Does the Suzuki Liana fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?

The Suzuki Liana records 1.78 seat belts and airbags failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 2.87 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−1.09, 95% interval −1.37 to −0.81). It ranks 539 of 627 models on seat belts and airbags (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on seat belts and airbags · check a Suzuki Liana by registration

What exactly fails on seat belts and airbags?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Suzuki Liana is “An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction”, recorded 181 times in 2019–2024.

Suzuki Liana: most frequent seat belts and airbags defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction	181	1.26

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 14,325 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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Does the Suzuki Liana fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?

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