Porsche Cayenne MOT reliability

Porsche Cayennes passed their MOT first time 85% of the time across 31,780 tests in 2025. 40,130 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

85%

MOTs analysed

31,780

Still licensed (GB)

40,130

Body type

Suv

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2022 hybrid

1,242 MOTs

Passed first time 92%. Typical mileage 25,460 (most between 18,450 and 34,120).

2024: 100% → 2025: 92%

Most common failures

Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.2%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (1.2%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.1%)
Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (0.7%)
Registration plates: does not conform to the specified requirements (0.4%)

2022 petrol

1,129 MOTs

Passed first time 95%. Typical mileage 23,615 (most between 16,212 and 31,176).

2023: 100% → 2024: 96% → 2025: 95%

Most common failures

Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.9%)
Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (0.7%)
Headlamp aim: too high (0.4%)
Registration plates: does not conform to the specified requirements (0.4%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (0.4%)

2022 hybrid electric (clean)

64 MOTs

These figures come from 64 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 97%. Typical mileage 23,414 (most between 15,976 and 35,240).

2024: 100% → 2025: 97%

Most common failures

Condition: has ply or cords exposed (1.6%)
Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.6%)

Where 2022 Cayennes fail

Wheels & tyres

5.4%

Lights & electrics

1.0%

Visibility & wipers

0.7%

Brakes

0.3%

Seat belts & other equipment

0.2%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

0.1%

Suspension & axles

0.1%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.