2019 Porsche Panamera MOT pass rate

2019
4 trims combined
typical 35,036 mi

Pass rate

91.9%

Above average — 2.4 pts ahead of the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.

Across 2,472 recorded tests.

Typical repair bill £48–£111

Most common fault

Tyres

59.3% 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 →

1.3 pts up across model years — 5.0% in 2010, 6.3% in 2020.

Every failure, with what it costs →

Which year to buy

Best 2017 92.0% pass
Avoid 2011 87.0% pass

Across the 14 years on record, a spread of 5 points. See every year →

First-attempt pass: 91.4%
Typical mileage: 35k mi

The 2019 Porsche Panamera MOT pass rate is 91.9% of its MOT tests — 2.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 59.3% of what testers record.

Check your postcode

MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Porsche Panamera does in your corner of the country.

How one model's pass rate varies by postcode →

Expert verdict

Tyres: 3.0× the national share

Tyres make up 59.3% of everything recorded on the 2019 Porsche Panamera, against 19.8% nationally — 39.5 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.

When it fails, it costs. Only 6% 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

Every Porsche Panamera first registered in 2019 is combined here — 4 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.

How does the 2019 Porsche Panamera compare?

Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 2.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 91.4%. The median 2019 Porsche Panamera in this dataset had covered 35,036 mi.

53% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Hybrid, which passed 91.3% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 92.9% of the time, April–September 91.0%.

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 2.47% of tests.

2,472 recorded tests behind this page.
91.9% overall pass rate, 91.4% 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: 2,472
Typical mileage (median): 35,036 mi
Make and model: Porsche Panamera
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 Panamera MOT pass rate?

0-30k 92.6%

30-60k 91.8%

60-90k 89.9%

90-120k 90.5%

120k+ 100.0%

Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 81% so small gaps stay visible.

Fuel type and reliability

Hybrid 91.3%

Petrol 92.6%

Diesel 93.7%

Pass rate by fuel type. Hybrid is the most common here (53% of tests).

Regional pass rates for the Panamera

Region	Tests	Pass rate
South East	603	91.5%
North West	305	92.1%
East of England	238	91.2%
West Midlands	224	92.9%
Yorkshire	211	94.8%
East Midlands	208	89.9%
London	205	90.7%
South West	191	89.5%
Scotland	156	92.3%
North East	81	96.3%
Wales	49	98.0%

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 2019 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.

Tyres 59.3%

+39.5 pts vs national national 19.8% Compare tyre prices

Brakes 13.5%

−7.4 pts vs national national 20.9% Price brakes parts

Advisories 10.0%

+5.8 pts vs national national 4.2% Price advisories parts

Visibility 5.0%

in line with the national share national 5.0% Order bulbs & wipers

Show the other 6 fault categories

Lamps & electrics 3.3%
Identification 2.4%
Road wheels 2.2%
Suspension 1.6%
Emissions & leaks 1.6%
Body & chassis 0.7%

Shares are of every item recorded on 2019 Porsche Panamera tests — a composition, so they add to 100% across all sections, not per test.

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 2019 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.

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.
Check the tyre tread 0.7% 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.
Check the number plates 0.4% 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 2019 Panamera through its MOT

Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £48–£111 — and 6% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.

Average repair across the 10 common items: £48–£111
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: 80%
Repairs that still cost under £30: 6%

Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,472 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 2019 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.

Compare 2019 with another year →

Compare two different cars instead →

Other 2019 cars with a similar record

Closest pass rates among 2019 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 2019 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 1,052 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	626	59.30%	19.76%	+39.54
Brakes	143	13.50%	20.89%	−7.39
Non-component advisories	106	10.00%	4.18%	+5.82
Visibility	53	5.00%	4.97%	+0.03
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	35	3.30%	12.21%	−8.91
Identification of the vehicle	25	2.40%	1.76%	+0.64
Road Wheels	23	2.20%	0.75%	+1.45
Suspension	17	1.60%	20.98%	−19.38
Noise, emissions and leaks	17	1.60%	5.52%	−3.92
Body, chassis, structure	7	0.70%	5.57%	−4.87

The exact failure items, in the tester's words

Share of the 2,472 tests on this vehicle that recorded each item
Recorded item	Severity	Tests	Est. cost	Part
Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres	Major	2.5%	£45–95	Tyres →
Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility	Minor	1.8%	£80–200	Windscreen →
Has ply or cords exposed Tyres	Major	1.4%	£45–95	Tyres →
Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres	Major	0.81%	£45–95	Tyres →
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres	Major	0.73%	£45–95	Tyres →
Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle	Major	0.36%	£20–80	Replacement Service Parts →
Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension	Major	0.28%	£30–75	Shock Absorber →
Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	Rectified	0.24%	£30–80	Headlight Alignment →
Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	Major	0.24%	£5–25	Headlight Bulb →
Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks	Major	0.24%	£3–12	Indicator Bulb →

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.

Items recorded as advisory on this vehicle
Recorded item	Severity	Tests	Est. cost
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres	Advisory	11.5%	£45–95
Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes	Advisory	3.7%	£18–45
Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories	Advisory	3.4%	£45–95
Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres	Advisory	3.0%	£45–95
Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres	Advisory	2.5%	£45–95
Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres	Advisory	1.6%	£45–95

Pass rate by mileage

Mileage	Tests	Pass rate	Median odometer
0-30k	964	92.6%	20,712 mi
30-60k	1,269	91.8%	42,462 mi
60-90k	217	89.9%	70,089 mi
90-120k	21	90.5%	96,634 mi
120k+	1	100.0%	155,269 mi

Source: 2,472 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.

2019 Panamera MOT questions

What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Porsche Panamera?

91.9% of the 2,472 2019 Porsche Panamera tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 91.4%.

What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Porsche Panamera?

The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.47%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.78%), has ply or cords exposed (1.38%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.

Does mileage affect the 2019 Porsche Panamera MOT pass rate?

Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.6% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Porsche Panamera in this dataset had covered 35,036 mi.

Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2019 Porsche Panamera?

Hybrid: 91.3% pass rate across 1,309 tests. Petrol: 92.6% pass rate across 1,100 tests. Diesel: 93.7% pass rate across 63 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.

Does the season affect the 2019 Porsche Panamera MOT pass rate?

Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 92.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 91.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.