M C C Smart MOT reliability

M C C Smarts passed their MOT first time 60% of the time across 694 tests in 2025. 1,633 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

60%

MOTs analysed

694

Still licensed (GB)

1,633

Body type

Hatchback

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

2005 petrol

80 MOTs

These figures come from 80 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 68%. Typical mileage 79,439 (most between 57,681 and 105,647).

2007: 100% → 2008: 80% → 2009: 75% → 2010: 71% → 2011: 66% → 2012: 62% → 2013: 54% → 2014: 64% → 2015: 57% → 2016: 63% → 2017: 65% → 2018: 66% → 2019: 62% → 2020: 63% → 2021: 68% → 2022: 76% → 2023: 83% → 2024: 68% → 2025: 68%

Most common failures

Horn: not working (10.0%)
Rear fog lamp: not working (5.0%)
Individual direction indicators: incorrect colour (3.8%)
Position lamp: not working (3.8%)
Stop lamp: not working (3.8%)

Where 2005 Smarts fail

Lights & electrics

25.0%

Brakes

8.8%

Suspension & axles

8.8%

Steering

5.0%

Body, structure & corrosion

3.8%

Wheels & tyres

2.5%

Visibility & wipers

2.5%

Seat belts & other equipment

1.3%

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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.