Pass rate
96.2%
Above average — 5.0 pts ahead of the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 239 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £26–£64
2021 Suzuki SX4 S-Cross Motion MOT pass rate
- 2021
- 2 trims combined
- typical 22,509 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
46.4% 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 →
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 96.2% pass · this year
- Avoid 2023 93.4% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 2.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 96.1%
- Typical mileage
- 23k mi
The 2021 Suzuki SX4 S-Cross Motion MOT pass rate is 96.2% of its MOT tests — 5.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 46.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Suzuki SX4 S-Cross Motion does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.3× the national share
Tyres make up 46.4% of everything recorded on the 2021 Suzuki Sx4 S-Cross Motion, against 19.8% nationally — 26.6 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 91.2% and this one manages 96.2% — 5.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 27% 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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Every Suzuki SX4 S-Cross Motion first registered in 2021 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2021 Suzuki SX4 S-Cross Motion compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 5.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 96.1%. The median 2021 Suzuki SX4 S-Cross Motion in this dataset had covered 22,509 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp aim too high", noted on 2.09% of tests.
- 239 recorded tests behind this page.
- 96.2% overall pass rate, 96.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Suzuki SX4 S-Cross Motion, the average is 95.6% — best year 2021 (96.2%), worst 2023 (93.4%).
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
- 239
- Typical mileage (median)
- 22,509 mi
- Make and model
- Suzuki SX4 S-Cross Motion
- 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 S-Cross Motion MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 83% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the SX4 S-Cross Motion
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 39 | 97.4% |
| East of England | 31 | 87.1% |
| South West | 30 | 93.3% |
| North West | 27 | 100.0% |
| Yorkshire | 24 | 95.8% |
| Scotland | 20 | 100.0% |
| East Midlands | 17 | 100.0% |
| West Midlands | 17 | 94.1% |
| Wales | 17 | 100.0% |
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 2021 SX4 S-Cross Motion
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 2021 SX4 S-Cross Motion
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 tyre tread 1.3% 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 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.
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 2021 SX4 S-Cross Motion through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £26–£64 — and 27% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £26–£64
- Cheapest common item: washers not working
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 27%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 239 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 S-Cross Motion, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2021 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 93.4% to 96.2% — a spread of 2.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2021 96.2%headlamp aim too high
- 2022 95.8% wipers blade defective
- 2023 93.4% ball joint dust cover severely…
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 2021 Suzuki SX4 S-Cross Motion 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- Lexus Nx 96.3%
- Levc Tx 96.3%
- Honda Jazz 96.1%
- Toyota YARIS Cross 96.4%
- Honda Cr-V 95.9%
- Lexus Ux 96.7%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Suzuki SX4 S-Cross Motion 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 110 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 | 51 | 46.40% | 19.76% | +26.64 |
| Suspension | 17 | 15.50% | 20.98% | −5.48 |
| Brakes | 13 | 11.80% | 20.89% | −9.09 |
| Non-component advisories | 11 | 10.00% | 4.18% | +5.82 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 7 | 6.40% | 12.21% | −5.81 |
| Visibility | 7 | 6.40% | 4.97% | +1.43 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 2.70% | 1.76% | +0.94 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 0.90% | 5.52% | −4.62 |
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 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.3% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.84% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.84% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 0.84% | £30–75 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.84% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.42% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.42% | £30–80 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Rectified | 0.42% | £5–15 |
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 | 13.8% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 6.3% | £30–75 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.9% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.5% | £20–80 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–110 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 176 | 97.7% | 19,183 mi |
| 30-60k | 61 | 91.8% | 38,877 mi |
| 60-90k | 2 | 100.0% | 64,308 mi |
Source: 239 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.
2021 SX4 S-Cross Motion MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Suzuki SX4 S-Cross Motion?
96.2% of the 239 2021 Suzuki SX4 S-Cross Motion tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 96.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Suzuki SX4 S-Cross Motion?
The three most recorded items are headlamp aim too high (2.09%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.26%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.26%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Suzuki SX4 S-Cross Motion MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 97.7% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Suzuki SX4 S-Cross Motion in this dataset had covered 22,509 mi.