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Porsche 911 Carrera S A — Reliability by Year

2,001 vehicles · MOT data 2012–2025 · first-test pass rates

This page shows MOT first-test pass rates for each year the Porsche 911 Carrera S A was manufactured — click any year to explore that cohort in detail. Trying to decide which year to buy? See the full buying guide →

Best pass rate year
2020
97.9% pass rate · 210 vehicles
Lowest pass rate year
2019
94.9% pass rate · 220 vehicles
Year Pass rate Avg mileage Vehicles
2025 First MOTs due 2028+ 482
2024 First MOTs due 2027+ 645
2023 First MOTs due 2026+ 8,259 mi 183
2022
96.3%
10,062 mi 157
2020
97.9%
16,248 mi 210
2019
94.9%
16,578 mi 220
2012
96.0%
39,513 mi 104

* UK vehicles require their first MOT at 3 years old. Recent model years shown in grey have little or no MOT test data yet — pass rate data will build up as those vehicles mature.

Which year Porsche 911 Carrera S A is most reliable?

MOT pass rate by year of manufacture — averaged across each vehicle's lifetime of tests.

Tests range from an average of 10,062 miles (newest year) to 39,513 miles (oldest year). Older years naturally accumulate more tests at higher mileages — see the mileage-normalised breakdown →

Trying to decide which year to buy?

We've done the full analysis — which years to look for, which to avoid, and where to find the best value for reliability on a Porsche 911 Carrera S A.

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