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Subaru Legacy MOT pass rate by year

How the Subaru Legacy's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1990 to 2013, across the DVSA record.

What is the Subaru Legacy MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Subaru Legacy 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 Legacy averages 27.5% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
199070.9%29.1%1,349
199170.8%29.2%2,787
199270.3%29.7%3,898
199368.9%31.1%4,232
199468.3%31.7%7,252
199567.8%32.2%9,390
199669.1%30.9%12,155
199769.5%30.5%15,810
199870.2%29.8%25,842
199970.6%29.4%26,818
200070.3%29.7%28,348
200171.4%28.6%28,009
200271.6%28.4%20,165
200372.2%27.8%24,120
200473.4%26.6%31,451
200574.1%25.9%30,679
200674.2%25.8%24,505
200775.0%25.0%15,176
200874.9%25.1%13,635
200977.1%22.9%11,431
201077.5%22.5%10,584
201178.3%21.7%8,320
201279.3%20.7%4,171
201380.6%19.4%2,569

Does age change how often a Subaru Legacy fails?

Older Subaru Legacys fail more often, as expected. The 1990 cars fail 29.1% of tests against 19.4% for the 2013. Across every year the model averages 27.5%. The 1995 is the weakest year at 32.2%, and the 2013 the strongest at 19.4%.

More on the Subaru Legacy

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

See also
Subaru Legacy: 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