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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.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
199768.9%31.1%7,543
199869.4%30.6%19,663
199970.8%29.2%26,262
200071.2%28.8%28,001
200172.5%27.5%31,939
200273.7%26.3%34,977
200376.0%24.0%49,007
200476.7%23.3%43,148
200576.7%23.3%43,922
200675.9%24.1%31,684
200776.5%23.5%24,724
200876.7%23.3%15,606
200976.0%24.0%13,061
201077.4%22.6%17,456
201178.8%21.2%15,245
201279.2%20.8%6,824
201381.8%18.2%11,302
201483.1%16.9%13,654
201583.1%16.9%10,491
201684.6%15.4%10,875
201787.5%12.5%7,178
201889.0%11.0%5,953
201991.0%9.0%5,613
202089.2%10.8%1,053
202191.6%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
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