2010 Subaru Forester: MOT pass rate and reliability

65.6% of 2010 Subaru Foresters pass the MOT first time, measured across 749 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 110,445 miles.

How the 2010 compares

  • Against all Subaru Foresters (74.2%, 14,310 tests): -8.6 points
  • Against all 2010 cars (67%): -1.4 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Subaru Forester model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2010 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Subaru Forester:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2001 67% 215 123,358
2002 67.4% 273 124,496
2003 66.9% 611 134,932
2004 71.4% 796 125,017
2005 69% 962 123,502
2006 68.2% 893 118,978
2007 67.2% 830 111,495
2008 74.6% 539 109,668
2009 63.9% 443 108,187
2010 65.6% 749 110,445
2011 71.7% 785 110,447
2012 70.9% 278 104,407
2013 70.9% 718 95,706
2014 74.9% 1,139 85,986
2015 77.1% 984 74,481
2016 79.8% 1,196 67,871
2017 86% 904 58,795
2018 88.4% 936 47,276
2019 90.3% 589 39,369

What this means if you are buying a 2010 Forester

The 2010 is a weaker year for this model, passing 8.6 points less often than the Subaru Forester average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2010 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. 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 a 16-year-old car fails on

A 2010 car is 16 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 high mileage, so timing belts, clutches, suspension bushes and corrosion are the items worth budgeting for rather than the MOT itself. On a 2010 Subaru Forester the average at test was 110,445 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 2019 at 90.3%, and the weakest in our data is 2009 at 63.9%. That 26.4 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2010 car against a newer one tells you very little.

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