Porsche 911 — reliability by registration year

1989–2022 · 30 registration years · 47,188 first tests

Registration years

First-attempt MOT results for every 911 registration year with at least 500 first tests in 2025. Pass rates rise with newer cars, so read a year against its neighbours rather than against the top of the table. Years without their own report are listed here with the same figures.

Porsche 911 first-attempt MOT results by registration year
Year First tests First-attempt pass Incl. PRS Most common failure
2022 2,460 95.4% 96.5%
2021 1,611 96.9% 97.5%
2020 1,429 95.7% 96.4%
2019 2,183 94.5% 95.3%
2018 2,034 94.4% 95.3%
2017 1,786 93.6% 94.7%
2016 1,620 94.0% 95.1%
2015 1,654 94.6% 95.3%
2014 1,479 93.3% 94.5%
2013 1,211 95.0% 95.4%
2012 1,477 93.4% 94.0%
2011 1,247 91.5% 92.2%
2010 1,662 90.3% 91.6%
2009 1,400 89.6% 90.9%
2008 1,754 89.1% 90.4%
2007 2,331 87.4% 89.3%
2006 2,586 86.5% 88.6% Catalyst emissions 19.3%
2005 2,641 86.0% 88.3% Catalyst emissions 20.6%
2004 2,303 84.4% 86.8% Catalyst emissions 19.4%
2003 2,429 80.9% 83.6% Catalyst emissions 17.7%
2002 2,221 80.2% 83.6% Catalyst emissions 15.5%
2001 1,408 83.0% 85.4%
2000 867 80.5% 84.4%
1999 1,106 80.2% 82.7%
1998 912 81.8% 84.2%
1997 685 87.7% 91.1%
1996 911 88.8% 89.9%
1995 609 87.8% 89.7%
1990 650 86.9% 89.2%
1989 522 85.6% 87.7%

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