Does the Suzuki Wagon R fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

The Suzuki Wagon R records 0.35 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.58 expected for a car 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) (−0.23, 95% interval −0.28 to −0.17). It ranks 431 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on road wheels · check a Suzuki Wagon R by registration

What exactly fails on road wheels?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Suzuki Wagon R is “A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting”, recorded 176 times in 2019–2024.

Suzuki Wagon R: most frequent road wheels defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting	176	0.25

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 69,041 (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

If a Suzuki Wagon R gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?

1.5% of Suzuki Wagon R MOTs with a road wheels advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 2,778 miles later (1,426 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,426 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

Does the Suzuki Wagon R fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

What exactly fails on road wheels?

If a Suzuki Wagon R gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?

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