Saab 9-3 MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 67.0% of 43,277 MOT tests on the Saab 9-3 ended in a pass, 9.5 points below the 76.5% average for all cars.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the Saab 9-3 MOT tests at that age. Mileage shows the median and the middle half of odometer readings, from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
| Age | Pass rate | Mileage |
|---|---|---|
| 11919 tests | 71.5% | 97,000 · 71k to 127k |
| 123,484 tests | 69.7% | 105,000 · 77k to 135k |
| 133,261 tests | 70.5% | 105,000 · 79k to 135k |
| 145,513 tests | 68.1% | 115,000 · 87k to 143k |
| 157,640 tests | 67.0% | 117,000 · 91k to 145k |
| 167,329 tests | 64.9% | 115,000 · 91k to 145k |
| 175,441 tests | 64.0% | 113,000 · 91k to 141k |
| 183,487 tests | 64.7% | 111,000 · 87k to 137k |
| 191,883 tests | 66.2% | 111,000 · 87k to 135k |
| 201,004 tests | 69.1% | 107,000 · 85k to 131k |
| 21948 tests | 68.5% | 105,000 · 81k to 131k |
| 22912 tests | 70.1% | 103,000 · 79k to 131k |
| 23701 tests | 70.5% | 105,000 · 81k to 131k |
| 24521 tests | 70.6% | 103,000 · 81k to 129k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the Saab 9-3. Advisories are things the tester noted that did not fail the car, often wear that will need attention soon. Follow an item to see what it means and how serious it is.
Failures
Advisories and minor defects
What to check on a used 9-3
The parts that come up most often in Saab 9-3 MOTs, and how to look at them on a viewing.
- Oil leaksLook under the engine and gearbox, and at the ground where the car was parked, for fresh oil.
- Brake discs and padsAsk when the discs and pads were last replaced, and look through the wheel for a raised lip on the edge of the disc.
- TyresCheck the tread across the full width of every tyre, including the inner edge, and look for cuts and bulges in the sidewalls.
- Coil springsCompare the gap between each tyre and its wheel arch. A corner sitting lower than the others can mean a broken spring.
- Exhaust and emissionsStart the engine from cold and listen for blowing or rattling from the exhaust, and look for smoke.
Check a specific 9-3
Fleet averages only go so far. Enter the registration to see that car's own MOT history, mileage record and current condition, free.
Questions
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Other Saab models
Overall MOT pass rate in 2023. Compare all Saab models or see every make.
How these figures are made. We counted every initial MOT test (not retests) of cars and light vans in Great Britain in 2023 from the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 33,842,940 tests in all. Pass rate is the share of initial tests that ended in a pass, counting faults fixed during the test. Age is whole years from first registration to the test, so a car having its first MOT a few weeks early counts as 2.
Like-for-like pass rates average each model's pass rate at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix for every model, so a model is not flattered by a young fleet or penalised by an old one. Models are grouped by the first word of the DVSA model name, and names that cover several models are left out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RegTail's analysis of the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 2023 tests.