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SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault

This one item accounted for 0% of every MOT test carried out in Great Britain, and it is among the commonest faults on 35 different model-and-year combinations. Here is where it clusters, and what it looks like on a car you are standing in front of.

The models it hits hardest

Ranked by how often the fault came up as a share of that model's own tests, not by raw count — a fault in 8% of a small model's tests says more about that model than one in 3% of the Fiesta's. A linked row has a page of its own.

ModelYearsShare of its tests
SEAT Mii 2010–2013 3.8%
Nissan Navara 2010–2013 2.9%
MG 3 2014–2017 2.8%
SEAT Tarraco 2018–2021 2.8%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport 2014–2017 2.6%
Mercedes-Benz Viano 2010–2013 2.4%
Volkswagen Tiguan R-Line Tech Tdi 2018–2021 2.2%
Volkswagen Passat 2010–2013 2.1%
Land Rover Range Rover 2014–2017 1.8%
Volkswagen CC 2010–2013 1.8%
Mercedes-Benz A-Class 2010–2013 1.7%
Fiat Ducato 2014–2017 1.7%
Volkswagen Tiguan Match Tdi 2018–2021 1.7%
Mercedes-Benz CLA 2010–2013 1.7%
Mercedes-Benz A-Class 2018–2021 1.6%
Fiat Auto Trail 2014–2017 1.5%
Mercedes-Benz X 2018–2021 1.4%
Peugeot Boxer 2014–2017 1.3%
Volkswagen Tiguan Match Tsi Evo S-A 2018–2021 1.3%
Mercedes-Benz A-Class 2014–2017 1.2%

Showing the worst 20 of 35 affected model-and-year combinations. The full dataset is downloadable below.

Which manufacturers it clusters on

Pooled across each make's whole range, so this is a fact about the brand rather than about one of its models. Makes with at least 50,000 tests.

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See whether the car you're looking at has this on record

Type the registration and you get that car's own MOT history — every advisory and every failure, including whether this one has already come up.

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023. Class 4 standard tests only. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.