Pass rate
95.4%
Above average — 4.7 pts ahead of the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,151 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £26–£65
2020 Suzuki SX4 MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 24,256 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
41.2% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
2.8 pts down across model years — 6.8% in 2006, 4.0% in 2020.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 95.4% pass · this year
- Avoid 2006 68.7% pass
Across the 15 years on record, a spread of 26.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 95.2%
- Typical mileage
- 24k mi
The 2020 Suzuki SX4 MOT pass rate is 95.4% of its MOT tests — 4.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 41.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Suzuki SX4 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.1× the national share
Tyres make up 41.2% of everything recorded on the 2020 Suzuki Sx4, against 19.8% nationally — 21.4 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- 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 90.7% and this one manages 95.4% — 4.7 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 2020 Suzuki SX4 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 4.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 95.2%. The median 2020 Suzuki SX4 in this dataset had covered 24,256 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 95.1% of the time, April–September 95.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp aim too high", noted on 2.09% of tests.
- 1,151 recorded tests behind this page.
- 95.4% overall pass rate, 95.2% 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
- 1,151
- Typical mileage (median)
- 24,256 mi
- Make and model
- Suzuki SX4
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Alignment
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the SX4 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 72% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the SX4
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 166 | 97.6% |
| Yorkshire | 162 | 95.1% |
| Scotland | 144 | 95.8% |
| East of England | 140 | 95.7% |
| North East | 126 | 96.8% |
| North West | 102 | 95.1% |
| South West | 102 | 91.2% |
| West Midlands | 78 | 93.6% |
| Wales | 54 | 94.4% |
| East Midlands | 49 | 98.0% |
| London | 28 | 92.9% |
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 2020 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 2020 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 lights 2.1% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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 wipers and washers 1.7% 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 0.9% 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 2020 SX4 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £26–£65 — and 44% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £26–£65
- Cheapest common item: daytime running lamps insecure
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 44%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,151 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 2020 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Volvo XC40 Inscription Pro 95.4%
- Toyota RAV4 95.2%
- Lexus Nx 95.7%
- Honda Hr-V 95.7%
- Lexus Ct 95.0%
- Porsche Macan 94.9%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Suzuki SX4 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 563 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 232 | 41.20% | 19.76% | +21.44 |
| Brakes | 149 | 26.50% | 20.89% | +5.61 |
| Visibility | 62 | 11.00% | 4.97% | +6.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 55 | 9.80% | 4.18% | +5.62 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 42 | 7.50% | 12.21% | −4.71 |
| Suspension | 9 | 1.60% | 20.98% | −19.38 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 8 | 1.40% | 5.52% | −4.12 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 0.50% | 1.76% | −1.26 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 0.50% | 0.82% | −0.32 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.1% | £30–80 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.7% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.2% | £8–22 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.96% | £8–22 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.87% | £80–200 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.70% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.70% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.52% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.35% | £30–80 |
| Daytime running lamps insecure Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.26% | £3–15 |
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 | 11.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.9% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 4.0% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.6% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.4% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.3% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 733 | 97.1% | 17,687 mi |
| 30-60k | 378 | 91.8% | 40,271 mi |
| 60-90k | 33 | 100.0% | 68,394 mi |
| 90-120k | 5 | 80.0% | 99,462 mi |
| 120k+ | 1 | 100.0% | 151,563 mi |
Source: 1,151 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.
2020 SX4 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Suzuki SX4?
95.4% of the 1,151 2020 Suzuki SX4 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 95.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Suzuki SX4?
The three most recorded items are headlamp aim too high (2.09%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.74%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.22%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Suzuki SX4 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 97.1% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Suzuki SX4 in this dataset had covered 24,256 mi.
Does the season affect the 2020 Suzuki SX4 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 95.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 95.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.