2018 Porsche Macan: MOT pass rate and reliability

93.5% of 2018 Porsche Macans pass the MOT first time, measured across 3,882 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 44,467 miles.

How the 2018 compares

  • Against all Porsche Macans (92.5%, 30,078 tests): +1 points
  • Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): +7.6 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Porsche Macan model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2018 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Porsche Macan:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2014 85.7% 1,192 74,777
2015 87.2% 3,590 68,912
2016 90.6% 4,223 61,507
2017 93.5% 5,407 54,337
2018 93.5% 3,882 44,467
2019 94.1% 4,676 36,387
2020 95.4% 3,628 29,802
2021 94.8% 3,319 24,181

What this means if you are buying a 2018 Macan

The 2018 sits close to the Porsche Macan average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What an 8-year-old car fails on

A 2018 car is 8 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2018 Porsche Macan the average at test was 44,467 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2020 at 95.4%, and the weakest in our data is 2014 at 85.7%. That 9.7 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2018 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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