90.7%
Porsche Macan
Porsche Macan MOT pass rate and common problems
The Porsche Macan passed 90.7% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 18.4 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Macan compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
87.6%
Porsche average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Macan runs 3.2 points ahead of the Porsche average. It is 2nd of the 8 Porsche models in the data. The average Macan arrived at its test 6.6 years old with 49,442 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Macan MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Porsche Macan cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 93.2% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 85.6%, a drop of 7.6 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 11,269 | 93.2% | 20.9 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 19,689 | 88.9% | 16.6 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 444 | 85.6% | 13.3 pts above |
That is a typical decline as cars age. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Macan failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Porsche Macan cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Tyres and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 54% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Macan MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Porsche Macan cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 61.5% of everything testers recorded against failed Porsche Macan cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Macan
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords, condition has ply or cords exposed and condition has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure. 30.9% of failure items.
2
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 10.3% of failure items.
3
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp aim too high and headlamp aim too low. 9.7% of failure items.
4
Suspension
Recorded most often: pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn. 3.8% of failure items.
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Porsche Macan MOT FAQs
What is the Porsche Macan MOT pass rate?
90.7% of Porsche Macan cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 35,055 tests. That is 18.4 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 30th of 575 models.
What does a Porsche Macan most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Porsche Macan cars failing their 2025 MOT was tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, on 12.9% of failure items. Next were joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (10.3%) and condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (10.3%).
Which area causes the most Porsche Macan MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was tyres at 35.6%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 18.4%.
Do older Porsche Macan cars fail their MOT more often?
Porsche Macan cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 93.2% of MOT tests in 2025, against 85.6% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Porsche Macan has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Porsche Macan that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Porsche Macan's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.