Pass rate
76.1%
Around average — 1.4 pts ahead of the 74.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 180 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £32–£94
2010 Subaru Justy MOT pass rate
- 2010
- typical 62,077 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
32.0% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2009 76.8% pass
- Avoid 2007 70.2% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 6.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 69.3%
- Typical mileage
- 62k mi
The 2010 Subaru Justy MOT pass rate is 76.1% of its MOT tests — 1.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 32.0% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.5× the national share
Suspension accounts for 32.0% of everything recorded on the 2010 Subaru Justy, against 21.0% nationally — 11.0 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 25% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 180 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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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How does the 2010 Subaru Justy compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.7%, so this figure is 1.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 69.3%. The median 2010 Subaru Justy in this dataset had covered 62,077 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 76.0% of the time, April–September 76.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 8.89% of tests.
- 180 recorded tests behind this page.
- 76.1% overall pass rate, 69.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Subaru Justy, the average is 76.1% — best year 2009 (76.8%), worst 2007 (70.2%).
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
- 180
- Typical mileage (median)
- 62,077 mi
- Make and model
- Subaru Justy
- 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 Justy MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 54% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Subaru Justy is most common
Across all Justy model years on record (2007–2010): 766 Subaru Justy cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 2,038 tests. Gloucester (GL) has the most, with 30 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 | Gloucester (GL) | 30 | 80.0% |
| 2 | Exeter (EX) | 20 | 69.4% |
| 3 | Newton Abbot (TQ) | 19 | 77.4% |
| 4 | Sheffield (S) | 19 | 70.4% |
| 5 | Taunton (TA) | 17 | 75.5% |
| 6 | Birmingham (B) | 17 | 65.1% |
| 7 | Reading (RG) | 16 | 82.2% |
| 8 | Southampton (SO) | 16 | 81.6% |
| 9 | Swindon (SN) | 15 | 87.0% |
| 10 | Coventry (CV) | 15 | 72.5% |
| 11 | Nottingham (NG) | 15 | 86.1% |
| 12 | Bristol (BS) | 15 | 68.6% |
| 13 | Leicester (LE) | 15 | 96.8% |
| 14 | Plymouth (PL) | 14 | 74.5% |
| 15 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 14 | 65.0% |
| 16 | Leeds (LS) | 14 | 66.7% |
| 17 | Wrexham (LL) | 13 | 79.1% |
| 18 | Norwich (NR) | 13 | 80.5% |
| 19 | Ashford (TN) | 13 | 81.8% |
| 20 | Guildford (GU) | 13 | 87.5% |
The twenty areas with the most Subaru Justy 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 Justy
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 48 | 75.0% |
| South East | 27 | 81.5% |
| Wales | 21 | 71.4% |
| East of England | 18 | 77.8% |
| North East | 16 | 62.5% |
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 2010 Justy
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 2010 Justy
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 suspension joints 6.7% of tests
“ball joint 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.
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Check the wipers and washers 3.9% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the lights 2.8% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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.
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 2010 Justy through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £32–£94 — and 25% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £32–£94
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 25%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 180 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 Justy, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2007 to 2010. Across them the pass rate runs from 70.2% to 76.8% — a spread of 6.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2007 70.2% ball joint excessively worn
- 2008 76.7% ball joint excessively worn
- 2009 76.8% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2010 76.1%joints constant velocity boot…
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 2010 Subaru Justy 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 2010 cars with a similar record
- Skoda Superb 76.1%
- Audi A1 76.0%
- SEAT Exeo 76.0%
- Peugeot 107 76.3%
- Saab 9-3 76.3%
- Skoda Roomster 76.4%
Closest pass rates among 2010 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 2010 Subaru Justy 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 422 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 137 | 32.00% | 20.98% | +11.02 |
| Brakes | 87 | 20.30% | 20.89% | −0.59 |
| Tyres | 55 | 12.90% | 19.76% | −6.86 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 44 | 10.30% | 5.57% | +4.73 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 42 | 9.80% | 12.21% | −2.41 |
| Non-component advisories | 16 | 3.70% | 4.18% | −0.48 |
| Visibility | 12 | 2.80% | 4.97% | −2.17 |
| Steering | 12 | 2.80% | 2.57% | +0.23 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 10 | 2.30% | 5.52% | −3.22 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 7 | 1.60% | 1.76% | −0.16 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 8.9% | £80–250 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 6.7% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.9% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 3.9% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.8% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.8% | £5–25 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.8% | £3–12 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.2% | £45–120 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.2% | £45–110 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.2% | £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 | 18.9% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 12.8% | £80–180 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.9% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.9% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.8% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3 | 66.7% | 26,185 mi |
| 30-60k | 78 | 80.8% | 48,730 mi |
| 60-90k | 66 | 75.8% | 73,238 mi |
| 90-120k | 25 | 68.0% | 105,509 mi |
| 120k+ | 8 | 62.5% | 129,723 mi |
Source: 180 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.
2010 Justy MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2010 Subaru Justy?
76.1% of the 180 2010 Subaru Justy tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.7% for cars first used in 2010. First-attempt pass rate: 69.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2010 Subaru Justy?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (8.89%), ball joint excessively worn (6.67%), linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn (3.89%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2010 Subaru Justy MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 66.7% of the time, falling to 62.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2010 Subaru Justy in this dataset had covered 62,077 mi.
Does the season affect the 2010 Subaru Justy MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 76.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 76.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.