Pass rate
88.4%
Above average — 8.2 pts ahead of the 80.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 3,925 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £59–£173
2014 Porsche Macan MOT pass rate
- 2014
- 2 trims combined
- typical 73,273 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
30.3% 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 →
0.7 pts down across model years — 7.2% in 2014, 6.5% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 98.5% pass
- Avoid 2014 88.4% pass · this year
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 10.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 87.0%
- Typical mileage
- 73k mi
The 2014 Porsche Macan MOT pass rate is 88.4% of its MOT tests — 8.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 30.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.5× the national share
Tyres make up 30.3% of everything recorded on the 2014 Porsche Macan, against 19.8% nationally — 10.5 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 80.2% and this one manages 88.4% — 8.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 17% 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 Macan first registered in 2014 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2014 Porsche Macan compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 80.2%, so this figure is 8.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 87.0%. The median 2014 Porsche Macan in this dataset had covered 73,273 mi.
72% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 87.0% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.6% of the time, April–September 88.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt", noted on 3.97% of tests.
- 3,925 recorded tests behind this page.
- 88.4% overall pass rate, 87.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Porsche Macan, the average is 93.1% — best year 2023 (98.5%), worst 2014 (88.4%).
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
- 3,925
- Typical mileage (median)
- 73,273 mi
- Make and model
- Porsche Macan
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Macan MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 75% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (72% of tests).
Where the Porsche Macan is most common
Across all Macan model years on record (2014–2023): 53,455 Porsche Macan cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 95,040 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 1,600 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham (B) | 1,600 | 95.2% |
| 2 | Guildford (GU) | 1,523 | 92.8% |
| 3 | Kingston upon Thames (KT) | 1,408 | 93.7% |
| 4 | Reading (RG) | 1,387 | 93.8% |
| 5 | London (W) | 1,316 | 92.9% |
| 6 | Ashford (TN) | 1,139 | 93.6% |
| 7 | Leicester (LE) | 1,024 | 93.5% |
| 8 | Crawley (RH) | 1,006 | 94.2% |
| 9 | London (SW) | 901 | 91.5% |
| 10 | Sheffield (S) | 883 | 94.6% |
| 11 | London (NW) | 882 | 90.0% |
| 12 | Stockport (SK) | 857 | 94.0% |
| 13 | Chelmsford (CM) | 856 | 92.4% |
| 14 | Nottingham (NG) | 844 | 93.6% |
| 15 | Northampton (NN) | 828 | 91.2% |
| 16 | London (E) | 827 | 95.1% |
| 17 | Leeds (LS) | 817 | 93.3% |
| 18 | St Albans (AL) | 805 | 94.7% |
| 19 | Gloucester (GL) | 786 | 94.4% |
| 20 | Portsmouth (PO) | 778 | 93.1% |
The twenty areas with the most Porsche Macan cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Macan
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 1,064 | 88.1% |
| North West | 420 | 88.3% |
| South West | 419 | 88.1% |
| London | 403 | 89.8% |
| East of England | 337 | 91.1% |
| Yorkshire | 288 | 88.2% |
| West Midlands | 270 | 88.9% |
| East Midlands | 236 | 91.5% |
| Scotland | 195 | 83.1% |
| Wales | 149 | 82.6% |
| North East | 144 | 89.6% |
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 2014 Macan
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 2014 Macan
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 2.0% 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 lights 1.2% 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 suspension joints 0.9% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
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 2014 Macan through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £59–£173 — and 17% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £59–£173
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 17%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 3,925 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 Macan, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2014 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 88.4% to 98.5% — a spread of 10.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2014 88.4%joints constant velocity boot…
- 2015 89.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2016 91.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 93.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 94.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 94.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 94.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 95.2% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 95.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2023 98.5% has ply or cords exposed
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 2014 Porsche Macan 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 2014 cars with a similar record
- Audi S3 88.4%
- BMW 535 88.5%
- Toyota Land Cruiser 88.6%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 88.8%
- BMW X5 88.9%
- Honda Jazz 89.0%
Closest pass rates among 2014 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 2014 Porsche Macan 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 3,266 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 | 994 | 30.30% | 19.76% | +10.54 |
| Suspension | 725 | 22.10% | 20.98% | +1.12 |
| Brakes | 544 | 16.60% | 20.89% | −4.29 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 301 | 9.20% | 5.57% | +3.63 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 224 | 6.80% | 12.21% | −5.41 |
| Visibility | 175 | 5.30% | 4.97% | +0.33 |
| Non-component advisories | 171 | 5.20% | 4.18% | +1.02 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 75 | 2.30% | 5.52% | −3.22 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 42 | 1.30% | 1.76% | −0.46 |
| Road Wheels | 15 | 0.50% | 0.75% | −0.25 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.0% | £80–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 2.9% | £80–250 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.0% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.2% | £5–20 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.94% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.92% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.87% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.74% | £8–22 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.51% | £45–95 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.51% | £3–12 |
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 | 13.6% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 7.5% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.8% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 4.8% | £25–65 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.2% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 136 | 92.6% | 22,241 mi |
| 30-60k | 979 | 90.8% | 48,570 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,839 | 88.1% | 74,525 mi |
| 90-120k | 790 | 86.6% | 101,831 mi |
| 120k+ | 181 | 83.4% | 138,335 mi |
Source: 3,925 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.
2014 Macan MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2014 Porsche Macan?
88.4% of the 3,925 2014 Porsche Macan tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 80.2% for cars first used in 2014. First-attempt pass rate: 87.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2014 Porsche Macan?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (3.97%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (2.90%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.01%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2014 Porsche Macan MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.6% of the time, falling to 83.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2014 Porsche Macan in this dataset had covered 73,273 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2014 Porsche Macan?
Diesel: 87.0% pass rate across 2,809 tests. Petrol: 92.0% pass rate across 1,116 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2014 Porsche Macan MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 88.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.