Suzuki Liana MOT reliability

Suzuki Lianas passed their MOT first time 52% of the time across 906 tests in 2025. 642 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

52%

MOTs analysed

906

Still licensed (GB)

642

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

211 MOTs

Passed first time 49%. Typical mileage 94,526 (most between 67,288 and 111,597).

2006: 100% → 2007: 82% → 2008: 84% → 2009: 78% → 2010: 77% → 2011: 73% → 2012: 69% → 2013: 63% → 2014: 59% → 2015: 56% → 2016: 54% → 2017: 49% → 2018: 47% → 2019: 46% → 2020: 49% → 2021: 52% → 2022: 52% → 2023: 50% → 2024: 46% → 2025: 49%

Most common failures

Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (10.0%)
Stop lamp: not working (8.5%)
Service brake performance: excessively binding (7.6%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (6.2%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (6.2%)

Where 2005 Lianas fail

Brakes

21.3%

Lights & electrics

20.9%

Suspension & axles

19.9%

Body, structure & corrosion

15.2%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

14.2%

Wheels & tyres

9.0%

Visibility & wipers

7.1%

Steering

0.9%

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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.