Saab 99 MOT reliability

Saab 99s passed their MOT first time 77% of the time across 40 tests in 2025. 219 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 40 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

77%

MOTs analysed

40

Still licensed (GB)

219

Body type

Sedan

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

1982 petrol

5 MOTs

These figures come from only 5 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 60%. Typical mileage 87,812 (most between 83,689 and 102,714).

2005: 69% → 2006: 45% → 2007: 60% → 2008: 54% → 2009: 38% → 2010: 62% → 2011: 55% → 2012: 53% → 2013: 67% → 2014: 75% → 2015: 75% → 2016: 71% → 2017: 75% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 75% → 2020: 70% → 2021: 85% → 2022: 89% → 2023: 100% → 2025: 60%

Most common failures

Rbt (sp): efficiency less than 50% of the required value (20.0%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (20.0%)
Exhaust system: has a major leak of exhaust gases (20.0%)
Position lamp: not working (20.0%)
Flexible brake hoses: excessively deteriorated (20.0%)

Where 1982 99s fail

Brakes

40.0%

Body, structure & corrosion

20.0%

Lights & electrics

20.0%

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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.