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Saab 9-5 MOT pass rate by year

How the Saab 9-5's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1997 to 2011, across the DVSA record.

What is the Saab 9-5 MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Saab 9-5 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 9-5 averages 25.7% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
199773.2%26.8%4,599
199871.8%28.2%45,642
199972.2%27.8%67,777
200074.0%26.0%70,235
200174.7%25.3%71,348
200274.0%26.0%86,181
200374.0%26.0%69,419
200473.8%26.2%81,479
200573.7%26.3%80,114
200676.1%23.9%61,768
200776.2%23.8%46,069
200876.7%23.3%31,295
200977.0%23.0%15,701
201078.5%21.5%13,094
201177.3%22.7%6,848

Does age change how often a Saab 9-5 fails?

Older Saab 9-5s fail more often, as expected. The 1997 cars fail 26.8% of tests against 22.7% for the 2011. Across every year the model averages 25.7%. The 1998 is the weakest year at 28.2%, and the 2010 the strongest at 21.5%.

More on the Saab 9-5

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
Saab 9-5: 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