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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.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
199870.3%29.7%88,542
199970.8%29.2%114,338
200072.7%27.3%130,789
200173.1%26.9%137,645
200273.0%27.0%125,178
200373.0%27.0%148,249
200472.7%27.3%233,380
200573.2%26.8%322,037
200673.2%26.8%349,780
200774.7%25.3%312,245
200875.6%24.4%204,234
200976.3%23.7%96,960
201077.4%22.6%72,225
201178.1%21.9%45,723
201280.0%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
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