88.3%
Porsche Panamera pass rate
Used Porsche Panamera buying guide
In 2025, Porsche Panamera cars passed 88.3% of 7,544 initial MOT tests, 16 points above the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Porsche Panamera MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
+16
percentage points above average
Ranked on pass rate the Panamera sits 64th of 575 models in the data. Porsche as a brand averaged 87.6%, so this model runs 0.7 points ahead of its own brand. Porsche Panamera cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 90.9% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 86.1%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Porsche Panamera MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Panamera compares with similar cars.
Panamera fuel types
Petrol was the most common fuel among Porsche Panamera cars tested in 2025. Diesel still made up 31.2% of tests.
Where the Panamera fails its MOT
Where Porsche Panamera cars that failed their 2025 MOT were marked down, as a share of all recorded failure items.
The specific items testers recorded most often were condition has ply or cords exposed (11.7%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (10.1%) and condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (9.5%). See every common Panamera MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Porsche Panamera that failed, not a claim that every Panamera has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Panamera?
The areas above, most common first, and what an MOT tester looks at in each.
1
Tyres
Check tread depth across the full width of every tyre (the legal minimum is 1.6mm), and look for cuts, bulges and uneven wear. 40% of Panamera failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting. 16% of Panamera failure items.
3
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 10.2% of Panamera failure items.
4
Brakes
Make sure the pedal feels firm, the car stops in a straight line, the handbrake holds on a slope and no brake warning light is showing. 9.7% of Panamera failure items.
5
Visibility
Check the windscreen for chips or cracks in the driver's view, and that the wipers and washers clear it properly. 7.4% of Panamera failure items.
None of this replaces the car's own record. Run a free MOT history check on the registration to see every test, advisory and recorded mileage for that car.
What the MOT record doesn't tell you
Knowing Porsche Panamera failures cluster around tyres and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment tells you what to inspect. It tells you nothing about whether the car is safe to buy. An MOT does not show money still owed on the car, a write-off, a theft record or a clocked odometer.
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- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
Other used Porsche models
The most-tested Porsche models in 2025, with how their MOT pass rate compares with the Panamera.
Used Porsche Panamera FAQs
Is the Porsche Panamera reliable?
MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is an 88.3% first-time pass rate for the Porsche Panamera across 7,544 tests in 2025, above the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Porsche Panamera cars fail their MOT more often?
Porsche Panamera cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 90.9% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 86.1%. On an older example, the car's own MOT history tells you more than the model average.
What should I check before buying a used Porsche Panamera?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: tyres, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension. Then check the individual car's history: outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers, mileage and previous keepers. None of these appear in the MOT record or on the V5C.
How do I check a Porsche Panamera's history?
Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.