MOT comparison

Ford Fiesta Mk7 vs Suzuki Swift Mk4

How the Ford Fiesta Mk7 (2008–2017) and the Suzuki Swift Mk4 (AZG) (2010–2017) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Fiesta Mk7

10,407,441

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2017

Passes more often in 0 of 13 mileage bands

Suzuki Swift Mk4 (AZG)

653,757

MOT tests compared · built 2010–2017

Passes more often in 11 of 13 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

Share of MOTs passed first time, at the mileage recorded at the test.

Ford Fiesta Mk7 Suzuki Swift Mk4

Under 10,000 miles 93.8% vs 93.0%

212,563 and 18,436 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.7% vs 90.3%

911,692 and 70,801 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 84.3% vs 86.9%

1,380,028 and 101,136 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 78.7% vs 83.6%

1,430,112 and 101,219 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 73.4% vs 79.6%

1,318,664 and 89,294 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 68.6% vs 75.8%

1,160,634 and 74,314 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 64.2% vs 71.8%

984,139 and 58,999 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 60.3% vs 67.8%

806,742 and 45,136 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 57.2% vs 64.5%

639,915 and 32,870 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 54.7% vs 61.5%

488,592 and 22,758 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 52.2% vs 58.9%

703,893 and 28,279 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 50.2% vs 56.9%

275,482 and 8,251 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 49.6% vs 55.2%

94,985 and 2,264 MOTs

Parts that fail more often

Only differences that hold across at least half of the mileage bands we could compare, and that are far too large to be chance, are listed. How we decide

Ford Fiesta Mk7 fails more often on

Tyre

Fails about 1.5 times as often as the Suzuki Swift Mk4: 8.2% of MOTs against 5.2%.

In 11 of 13 mileage bands · Tyre Wear & Damage
Front suspension arm

Fails about 6 times as often as the Suzuki Swift Mk4: 4.6% of MOTs against 1.1%.

In 10 of 13 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints
Headlamp

Fails about twice as often as the Suzuki Swift Mk4: 5.0% of MOTs against 2.5%.

In 10 of 13 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

Suzuki Swift Mk4 fails more often on

Windscreen wiper

Fails about twice as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 3.0% of MOTs against 1.2%.

In 12 of 13 mileage bands · Driver's View
Front position lamp

Fails about twice as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 7.0% of MOTs against 3.6%.

In 10 of 13 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

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These are differences in real MOT results, not engineering verdicts. Owner mix differs between models (some are more often taxis, first cars or rural cars), which is why every figure compares cars at the same mileage. How we compare cars.

MOT records: DVSA MOT history, which contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See this the other way round.