Saab 9-5: 66% pass.

6,628 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 66% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 58% would be expected: 8 points better than that.

How it does as it ages.

01 / By age

Source: Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) Checked 4 Nov 2026, 13:37

Diesel
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
13 years	75%	62%	9%	16%	91
14 years	71%	60%	5%	24%	363
15 years	62%	58%	7%	31%	260
16 years	69%	57%	3%	28%	268
17 years	62%	57%	7%	31%	347
18 years	65%	57%	4%	31%	249
19 years	57%	57%	7%	36%	162
20 years	54%	57%	7%	39%	129

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
13 years	76%	62%	4%	20%	45
14 years	74%	60%	2%	24%	145
15 years	76%	58%	5%	19%	295
16 years	69%	57%	6%	25%	332
17 years	69%	57%	4%	27%	490
18 years	61%	57%	6%	33%	545
19 years	65%	57%	6%	28%	601
20 years	64%	57%	7%	29%	546

Ages with fewer than 30 tests are left out. "All cars this age" is every make and model at that age, so you can see whether this one does better or worse than most.

A pass rate is the share of normal MOT tests a car passed first time, with no repair needed at the test station. A car that failed and was fixed on the spot is counted separately. Retests, aborted tests and other vehicles are left out.
The figures say how often cars of a kind pass, not how reliable or safe they are. Cars that are looked after better, or that are driven fewer miles, pass more often, and that differs by model. Groups of fewer than 30 tests are left out.
Make and model names are as DVSA records them, and a model can appear under more than one name.

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02 / Related

Data sources

Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT test results for cars, counted by make, model and age from DVSA's anonymised data. The counts are ours; DVSA does not endorse them.