Pass rate
73.2%
Below average — 1.0 pts ahead of the 72.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 5,980 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £43–£121
2004 Suzuki Wagon-R+ MOT pass rate
- 2004
- 2 trims combined
- typical 74,077 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
23.3% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2006 74.9% pass
- Avoid 2000 67.7% pass
Across the 8 years on record, a spread of 7.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 65.0%
- Typical mileage
- 74k mi
The 2004 Suzuki Wagon-R+ MOT pass rate is 73.2% of its MOT tests — 1.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Suzuki Wagon-R+ does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.1× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 11.6% of everything recorded on the 2004 Suzuki Wagon-R+, against 5.6% nationally — 6.0 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 23.3%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 20% 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 Wagon-R+ first registered in 2004 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2004 Suzuki Wagon-R+ compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.2%, so this figure is 1.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 65.0%. The median 2004 Suzuki Wagon-R+ in this dataset had covered 74,077 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 73.5% of the time, April–September 72.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 5.95% of tests.
- 5,980 recorded tests behind this page.
- 73.2% overall pass rate, 65.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Suzuki Wagon-R+, the average is 72.1% — best year 2006 (74.9%), worst 2000 (67.7%).
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
- 5,980
- Typical mileage (median)
- 74,077 mi
- Make and model
- Suzuki Wagon-R+
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Wagon-R+ MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 60% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Wagon-R+
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 1,454 | 76.3% |
| South West | 924 | 69.6% |
| East of England | 748 | 74.2% |
| West Midlands | 598 | 74.4% |
| Yorkshire | 560 | 70.5% |
| East Midlands | 425 | 73.4% |
| North West | 388 | 72.9% |
| Wales | 301 | 70.8% |
| London | 216 | 83.8% |
| North East | 210 | 68.1% |
| Scotland | 156 | 60.9% |
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 2004 Wagon-R+
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 2004 Wagon-R+
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 4.8% 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 suspension joints 4.3% 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 brake pipes 3.7% of tests
“rigid brake pipes excessively corroded”
Brake pipes run under the car, usually in front of the rear wheels. Flaking or crusty metal is what fails; a light dusting of surface rust does not. Worth asking a garage to look while it is on a ramp.
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 2004 Wagon-R+ through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £43–£121 — and 20% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £43–£121
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 20%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 5,980 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 Wagon-R+, side by side
8 model years on record, from 2000 to 2007. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.7% to 74.9% — a spread of 7.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 67.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 70.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 69.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 71.6% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2004 73.2%joints constant velocity boot…
- 2005 73.6% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2006 74.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 74.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
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 2004 Suzuki Wagon-R+ 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 2004 cars with a similar record
- Audi Tt 73.1%
- Mercedes-Benz A-Class 73.1%
- BMW 316 73.1%
- Nissan Almera 73.5%
- Saab 9-3 73.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Ml 72.9%
Closest pass rates among 2004 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 2004 Suzuki Wagon-R+ 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 16,761 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 | 3,993 | 23.30% | 20.98% | +2.32 |
| Brakes | 3,527 | 20.50% | 20.89% | −0.39 |
| Tyres | 2,216 | 12.90% | 19.76% | −6.86 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1,986 | 11.60% | 5.57% | +6.03 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,360 | 7.90% | 12.21% | −4.31 |
| Non-component advisories | 1,077 | 6.30% | 4.18% | +2.12 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 772 | 4.50% | 5.52% | −1.02 |
| Visibility | 752 | 4.40% | 4.97% | −0.57 |
| Steering | 704 | 4.10% | 2.57% | +1.53 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 374 | 2.20% | 1.76% | +0.44 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 6.0% | £80–250 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.8% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 4.3% | £18–45 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.8% | £80–250 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 3.7% | £80–180 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.6% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.3% | £80–200 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 2.7% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.6% | £5–25 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.5% | £18–45 |
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 | 25.4% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 15.5% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.3% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 13.2% | £25–65 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 12.2% | £120–300 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 8.7% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 246 | 83.3% | 23,234 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,637 | 78.0% | 47,519 mi |
| 60-90k | 2,254 | 72.2% | 74,748 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,357 | 68.5% | 102,436 mi |
| 120k+ | 455 | 69.0% | 137,183 mi |
Source: 5,980 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.
2004 Wagon-R+ MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2004 Suzuki Wagon-R+?
73.2% of the 5,980 2004 Suzuki Wagon-R+ tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.2% for cars first used in 2004. First-attempt pass rate: 65.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2004 Suzuki Wagon-R+?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (5.95%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.77%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (4.30%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2004 Suzuki Wagon-R+ MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.3% of the time, falling to 69.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2004 Suzuki Wagon-R+ in this dataset had covered 74,077 mi.
Does the season affect the 2004 Suzuki Wagon-R+ MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 73.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 72.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.