# Subaru Outback MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The Subaru Outback passes its MOT first time 76% of the time, from 7,759 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 76%
- MOT tests analysed: 7,759 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Lights & electrics
- Licensed in Great Britain: 9,250 (2026 Q2)

## By year of first use and fuel

| Year | Fuel | MOT tests | First-time pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2023 | Petrol | 17 (very few mots) | 88% |
| 2022 | Petrol | 599 | 92% |
| 2021 | Petrol | 612 | 87% |
| 2020 | Petrol | 259 | 87% |
| 2019 | Petrol | 591 | 87% |
| 2019 | Diesel | 4 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2018 | Petrol | 490 | 88% |
| 2018 | Diesel | 160 | 86% |
| 2017 | Petrol | 307 | 85% |
| 2017 | Diesel | 166 | 86% |
| 2016 | Diesel | 469 | 80% |
| 2016 | Petrol | 288 | 83% |
| 2015 | Diesel | 464 | 74% |
| 2015 | Petrol | 289 | 81% |
| 2014 | Diesel | 204 | 74% |
| 2014 | Petrol | 7 (very few mots) | 43% |
| 2013 | Diesel | 164 | 73% |
| 2013 | Petrol | 88 (few mots) | 73% |
| 2012 | Diesel | 168 | 55% |
| 2012 | Petrol | 123 | 67% |
| 2011 | Diesel | 230 | 63% |
| 2011 | Petrol | 206 | 64% |
| 2011 | GB | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2010 | Petrol | 201 | 59% |
| 2010 | Diesel | 186 | 60% |
| 2009 | Petrol | 158 | 64% |
| 2009 | Diesel | 109 | 59% |
| 2008 | Petrol | 126 | 61% |
| 2008 | Diesel | 43 (few mots) | 54% |
| 2008 | LPG | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 2007 | Petrol | 308 | 57% |
| 2007 | LPG | 4 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 2007 | GB | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2007 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2006 | Petrol | 319 | 54% |
| 2006 | LPG | 2 (very few mots) | 50% |
| 2006 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2005 | Petrol | 214 | 62% |
| 2005 | LPG | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2004 | Petrol | 160 | 53% |
| 2003 | Petrol | 16 (very few mots) | 56% |
| 2001 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |

---

Canonical page: https://regflags.co.uk/reliability/subaru/outback
RegFlags by Steady Circuit Ltd.