Suzuki Celerio 2015: MOT failure rate for its age

15.6% of 43,523 MOT tests of the Suzuki Celerio first registered in 2015 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 105.5 (95% CI 103.0–108.0; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2015 Suzuki Celerio fails more often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Suzuki Celerio built in 2015 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	15.6	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	43523
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 103.0–108.0)	105.5	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	43523
Rank among this model's 5 build years	5	of 5	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	43523
Tested in 2024	7199	tests	median 43,527 miles	2024	7199

Built 2015 against Suzuki Celerio normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 4: 13% vs 13.2%; age 5: 14% vs 13.5%; age 6: 14% vs 13.3%; age 7: 15.8% vs 14.2%; age 8: 17.8% vs 16.2%; age 9: 19% vs 18.4%. Axis from 0% to 20%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2015 Suzuki Celerio by registration · All Suzuki Celerio MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2015 Suzuki Celerio fail at each age?

Cars built in 2015 were tested at ages 4 to 9 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Suzuki Celerio built 2015: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
4	7,406	13	12.3–13.8	13.2	98.9
5	7,178	14	13.2–14.8	13.5	104
6	7,283	14	13.2–14.8	13.3	105.4
7	7,238	15.8	14.9–16.6	14.2	111.1
8	7,219	17.8	16.9–18.7	16.2	109.8
9	7,199	19	18.1–19.9	18.4	103.5

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 43,523 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2015 Suzuki Celerio?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2015 is visibility: 6.6 items per 100 first tests, against 6.6 across all build years of the Suzuki Celerio. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2015 were tested at ages 4 to 9.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Suzuki Celerio built 2015 against the Suzuki Celerio in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2015, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Visibility	6.6	6.6	2,870
Brakes	5.5	3.9	2,374
Tyres	5	3.7	2,167
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	2.9	2.1	1,243
Suspension	1.9	1.2	848

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 43,523 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2015 compare with the years around it?

Among the 5 published build years of the Suzuki Celerio, 2015 ranks 5 (1 = fails least for its age). 2016: index 99.1.

Suzuki Celerio build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2015	105.5	103.0–108.0	worse	43,523
2016	99.1	96.6–101.6	no different	47,327
2017	98.4	95.3–101.5	no different	33,038
2018	103.3	98.7–107.9	no different	16,512
2019	89.3	82.3–96.4	better	6,327

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 146,727 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Suzuki Celerio 2015 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/suzuki-celerio/2015/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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