Does the Smart EQ Forfour fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?

The Smart EQ Forfour records 0.95 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 1.08 expected for a ev of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.13, 95% interval −0.46 to +0.20). It ranks 332 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on brakes · check a Smart EQ Forfour by registration

No single brakes defect wording reaches 30 items on the Smart EQ Forfour; the failures are spread across several.