88.3%
Porsche Panamera
Porsche Panamera MOT pass rate and common problems
The Porsche Panamera passed 88.3% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 16 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was condition has ply or cords exposed.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Panamera 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 Panamera runs 0.7 points ahead of the Porsche average. It is 5th of the 8 Porsche models in the data. The average Panamera arrived at its test 9.1 years old with 66,153 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.
Panamera MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Porsche Panamera cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 90.9% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 86.1%, a drop of 4.8 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 1,321 | 90.9% | 18.6 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 3,420 | 88.8% | 16.5 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 2,511 | 86.1% | 13.8 pts above |
That is a smaller decline than most cars show. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Panamera failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Porsche Panamera cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Tyres and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 56% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Panamera MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Porsche Panamera cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 57.7% of everything testers recorded against failed Porsche Panamera cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Panamera
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Tyres
Recorded most often: condition has ply or cords exposed, tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords and condition has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure. 34.2% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken. 6.3% of failure items.
3
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp aim too high and headlamp aim too low. 6.3% of failure items.
4
Noise, emissions and leaks
Recorded most often: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction. 4.1% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Panamera has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Porsche Panamera buying guide.
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Porsche Panamera MOT FAQs
What is the Porsche Panamera MOT pass rate?
88.3% of Porsche Panamera cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 7,544 tests. That is 16 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 64th of 575 models.
What does a Porsche Panamera most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Porsche Panamera cars failing their 2025 MOT was condition has ply or cords exposed, on 11.7% of failure items. Next were 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%).
Which area causes the most Porsche Panamera MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was tyres at 40%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 16%.
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, against 86.1% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Porsche Panamera has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Porsche Panamera 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 Panamera'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.