical mileage
- 57k mi
The 2016 Suzuki SX4 MOT pass rate is 87.2% of its MOT tests — 3.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.5% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.6× the national share
Brakes make up 33.5% of everything recorded on the 2016 Suzuki Sx4, against 20.9% nationally — 12.6 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- 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 84.0% and this one manages 87.2% — 3.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
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 2016 Suzuki SX4 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 3.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 85.4%. The median 2016 Suzuki SX4 in this dataset had covered 56,522 mi.
80% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 88.2% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 87.5% of the time, April–September 86.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm", noted on 2.04% of tests.
- 11,176 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.2% overall pass rate, 85.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Suzuki SX4, the average is 79.8% — best year 2020 (95.4%), worst 2006 (68.7%).
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
- 11,176
- Typical mileage (median)
- 56,522 mi
- Make and model
- Suzuki SX4
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the SX4 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 68% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (80% of tests).
Where the Suzuki SX4 is most common
Across all SX4 model years on record (2006–2020): 52,499 Suzuki SX4 cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 139,590 tests. Sheffield (S) has the most, with 1,389 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) | 1,389 | 81.8% |
| 2 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 1,357 | 79.2% |
| 3 | Peterborough (PE) | 1,217 | 82.4% |
| 4 | Glasgow (G) | 961 | 76.8% |
| 5 | Cardiff (CF) | 935 | 76.5% |
| 6 | Birmingham (B) | 934 | 82.1% |
| 7 | Nottingham (NG) | 915 | 78.4% |
| 8 | Newport (NP) | 866 | 78.7% |
| 9 | Edinburgh (EH) | 864 | 76.2% |
| 10 | Bradford (BD) | 809 | 79.5% |
| 11 | Gloucester (GL) | 801 | 78.9% |
| 12 | Exeter (EX) | 779 | 78.2% |
| 13 | Leeds (LS) | 777 | 77.8% |
| 14 | Brighton (BN) | 769 | 79.9% |
| 15 | Ipswich (IP) | 733 | 85.1% |
| 16 | Portsmouth (PO) | 728 | 79.2% |
| 17 | York (YO) | 723 | 76.3% |
| 18 | Paisley (PA) | 722 | 81.3% |
| 19 | Aberdeen (AB) | 695 | 75.1% |
| 20 | Swansea (SA) | 691 | 78.0% |
The twenty areas with the most Suzuki SX4 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 SX4
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 2,007 | 88.1% |
| Scotland | 1,314 | 84.6% |
| Yorkshire | 1,313 | 87.4% |
| South West | 1,196 | 85.0% |
| East of England | 1,192 | 89.7% |
| North West | 921 | 87.5% |
| West Midlands | 842 | 88.1% |
| Wales | 729 | 86.4% |
| East Midlands | 709 | 87.3% |
| North East | 592 | 85.1% |
| London | 361 | 92.0% |
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 2016 SX4
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 2016 SX4
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 tyre tread 2.0% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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Check the lights 1.6% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
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 windscreen 1.5% 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 2016 SX4 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£74 — and 38% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£74
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 38%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 11,176 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 SX4, side by side
15 model years on record, from 2006 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.7% to 95.4% — a spread of 26.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 68.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2007 69.5% ball joint excessively worn
- 2008 71.5% ball joint excessively worn
- 2009 70.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2010 71.4% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2011 72.1% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2012 72.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 76.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 82.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 85.7% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2016 87.2%tread depth below requirements of…
- 2017 88.8% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2018 90.9% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2019 93.4% wipers blade defective
- 2020 95.4% headlamp aim too high
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 2016 Suzuki SX4 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 2016 cars with a similar record
- Jaguar F-Pace 87.2%
- Mercedes-Benz Slk 87.2%
- Volvo V70 87.2%
- Hyundai I20 87.3%
- BMW 420 87.3%
- Volkswagen Touran 87.3%
Closest pass rates among 2016 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 2016 Suzuki SX4 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 12,010 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 4,084 | 33.50% | 20.89% | +12.61 |
| Tyres | 3,574 | 29.40% | 19.76% | +9.64 |
| Non-component advisories | 1,008 | 8.30% | 4.18% | +4.12 |
| Suspension | 961 | 7.90% | 20.98% | −13.08 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 927 | 7.60% | 12.21% | −4.61 |
| Visibility | 686 | 5.60% | 4.97% | +0.63 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 224 | 1.80% | 5.52% | −3.72 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 215 | 1.80% | 5.57% | −3.77 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 181 | 1.50% | 1.76% | −0.26 |
| Road Wheels | 150 | 1.20% | 0.75% | +0.45 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 2.0% | £45–95 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.6% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.5% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.5% | £18–45 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.95% | £18–45 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 0.85% | £60–150 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.77% | £3–12 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.73% | £45–95 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 18.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.6% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.3% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.1% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 4.5% | £80–180 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 4.4% | £60–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1,193 | 94.7% | 22,794 mi |
| 30-60k | 5,056 | 89.8% | 46,100 mi |
| 60-90k | 3,637 | 84.3% | 72,436 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,051 | 79.1% | 101,200 mi |
| 120k+ | 238 | 76.1% | 138,948 mi |
Source: 11,176 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.
2016 SX4 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Suzuki SX4?
87.2% of the 11,176 2016 Suzuki SX4 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 85.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Suzuki SX4?
The three most recorded items are tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (2.04%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (1.60%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.54%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Suzuki SX4 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.7% of the time, falling to 76.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Suzuki SX4 in this dataset had covered 56,522 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2016 Suzuki SX4?
Petrol: 88.2% pass rate across 8,976 tests. Diesel: 83.2% pass rate across 2,195 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2016 Suzuki SX4 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 87.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 86.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.