All generations and engines together · 27,263 MOT tests in the 2025 data · typical mileage at age 7: 39k
Computed from DVSA MOT results, all of Great Britain, 2025. Nothing here is opinion.
Share of tests where each item was recorded. The dark tick is the class average across all tracked models; bars are scaled within each group.
The rows that judge the model rather than its keeper. 22,999 tests in this band.
Tyres, pads and stone chips say more about how the car was driven and maintained than about how it was built.
Owner folklore from forums and the motoring press. Most of it never shows up in an MOT, which is why this section exists at all.
On UK launch in February 2015, two press cars suffered brake pedal failure during an 80mph emergency stop test, with the pedal sticking to the floor and no braking effect. Suzuki pulled the Celerio from sale, recalled the roughly three dozen cars already delivered, and fitted an updated pedal mechanism, a fix done free at a dealer in about half an hour. This model's measured MOT data flags brakes as the standout fault in the city segment, and this recall is the nearest owner-folklore match, though it's a one-off factory fix on very early cars rather than a wear item that keeps recurring.
Cars built in a narrow window around January to March 2018 left the factory with a front seat side-airbag webbing bracket that wasn't secured properly, meaning the airbag might not deploy correctly in a side impact. Suzuki issued an official recall and dealers resecure or replace the bracket free of charge. Only affects cars from that build window, but worth checking before buying one from that period.
A number of owners report the clutch feeling worn, judder pulling away, or a biting point that's crept high within the first 10,000 miles, sooner than you'd expect on a car this light. When owners have taken this to Suzuki dealers, some have been told it's driving style rather than a parts fault, and opinion on forums is split on whether it's a genuine weak point or just heavy-footed use. Where a clutch kit is needed, expect somewhere around £300-500 fitted.
Cars fitted with Suzuki's AGS automated gearbox, which is really a robotised manual rather than a torque-converter auto, pause noticeably between pressing the throttle and the car moving, and nod at each gear change. Reviewers describe it as cumbersome next to a normal automatic, and buyers expecting smooth shifts are sometimes caught out. It's a design trait rather than a fault as such, but it uses the same clutch as the manual, so harsh or inconsistent changes on a test drive are worth querying with a dealer. Manual Celerios aren't affected.
A minor but repeated complaint: creaks and knocks from the front suspension over rough roads and speed bumps, plus rattles from the dashboard and door trim, generally turning up from around 40,000-60,000 miles. Auto Express and owner reviewers flag it as an isolated niggle rather than a widespread pattern, and it's usually a top mount, drop link or bush rather than anything structural. Cheap to put right, roughly £50-150 a corner, but worth running down before you buy so you're not paying for someone else's neglect.
Built from the two sections above.
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