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Saab 9000 MOT pass rate by year

How the Saab 9000's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1988 to 1998, across the DVSA record.

What is the Saab 9000 MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Saab 9000 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 9000 averages 34.6% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
198865.9%34.1%1,596
198964.6%35.4%3,430
199064.3%35.7%6,389
199163.5%36.5%7,694
199262.1%37.9%12,736
199363.1%36.9%16,877
199465.5%34.5%15,347
199565.3%34.7%20,370
199666.3%33.7%33,985
199766.6%33.4%39,945
199867.6%32.4%10,527

Does age change how often a Saab 9000 fails?

Older Saab 9000s fail more often, as expected. The 1988 cars fail 34.1% of tests against 32.4% for the 1998. Across every year the model averages 34.6%. The 1992 is the weakest year at 37.9%, and the 1998 the strongest at 32.4%.

More on the Saab 9000

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

See also
Saab 9000: 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