Subaru 284 MOT reliability

Subaru 284s passed their MOT first time 65% of the time across 62 tests in 2025. 114 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 62 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

65%

MOTs analysed

62

Still licensed (GB)

114

Body type

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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

1991 petrol

10 MOTs

These figures come from only 10 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 105,263 (most between 94,471 and 131,742).

2005: 59% → 2006: 41% → 2007: 44% → 2008: 42% → 2009: 39% → 2010: 40% → 2011: 33% → 2012: 36% → 2013: 50% → 2014: 33% → 2015: 22% → 2016: 29% → 2017: 27% → 2018: 83% → 2019: 22% → 2020: 40% → 2021: 13% → 2022: 43% → 2023: 75% → 2024: 60% → 2025: 60%

Most common failures

Wheel bearings: has excessive play (20.0%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (20.0%)
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (20.0%)
Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements (10.0%)
Integral vehicle structure condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced (10.0%)

Where 1991 284s fail

Suspension & axles

30.0%

Body, structure & corrosion

20.0%

Brakes

20.0%

Lights & electrics

20.0%

Steering

10.0%

Seat belts & other equipment

10.0%

Visibility & wipers

10.0%

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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.