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Subaru Impreza MOT pass rate by year

How the Subaru Impreza's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1993 to 2019, across the DVSA record.

What is the Subaru Impreza MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Subaru Impreza 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 Impreza averages 24.4% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
199368.1%31.9%7,484
199468.3%31.7%15,405
199569.5%30.5%21,061
199670.0%30.0%27,652
199770.2%29.8%42,082
199871.6%28.4%54,535
199973.2%26.8%77,351
200074.6%25.4%77,383
200174.2%25.8%85,096
200275.7%24.3%83,305
200376.9%23.1%101,025
200477.6%22.4%79,935
200578.0%22.0%82,227
200677.8%22.2%63,155
200778.2%21.8%59,030
200879.7%20.3%30,551
200980.8%19.2%18,226
201081.3%18.7%16,311
201181.9%18.1%3,058
201485.1%14.9%1,594
201585.7%14.3%2,528
201687.5%12.5%1,952
201789.2%10.8%1,061
201889.8%10.2%1,452
201986.2%13.8%1,185

Does age change how often a Subaru Impreza fails?

Older Subaru Imprezas fail more often, as expected. The 1993 cars fail 31.9% of tests against 13.8% for the 2019. Across every year the model averages 24.4%. The 1993 is the weakest year at 31.9%, and the 2018 the strongest at 10.2%.

More on the Subaru Impreza

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

See also
Subaru Impreza: 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