# Porsche Boxster MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The Porsche Boxster passes its MOT first time 83% of the time, from 32,333 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 83%
- MOT tests analysed: 32,333 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Lights & electrics
- Licensed in Great Britain: 24,128 (2026 Q2)

## By year of first use and fuel

| Year | Fuel | MOT tests | First-time pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | Petrol | 10 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2022 | Petrol | 270 | 97% |
| 2021 | Petrol | 287 | 95% |
| 2020 | Petrol | 459 | 93% |
| 2019 | Petrol | 892 | 94% |
| 2018 | Petrol | 1,010 | 95% |
| 2017 | Petrol | 986 | 92% |
| 2016 | Petrol | 1,234 | 94% |
| 2015 | Petrol | 1,077 | 92% |
| 2014 | Petrol | 1,205 | 91% |
| 2013 | Petrol | 1,255 | 92% |
| 2012 | Petrol | 1,097 | 90% |
| 2011 | Petrol | 777 | 88% |
| 2010 | Petrol | 812 | 90% |
| 2009 | Petrol | 855 | 88% |
| 2008 | Petrol | 1,054 | 86% |
| 2007 | Petrol | 1,572 | 84% |
| 2006 | Petrol | 1,847 | 82% |
| 2005 | Petrol | 3,212 | 80% |
| 2005 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 2005 | ST | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2004 | Petrol | 1,994 | 76% |
| 2003 | Petrol | 2,375 | 73% |
| 2002 | Petrol | 2,075 | 74% |
| 2002 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2001 | Petrol | 2,012 | 74% |
| 2001 | LPG | 3 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2001 | Electric | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2000 | Petrol | 1,831 | 73% |
| 2000 | LPG | 15 (very few mots) | 53% |
| 1999 | Petrol | 999 | 72% |
| 1999 | LPG | 8 (very few mots) | 75% |
| 1998 | Petrol | 717 | 75% |
| 1998 | LPG | 5 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1997 | Petrol | 366 | 75% |
| 1997 | LPG | 4 (very few mots) | 75% |
| 1996 | Petrol | 13 (very few mots) | 77% |
| 1996 | LPG | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |

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