Common Smart Fortwo Brabus Xclusive A MOT failures
Based on 1,401 Smart Fortwo Brabus Xclusive A tests on record carrying an official DVSA defect code, so every category below is counted from real failures rather than estimated.
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Real DVSA defect codes
Every category comes from the official MOT Inspection Manual section code DVSA attaches to each defect, not guessed from keywords.
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Where MOT tests find problems: Smart Fortwo Brabus Xclusive A
A test can find problems in more than one category, so the figures above do not sum to 100%. Each percentage is the share of classifiable tests that found at least one defect in that category. Based on 1,401 classifiable tests for Smart Fortwo Brabus Xclusive A.
What Smart Fortwo Brabus Xclusive A failures look like
1,401 Smart Fortwo Brabus Xclusive A tests on record carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 513 tests (36.6%), with brakes on 233 tests (16.6%) and with lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment on 124 tests (8.9%). A test can fail on more than one thing, and an MOT can be failed on one defect while another is only advised, so these counts do not add up to the number of tests.
Narrowed down from the categories to the individual defects themselves, three come up on more than one test:
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Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge
MOT inspection manual reference 5.2.3, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension
Recorded on 302 of the 1,401 tests: 51 failures and 251 advisories or minors.
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Coil spring corroded
MOT inspection manual reference 5.3.1, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension
Recorded on 112 of the 1,401 tests: 14 failures and 98 advisories or minors.
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Road wheel slightly distorted
MOT inspection manual reference 5.2.2, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension
Recorded on 76 of the 1,401 tests: 6 failures and 70 advisories or minors.
Where there is enough data to compare: Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd Auto (30,976 tests), Smart Roadster 80 Auto Rhd (12,145 tests), Smart City Passion 61 Auto (8,638 tests), Smart Fortwo Pulse Mhd Auto (7,998 tests), every Smart model (150,196 tests).
Clauses are read from the manual reference at the end of every defect on the cached test records, and a defect shown here has to appear on at least two of them before it is named. The site-wide breakdown explains how that works and compares every make.