MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Subaru WRX MOT pass rate
The Subaru WRX passed 91.21% of its 1,650 initial MOT tests in 2025 — above the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 13.9 percentage points better than average.
How the Subaru WRX holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the Subaru WRX grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 4 | 75% |
| 6–10 years | 1,008 | 92.86% |
| 11 years and over | 637 | 88.85% |
Older Subaru WRX examples test at least as well as younger ones in this data, which is uncommon and usually reflects how these cars are used and maintained rather than the age itself.
Why the Subaru WRX fails its MOT
Across every Subaru WRX that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was noise, emissions and leaks, accounting for 34.4% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 34.4% | 118 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 16.62% | 57 |
| Tyres | 14.58% | 50 |
| Brakes | 10.5% | 36 |
| Suspension | 8.45% | 29 |
| Visibility | 5.54% | 19 |
How the Subaru WRX compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Subaru WRX sits 56th of 651 models in this data , and 1st of the 6 Subaru models covered . Subaru as a whole averaged 78.62%, so this model runs 12.6 points ahead of its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Subaru WRX
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Subaru WRX came to its 2025 test at 55,632 miles and 10.4 years old. Most examples tested were petrol.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific Subaru WRX
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other Subaru models
- Subaru Impreza 79.62% pass rate · 16,656 tests
- Subaru Forester 75.62% pass rate · 14,604 tests
- Subaru Outback 79.16% pass rate · 6,823 tests
- Subaru XV 83.94% pass rate · 6,676 tests
- Subaru Legacy 71.37% pass rate · 4,554 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Kia Niro 91.13% pass rate
- Toyota C-HR 90.73% pass rate
- Volvo XC40 91.46% pass rate
- Audi Q2 92.02% pass rate
- Skoda Karoq 90.93% pass rate
- Hyundai Ioniq 90.39% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.