Subaru Forester MOT pass rate by year
How the Subaru Forester's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1997 to 2021, across the DVSA record.
What is the Subaru Forester MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Subaru Forester 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 Subaru Forester averages 23.6% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 68.9% | 31.1% | 7,543 |
| 1998 | 69.4% | 30.6% | 19,663 |
| 1999 | 70.8% | 29.2% | 26,262 |
| 2000 | 71.2% | 28.8% | 28,001 |
| 2001 | 72.5% | 27.5% | 31,939 |
| 2002 | 73.7% | 26.3% | 34,977 |
| 2003 | 76.0% | 24.0% | 49,007 |
| 2004 | 76.7% | 23.3% | 43,148 |
| 2005 | 76.7% | 23.3% | 43,922 |
| 2006 | 75.9% | 24.1% | 31,684 |
| 2007 | 76.5% | 23.5% | 24,724 |
| 2008 | 76.7% | 23.3% | 15,606 |
| 2009 | 76.0% | 24.0% | 13,061 |
| 2010 | 77.4% | 22.6% | 17,456 |
| 2011 | 78.8% | 21.2% | 15,245 |
| 2012 | 79.2% | 20.8% | 6,824 |
| 2013 | 81.8% | 18.2% | 11,302 |
| 2014 | 83.1% | 16.9% | 13,654 |
| 2015 | 83.1% | 16.9% | 10,491 |
| 2016 | 84.6% | 15.4% | 10,875 |
| 2017 | 87.5% | 12.5% | 7,178 |
| 2018 | 89.0% | 11.0% | 5,953 |
| 2019 | 91.0% | 9.0% | 5,613 |
| 2020 | 89.2% | 10.8% | 1,053 |
| 2021 | 91.6% | 8.4% | 2,135 |
Does age change how often a Subaru Forester fails?
Older Subaru Foresters fail more often, as expected. The 1997 cars fail 31.1% of tests against 8.4% for the 2021. Across every year the model averages 23.6%. The 1997 is the weakest year at 31.1%, and the 2021 the strongest at 8.4%.
More on the Subaru Forester
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Subaru Forester: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them |
| All Subaru 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