Pass rate
92.2%
Above average — 1.5 pts ahead of the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 283 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£66
2020 Subaru Levorg MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 27,446 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
50.8% 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 →
Which year to buy
- Best 2018 95.3% pass
- Avoid 2015 86.8% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 8.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 92.0%
- Typical mileage
- 27k mi
The 2020 Subaru Levorg MOT pass rate is 92.2% of its MOT tests — 1.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 50.8% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.6× the national share
Tyres make up 50.8% of everything recorded on the 2020 Subaru Levorg, against 19.8% nationally — 31.0 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 19% 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. 283 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 2020 Subaru Levorg compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 1.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 92.0%. The median 2020 Subaru Levorg in this dataset had covered 27,446 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.9% of the time, April–September 93.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick", noted on 2.12% of tests.
- 283 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.2% overall pass rate, 92.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Subaru Levorg, the average is 90.5% — best year 2018 (95.3%), worst 2015 (86.8%).
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
- 283
- Typical mileage (median)
- 27,446 mi
- Make and model
- Subaru Levorg
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Levorg MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 77% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Subaru Levorg is most common
Across all Levorg model years on record (2015–2021): 1,142 Subaru Levorg cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 2,359 tests. Guildford (GU) has the most, with 39 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 | Guildford (GU) | 39 | 87.0% |
| 2 | Coventry (CV) | 32 | 94.6% |
| 3 | Edinburgh (EH) | 31 | 97.0% |
| 4 | Glasgow (G) | 31 | 91.9% |
| 5 | Ashford (TN) | 30 | 91.3% |
| 6 | Peterborough (PE) | 29 | 97.0% |
| 7 | Birmingham (B) | 29 | 92.6% |
| 8 | Swindon (SN) | 28 | 89.1% |
| 9 | Reading (RG) | 28 | 91.5% |
| 10 | Northampton (NN) | 26 | 86.8% |
| 11 | Newport (NP) | 25 | 90.4% |
| 12 | Sheffield (S) | 25 | 93.5% |
| 13 | Nottingham (NG) | 24 | 90.0% |
| 14 | Oxford (OX) | 21 | 94.9% |
| 15 | Derby (DE) | 21 | 91.9% |
| 16 | Southampton (SO) | 21 | 87.5% |
| 17 | High Wycombe (HP) | 19 | 95.5% |
| 18 | Blackburn (BB) | 17 | 87.8% |
| 19 | Leeds (LS) | 17 | 87.5% |
| 20 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 17 | 89.5% |
The twenty areas with the most Subaru Levorg 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 Levorg
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 68 | 91.2% |
| South East | 38 | 92.1% |
| East of England | 34 | 91.2% |
| West Midlands | 30 | 93.3% |
| North West | 23 | 91.3% |
| Yorkshire | 23 | 91.3% |
| South West | 22 | 95.5% |
| East Midlands | 21 | 90.5% |
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 2020 Levorg
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 2020 Levorg
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 brakes 2.1% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the lights 1.4% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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 wipers and washers 1.4% 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.
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 2020 Levorg through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£66 — and 19% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£66
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep…
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 19%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 283 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 Levorg, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2015 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 86.8% to 95.3% — a spread of 8.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2015 86.8% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2016 90.9% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2017 89.9% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2018 95.3% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2019 93.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 92.2%brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2021 92.2% wipers blade defective
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 2020 Subaru Levorg 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Jeep Renegade 92.2%
- MINI COOPER 92.3%
- Fiat Panda 92.3%
- Volkswagen Polo 92.1%
- Volvo XC40 92.1%
- Toyota Prius 92.1%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Subaru Levorg 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 180 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 | 92 | 50.80% | 19.76% | +31.04 |
| Brakes | 32 | 17.70% | 20.89% | −3.19 |
| Suspension | 22 | 12.20% | 20.98% | −8.78 |
| Non-component advisories | 12 | 6.60% | 4.18% | +2.42 |
| Visibility | 11 | 6.10% | 4.97% | +1.13 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 6 | 3.30% | 12.21% | −8.91 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 1.10% | 1.76% | −0.66 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 0.60% | 5.57% | −4.97 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 0.60% | 5.52% | −4.92 |
| Steering | 1 | 0.60% | 2.57% | −1.97 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 2.1% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.4% | £30–80 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.4% | £8–22 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Bonnet cannot be secured in the closed position Visibility | Major | 0.71% | £20–80 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Rectified | 0.71% | £45–95 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 0.71% | £45–95 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Major | 0.71% | £20–55 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.71% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 12.0% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 9.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.3% | £18–45 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 3.9% | £30–75 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 2.5% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 156 | 97.4% | 19,156 mi |
| 30-60k | 116 | 85.3% | 41,474 mi |
| 60-90k | 11 | 90.9% | 68,055 mi |
Source: 283 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.
2020 Levorg MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Subaru Levorg?
92.2% of the 283 2020 Subaru Levorg tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 92.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Subaru Levorg?
The three most recorded items are brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (2.12%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.41%), headlamp aim too high (1.41%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Subaru Levorg MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 97.4% of the time, falling to 90.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Subaru Levorg in this dataset had covered 27,446 mi.
Does the season affect the 2020 Subaru Levorg MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 93.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.