Pass rate
94.6%
Above average — 3.4 pts ahead of the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 3,174 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £50–£116
2021 Porsche Cayenne MOT pass rate
- 2021
- 3 trims combined
- typical 28,315 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
58.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
2.8 pts down across model years — 7.7% in 2003, 4.9% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 95.8% pass
- Avoid 2007 80.9% pass
Across the 20 years on record, a spread of 14.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 94.4%
- Typical mileage
- 28k mi
The 2021 Porsche Cayenne MOT pass rate is 94.6% of its MOT tests — 3.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 58.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Porsche Cayenne does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.9× the national share
Tyres make up 58.0% of everything recorded on the 2021 Porsche Cayenne, against 19.8% nationally — 38.2 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- 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 91.2% and this one manages 94.6% — 3.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 4% 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 Cayenne first registered in 2021 is combined here — 3 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2021 Porsche Cayenne compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 3.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 94.4%. The median 2021 Porsche Cayenne in this dataset had covered 28,315 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 53% of tests, with a 94.8% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 94.5% of the time, April–September 94.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 1.83% of tests.
- 3,174 recorded tests behind this page.
- 94.6% overall pass rate, 94.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Porsche Cayenne, the average is 88.5% — best year 2022 (95.8%), worst 2007 (80.9%).
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
- 3,174
- Typical mileage (median)
- 28,315 mi
- Make and model
- Porsche Cayenne
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Cayenne MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 82% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (53% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Cayenne
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 792 | 94.6% |
| London | 401 | 93.5% |
| North West | 382 | 97.4% |
| East of England | 359 | 92.5% |
| West Midlands | 228 | 95.6% |
| Yorkshire | 227 | 94.7% |
| East Midlands | 226 | 94.2% |
| Scotland | 222 | 94.1% |
| South West | 192 | 94.8% |
| North East | 73 | 93.2% |
| Wales | 72 | 98.6% |
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 2021 Cayenne
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 2021 Cayenne
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 windscreen 1.8% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the tyre tread 0.8% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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Check the number plates 0.3% of tests
“registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements”
Check both plates are present, legible and correctly spaced, with the postcode of the supplier and the BS AU 145e mark. A private plate in the wrong style is a fail before the car is even looked at.
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 2021 Cayenne through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £50–£116 — and 4% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £50–£116
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 4%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 3,174 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 Cayenne, side by side
20 model years on record, from 2003 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 80.9% to 95.8% — a spread of 14.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 81.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 81.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 81.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 83.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 80.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 83.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 82.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 86.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 86.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 86.4% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 86.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 88.0% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2015 89.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 89.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 90.1% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2018 91.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 94.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 94.0% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 94.6%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 95.8% windscreen damaged but not…
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 2021 Porsche Cayenne 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- Audi Q2 94.4%
- Mazda Cx-30 94.4%
- Kia Stonic GT-Line Isg 94.8%
- Volvo XC40 Inscript Pro 94.3%
- Ford Puma 94.9%
- Toyota RAV4 Dynamic 94.9%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Porsche Cayenne 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 1,370 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 795 | 58.00% | 19.76% | +38.24 |
| Brakes | 211 | 15.40% | 20.89% | −5.49 |
| Non-component advisories | 170 | 12.40% | 4.18% | +8.22 |
| Visibility | 78 | 5.70% | 4.97% | +0.73 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 35 | 2.60% | 12.21% | −9.61 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 33 | 2.40% | 1.76% | +0.64 |
| Suspension | 17 | 1.20% | 20.98% | −19.78 |
| Road Wheels | 13 | 0.90% | 0.75% | +0.15 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 12 | 0.90% | 5.52% | −4.62 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 6 | 0.40% | 0.82% | −0.42 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.8% | £80–200 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.85% | £45–95 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.72% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.54% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.35% | £20–80 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.25% | £30–80 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.25% | £8–22 |
| Has a lump, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.22% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.19% | £18–45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.7% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 3.6% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.2% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.6% | £20–80 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.5% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1,738 | 95.3% | 20,306 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,324 | 94.0% | 40,146 mi |
| 60-90k | 101 | 90.1% | 69,902 mi |
| 90-120k | 8 | 100.0% | 98,162 mi |
| 120k+ | 3 | 100.0% | 135,522 mi |
Source: 3,174 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.
2021 Cayenne MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Porsche Cayenne?
94.6% of the 3,174 2021 Porsche Cayenne tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 94.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Porsche Cayenne?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.83%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.76%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (0.85%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Porsche Cayenne MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.3% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Porsche Cayenne in this dataset had covered 28,315 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2021 Porsche Cayenne?
Petrol: 94.8% pass rate across 1,691 tests. Hybrid: 94.5% pass rate across 1,483 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2021 Porsche Cayenne MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 94.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 94.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.