Saab MOT pass rates and reliability
We have 56,781 MOT tests on Saab cars from 2023, covering 3 models with enough tests to compare. Choose a model to see what it fails on most often, how its pass rate changes with age and how far it is typically driven.
Across 56,781 MOT tests on Saab cars in 2023, 63% passed first time, below the national average of 71% for all cars. Of the Saab models with enough tests, the 9 5 did best at 64% and the 9 3 did least well at 62%. Newer models pass more often whatever the make, so compare cars of a similar age.
Saab models
What Saab cars fail on
Share of tests with at least one failure in each area, across all models, against the figure for all cars.
- Suspension15.1% (all cars 9.0%)
- Lights and electrics14.2% (all cars 11.3%)
- Brakes10.6% (all cars 6.8%)
- Tyres6.7% (all cars 6.4%)
- Exhaust and emissions6.4% (all cars 3.1%)
- Body and structure6.1% (all cars 3.5%)
- Visibility5.6% (all cars 4.8%)
- Steering2.1% (all cars 1.8%)
Most common Saab failure items
Share of tests on which each item was recorded.
- Coil spring: fractured or broken 5.8%
- Position lamp: not working 3.8%
- Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction 2.7%
- Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements 2.4%
- Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm 2.2%
- Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick 2.0%
- Exhaust system: has a major leak of exhaust gases 2.0%
- Service brake performance: excessively binding 1.8%
Check a particular Saab
Model figures tell you what to look out for. To see one car's own MOT history, mileage and tax, enter its registration.
Source: Department for Transport, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023, cars and light vans, normal tests only. Pass rates are first-time passes; a pass after repair at the test station counts as a fail. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.