Pass rate
87.0%
Above average — 11.1 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 932 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £40–£101
2011 Porsche Panamera MOT pass rate
- 2011
- 3 trims combined
- typical 83,931 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
30.2% 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 →
1.3 pts up across model years — 5.0% in 2010, 6.3% in 2020.
Which year to buy
- Best 2017 92.0% pass
- Avoid 2011 87.0% pass · this year
Across the 14 years on record, a spread of 5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 85.6%
- Typical mileage
- 84k mi
The 2011 Porsche Panamera MOT pass rate is 87.0% of its MOT tests — 11.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 30.2% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.5× the national share
Tyres make up 30.2% of everything recorded on the 2011 Porsche Panamera, against 19.8% nationally — 10.4 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 75.9% and this one manages 87.0% — 11.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 21% 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 Panamera first registered in 2011 is combined here — 3 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2011 Porsche Panamera compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 11.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 85.6%. The median 2011 Porsche Panamera in this dataset had covered 83,931 mi.
62% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 87.7% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 86.8% of the time, April–September 87.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 3.54% of tests.
- 932 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.0% overall pass rate, 85.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Porsche Panamera, the average is 89.9% — best year 2017 (92.0%), worst 2011 (87.0%).
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
- 932
- Typical mileage (median)
- 83,931 mi
- Make and model
- Porsche Panamera
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Panamera 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. Petrol is the most common here (62% of tests).
Where the Porsche Panamera is most common
Across all Panamera model years on record (2009–2022): 12,639 Porsche Panamera cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 22,404 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 498 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) | 498 | 93.1% |
| 2 | Guildford (GU) | 304 | 88.8% |
| 3 | Leicester (LE) | 297 | 89.9% |
| 4 | Reading (RG) | 260 | 91.9% |
| 5 | Derby (DE) | 245 | 93.7% |
| 6 | London (W) | 233 | 90.4% |
| 7 | Kingston upon Thames (KT) | 231 | 89.3% |
| 8 | Nottingham (NG) | 225 | 90.7% |
| 9 | Sheffield (S) | 224 | 91.1% |
| 10 | Northampton (NN) | 220 | 87.7% |
| 11 | Ashford (TN) | 215 | 87.1% |
| 12 | London (E) | 209 | 93.8% |
| 13 | Leeds (LS) | 203 | 89.4% |
| 14 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 200 | 90.0% |
| 15 | Stockport (SK) | 193 | 87.6% |
| 16 | High Wycombe (HP) | 190 | 92.0% |
| 17 | London (NW) | 189 | 90.2% |
| 18 | Chester (CH) | 185 | 88.5% |
| 19 | Glasgow (G) | 182 | 91.8% |
| 20 | Coventry (CV) | 180 | 92.4% |
The twenty areas with the most Porsche Panamera 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 Panamera
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 277 | 86.6% |
| East of England | 108 | 88.0% |
| North West | 102 | 87.3% |
| London | 84 | 86.9% |
| Yorkshire | 77 | 85.7% |
| West Midlands | 69 | 84.1% |
| East Midlands | 65 | 89.2% |
| South West | 60 | 83.3% |
| Scotland | 45 | 91.1% |
| North East | 31 | 90.3% |
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 2011 Panamera
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 2011 Panamera
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 3.5% 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 coil springs 1.8% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the tyre tread 1.4% 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.
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 2011 Panamera through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £40–£101 — and 21% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £40–£101
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 21%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 932 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 Panamera, side by side
14 model years on record, from 2009 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 87.0% to 92.0% — a spread of 5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2009 88.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 87.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 87.0%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 88.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 87.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 89.3% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2015 88.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 89.7% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2017 92.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 91.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 91.9% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2020 91.9% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 90.7% has ply or cords exposed
- 2022 89.1% 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 2011 Porsche Panamera 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 2011 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2011 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 2011 Porsche Panamera 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 841 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 | 261 | 30.20% | 19.76% | +10.44 |
| Brakes | 232 | 26.90% | 20.89% | +6.01 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 77 | 8.90% | 5.52% | +3.38 |
| Suspension | 75 | 8.70% | 20.98% | −12.28 |
| Visibility | 62 | 7.20% | 4.97% | +2.23 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 54 | 6.30% | 12.21% | −5.91 |
| Non-component advisories | 29 | 3.40% | 4.18% | −0.78 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 19 | 2.20% | 5.57% | −3.37 |
| Road Wheels | 17 | 2.00% | 0.75% | +1.25 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 15 | 1.70% | 1.76% | −0.06 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.5% | £80–200 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.8% | £25–65 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction Brakes | Major | 1.1% | £25–80 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.97% | £3–12 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.75% | £45–95 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.75% | £5–20 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.64% | £20–80 |
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 | 15.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.9% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.9% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 6.5% | £200–700 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 2.9% | £40–150 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 2.6% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 37 | 91.9% | 20,724 mi |
| 30-60k | 155 | 90.3% | 49,272 mi |
| 60-90k | 339 | 88.5% | 75,572 mi |
| 90-120k | 253 | 84.6% | 104,072 mi |
| 120k+ | 148 | 83.1% | 143,533 mi |
Source: 932 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.
2011 Panamera MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 Porsche Panamera?
87.0% of the 932 2011 Porsche Panamera tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 85.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 Porsche Panamera?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.54%), coil spring fractured or broken (1.82%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.39%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 Porsche Panamera MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.9% of the time, falling to 83.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 Porsche Panamera in this dataset had covered 83,931 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2011 Porsche Panamera?
Petrol: 87.7% pass rate across 579 tests. Diesel: 86.4% pass rate across 330 tests. Hybrid: 82.4% pass rate across 17 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2011 Porsche Panamera MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 86.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 87.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.