# Smart ForTwo MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The Smart ForTwo passes its MOT first time 67% of the time, from 6,546 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 67%
- MOT tests analysed: 6,546 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Lights & electrics
- Licensed in Great Britain: 52,017 (2026 Q2)

## By year of first use and fuel

| Year | Fuel | MOT tests | First-time pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | Petrol | 50 (few mots) | 68% |
| 2013 | Petrol | 2,225 | 70% |
| 2013 | Diesel | 199 | 72% |
| 2013 | Electric | 14 (very few mots) | 71% |
| 2013 | Hybrid | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2012 | Petrol | 660 | 72% |
| 2012 | Diesel | 91 (few mots) | 69% |
| 2012 | Electric | 3 (very few mots) | 67% |
| 2011 | Petrol | 551 | 72% |
| 2011 | Diesel | 131 | 62% |
| 2010 | Petrol | 573 | 64% |
| 2010 | Diesel | 225 | 62% |
| 2009 | Petrol | 558 | 61% |
| 2009 | Diesel | 177 | 70% |
| 2008 | Petrol | 611 | 61% |
| 2007 | Petrol | 243 | 59% |
| 2006 | Petrol | 107 | 65% |
| 2005 | Petrol | 76 (few mots) | 61% |
| 2004 | Petrol | 44 (few mots) | 55% |
| 2004 | LPG | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2003 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 2002 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 50% |
| 2000 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2000 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 1998 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |

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