Saab 9-3 MOT pass rate by year
How the Saab 9-3's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1998 to 2012, across the DVSA record.
What is the Saab 9-3 MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Saab 9-3 model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Saab 9-3 averages 26.3% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 70.3% | 29.7% | 88,542 |
| 1999 | 70.8% | 29.2% | 114,338 |
| 2000 | 72.7% | 27.3% | 130,789 |
| 2001 | 73.1% | 26.9% | 137,645 |
| 2002 | 73.0% | 27.0% | 125,178 |
| 2003 | 73.0% | 27.0% | 148,249 |
| 2004 | 72.7% | 27.3% | 233,380 |
| 2005 | 73.2% | 26.8% | 322,037 |
| 2006 | 73.2% | 26.8% | 349,780 |
| 2007 | 74.7% | 25.3% | 312,245 |
| 2008 | 75.6% | 24.4% | 204,234 |
| 2009 | 76.3% | 23.7% | 96,960 |
| 2010 | 77.4% | 22.6% | 72,225 |
| 2011 | 78.1% | 21.9% | 45,723 |
| 2012 | 80.0% | 20.0% | 3,060 |
Does age change how often a Saab 9-3 fails?
Older Saab 9-3s fail more often, as expected. The 1998 cars fail 29.7% of tests against 20.0% for the 2012. Across every year the model averages 26.3%. The 1998 is the weakest year at 29.7%, and the 2012 the strongest at 20.0%.
More on the Saab 9-3
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Saab 9-3: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them |
| All Saab models compared by MOT failure rate |
| MOT failure rates across Britain |
Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain