Pass rate
86.7%
Above average — 13.4 pts ahead of the 73.3% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 83 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £33–£88
2001 Porsche 911 Carrera MOT pass rate
- 2001
- 7 trims combined
- typical 91,387 mi
Only 83 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
23.1% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Part only £6–£18 for Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps). What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 97.1% pass
- Avoid 2013 81.8% pass
Across the 17 years on record, a spread of 15.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 84.9%
- Typical mileage
- 91k mi
The 2001 Porsche 911 Carrera MOT pass rate is 86.7% of its MOT tests — 13.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.1% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Porsche 911 Carrera does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.9× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 23.1% of everything recorded on the 2001 Porsche 911 Carrera, against 12.2% nationally — 10.9 points above. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 73.3% and this one manages 86.7% — 13.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 30% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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Every Porsche 911 Carrera first registered in 2001 is combined here — 7 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2001 Porsche 911 Carrera compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.3%, so this figure is 13.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 84.9%. The median 2001 Porsche 911 Carrera in this dataset had covered 91,387 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 87.5% of the time, April–September 86.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 6.02% of tests.
- 83 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.7% overall pass rate, 84.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Porsche 911 Carrera, the average is 94.0% — best year 2022 (97.1%), worst 2013 (81.8%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 83
- Typical mileage (median)
- 91,387 mi
- Make and model
- Porsche 911 Carrera
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the 911 Carrera MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 61% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 911 Carrera
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 30 | 83.3% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2001 911 Carrera
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2001 911 Carrera
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 6.0% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the battery 4.8% of tests
“battery(ies) insecure”
Check the battery is secure and its terminals are clean and tight — a loose battery is a fail on its own, and a weak one shows up as slow cranking on a cold morning.
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Check the suspension joints 4.8% of tests
“track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated,”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2001 911 Carrera through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £33–£88 — and 30% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £33–£88
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 30%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 83 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the 911 Carrera, side by side
17 model years on record, from 2001 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 81.8% to 97.1% — a spread of 15.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2001 86.7%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 83.5% catalyst emissions lambda reading…
- 2003 84.9% position lamp not working
- 2004 82.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 85.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 90.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2007 86.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2008 91.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2009 90.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 89.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2011 94.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 90.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 81.8% catalyst emissions lambda reading…
- 2019 94.3% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2020 95.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 96.3% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 97.1% has a cut in excess of the…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2001 Porsche 911 Carrera with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2001 cars with a similar record
- Jaguar XK8 80.6%
- Mercedes-Benz Slk 80.3%
- BMW Z3 79.5%
- Subaru Impreza 79.3%
- Jaguar Xkr 79.2%
- Mercedes-Benz Clk 79.0%
Closest pass rates among 2001 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2001 Porsche 911 Carrera 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 104 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 24 | 23.10% | 12.21% | +10.89 |
| Brakes | 23 | 22.10% | 20.89% | +1.21 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 14 | 13.50% | 5.52% | +7.98 |
| Suspension | 12 | 11.50% | 20.98% | −9.48 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 8 | 7.70% | 5.57% | +2.13 |
| Tyres | 7 | 6.70% | 19.76% | −13.06 |
| Visibility | 5 | 4.80% | 4.97% | −0.17 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 4.80% | 4.18% | +0.62 |
| Steering | 5 | 4.80% | 2.57% | +2.23 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 1.00% | 0.82% | +0.18 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.0% | £5–20 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.8% | £60–140 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 4.8% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.6% | £5–25 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 2.4% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.4% | £30–80 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 2.4% | £80–250 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.4% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.4% | £80–200 |
| Anchorage loose Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 1.2% | £40–120 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 14.5% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 10.8% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.2% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.0% | £40–150 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 3.6% | £3–12 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.6% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3 | 100.0% | 17,447 mi |
| 30-60k | 8 | 100.0% | 46,689 mi |
| 60-90k | 28 | 85.7% | 78,499 mi |
| 90-120k | 31 | 90.3% | 100,063 mi |
| 120k+ | 13 | 69.2% | 132,228 mi |
Source: 83 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2001 911 Carrera MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2001 Porsche 911 Carrera?
86.7% of the 83 2001 Porsche 911 Carrera tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.3% for cars first used in 2001. First-attempt pass rate: 84.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2001 Porsche 911 Carrera?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.02%), battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier (4.82%), track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (4.82%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2001 Porsche 911 Carrera MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 69.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2001 Porsche 911 Carrera in this dataset had covered 91,387 mi.
Does the season affect the 2001 Porsche 911 Carrera MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 87.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 86.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.