Subaru B9 MOT reliability

Subaru B9s passed their MOT first time 64% of the time across 147 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

64%

MOTs analysed

147

Still licensed (GB)

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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

2007 petrol

43 MOTs

These figures come from 43 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 67%. Typical mileage 99,866 (most between 80,509 and 138,469).

2009: 100% → 2010: 87% → 2011: 79% → 2012: 80% → 2013: 74% → 2014: 64% → 2015: 68% → 2016: 67% → 2017: 65% → 2018: 64% → 2019: 64% → 2020: 64% → 2021: 55% → 2022: 69% → 2023: 60% → 2024: 63% → 2025: 67%

Most common failures

Stop lamp: not working (14.0%)
Position lamp: not working (9.3%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (4.7%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (4.7%)
Headlamp: light intensity severely reduced (4.7%)

2007 lpg

2 MOTs

These figures come from only 2 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 100%. Typical mileage 126,634 (most between 125,099 and 128,168).

2010: 60% → 2011: 100% → 2012: 100% → 2013: 100% → 2014: 80% → 2015: 100% → 2016: 83% → 2017: 50% → 2018: 83% → 2019: 80% → 2020: 80% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 80% → 2023: 50% → 2024: 40% → 2025: 100%

Most common failures

Where 2007 B9s fail

Lights & electrics

20.9%

Suspension & axles

14.0%

Wheels & tyres

7.0%

Visibility & wipers

7.0%

Brakes

2.3%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

2.3%

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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.