Chevrolet Gmc Suburban MOT reliability

Chevrolet Gmc Suburbans passed their MOT first time 75% of the time across 32 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 32 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

75%

MOTs analysed

32

Still licensed (GB)

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Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2001 petrol

9 MOTs

These figures come from only 9 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 56%. Typical mileage 118,878 (most between 114,052 and 130,044).

2005: 67% → 2006: 50% → 2007: 63% → 2008: 83% → 2009: 67% → 2010: 71% → 2011: 80% → 2012: 71% → 2013: 50% → 2014: 60% → 2015: 67% → 2016: 71% → 2017: 75% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 100% → 2020: 67% → 2021: 43% → 2022: 60% → 2023: 60% → 2024: 29% → 2025: 56%

Most common failures

Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (22.2%)
Parking brake performance: inoperative on one side (22.2%)
Horn: not working (11.1%)
Rear fog lamp: lens defective such that emitted light is adversely affected (11.1%)
Stop lamp: not working (11.1%)

Where 2001 Suburbans fail

Brakes

33.3%

Lights & electrics

22.2%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.