Suzuki Swift 2022: reliability & common MOT faults

At a glance

How 4,340 first tests went in 2025.

Passed first time: 93 in every 100
Did not pass first time: 7 in every 100298 failed first-attempt tests
The typical car: 3 yearsabout 17,619 miles
First tests counted: 4,340

What failed most often

Tyre condition (front)18 in every 100 failed tests

How we count this. Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Only Class 4 cars on their first MOT of the year are counted. A car that fails and is fixed at the test station still counts as a fail in the first-attempt rate. These are raw results, not adjusted for age, mileage, or peer mix. The MOT does not test engine or gearbox internals.

Note:

These are patterns across 2022 Suzuki Swift vehicles in 2025, not a prediction that any one car will have them. Faults are grouped by part of the car. A wear pattern follows age and use more than the way the car was built. They come from MOT defect codes, not manufacturer bulletins, recalls or a diagnosis of any one car.

Brakes

One wear pattern: brake pads (front), 4.2 times as often as on similar cars.

Figures below are measured across the 297 of 298 failed first attempts (99.7%) that recorded an odometer reading in 2025. Mileage is needed to compare like with like.

We only list faults with at least 20 failures and a rate of about 2.0 times that of similar cars, which keeps one-off results out of the list.

Brake pads (front)

Failed on 42 first tests4.2 times as often as similar carsWear pattern

What it means

A pad worn down to its wear indicator, or contaminated with oil or grease, is Major. A pad worn below the set thickness limit, missing or incorrectly mounted is Dangerous. The manual treats an illuminated brake wear indicator as no reason for failure, although DVSA also lists an illuminated indicator as a Major row.

Also noted as an advisory

Testers also noted it as an advisory, worn but not yet failing, on 35 first tests, 2.6 times as often as on similar cars.

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage. Advisories count notes recorded on failed first tests only.

Advisories

Other things testers noted as worn or close to failing, more often than on similar cars.

An advisory is a note from the tester about something that has not failed yet. It is an early warning, not a fail. Advisories for the faults above are shown with those faults.

Brake discs (front)

Noted on 34 first tests2.2 times as often as similar carsWear pattern

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Counts cover advisories recorded on failed first tests only, compared with cars of the same age and mileage.

MOT pass rates

How first tests ended, and how the pass rates are counted.

Passed first time: 93in every 100; Passed on the first test.
Fixed at the station: 2in every 100; Failed, then fixed at the test station the same day.
Failed: 5in every 100; Did not pass, and were not fixed at the test station.

First-attempt pass 93.1% of 4,340 first tests (2025): only cars that passed first time count. Official-style pass 95.1%: cars fixed at the test station also count as a pass. The 2 fixed and the 5 not fixed make the 7 in every 100 that did not pass first time.

Same model, other years

Passed first time in every 100, all tested in 2025.

Newer cars are younger, so look for a jump rather than the climb.

Year	Passed first time	First tests
2005	48 in every 100	1,031
2006	50 in every 100	3,181
2007	50 in every 100	5,719
2008	51 in every 100	6,147
2009	53 in every 100	6,027
2010	56 in every 100	5,486
2011	61 in every 100	5,872
2012	64 in every 100	8,590
2013	68 in every 100	8,442
2014	71 in every 100	9,785
2015	74 in every 100	12,007
2016	76 in every 100	10,122
2017	80 in every 100	7,827
2018	84 in every 100	9,830
2019	87 in every 100	10,601
2020	88 in every 100	7,762
2021	89 in every 100	7,291
2022 This car	93 in every 100	4,340

If you are buying one

What this year's MOT record means for the decision in front of you.

Mileage matters most on a 2022 Swift.

Of 2022 Swift vehicles with under 10,000 miles, 97 in every 100 passed their 2025 MOT first time. With 28,000 miles or more, 87 in every 100 did.

Under 10,000800 tests

97

10,000–15,000872 tests

96

15,000–20,000 Typical car889 tests

94

20,000–28,000917 tests

92

28,000 and over861 tests

87

What to check at your mileage

How often each fault turned up on a failed first test, by the car's mileage. Read it as: what is likely to need looking at on a car like the one in front of you.

	Under 10,000	15,000–20,000	28,000 and over
Tyre condition (front)	0.2	1.6	2.4

Faults per 100 first tests, by the car's mileage at the test.

Every figure here is a first-attempt MOT rate from DVSA open data for this model line, for cars of this model year tested in 2025. Each mileage band holds a fifth of the tests. MOTs do not test engine or gearbox internals, so this is a pre-purchase checklist, not a full reliability score.

FAQs

Short answers about how to read this model-year guide.

Is the 2022 Suzuki Swift reliable?

The 2022 Suzuki Swift follows the pattern of the model years either side. In 2025, 93.1% of 4,340 first MOTs on the 2022 Suzuki Swift passed first time (PRS: items fixed at the station the same day, counted as a fail). The official-style rate including PRS is 95.1%. Among 298 failed first-attempt MOT tests (test year 2025), we highlight MOT failure patterns that show up more often than on cars of a similar age and mileage when the sample is large enough to trust. There is no single reliability score here; this is a pre-purchase checklist built from DVSA open data, not a guarantee for any individual car.

What is most likely to fail on a 2022 Suzuki Swift?

Ranked by how often they were actually recorded, the items that most often failed a 2022 Suzuki Swift at the first attempt were Tyre condition (front) (17.8%), each as a share of the year's failed first attempts. That is what goes wrong most often on the car. The common faults table shows a different measure: faults that are unusual compared with similar cars.

How should I read advisories vs fails?

Advisories flag issues noted at the test and are not a fail rate. We show advisory patterns that appear more often than on similar cars among failed first-attempt tests, separate from common failure rows. Use them as early-warning checks, not as a pass/fail score.

What does this Suzuki Swift 2022 MOT report cover?

This page highlights MOT failure patterns for the 2022 Suzuki Swift (registration year) using UK DVSA open data for the selected test year. Patterns are compared with cars of a similar age and mileage. It is a buyer checklist from MOT defect statistics, not a full service history or manufacturer service-bulletin list.

Does this include engine and gearbox problems?

No. MOT tests do not cover engine internals, gearboxes, or many electronic modules. Patterns here come from MOT defect statistics only and should not be read as engine or gearbox reliability scores.

About this data

How this page is built and what it can (and can't) say.

These figures come from UK MOT open data for this model year. We surface common failure patterns against similar cars, not a full reliability score, and not a pass/fail verdict on any individual vehicle.

2024 2025

What we include

UK Class 4 cars only. Normal MOT tests (not retests); first test per vehicle per calendar year; results pass, PRS, or fail.

Same-day repairs

PRS means the car failed items that were fixed at the test station and then passed the same day. We count PRS as a first-attempt fail in headline rates so same-day repairs do not hide problems.

How we compare

We compare this model year with other Class 4 cars of similar age and mileage in the same test year. This model family is left out of the peer group so the car is not measured against itself.

What this does not cover

MOTs do not cover engine internals, gearboxes, or many electronics; this is not a full reliability score.
Common faults come from MOT defect stats, not manufacturer TSBs or recalls.
Age and mileage matching reduces, but does not remove, differences in how cars were used and maintained.
If the data for a car is too thin to say anything useful, we say so rather than guess.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.