2016 Subaru Wrx: MOT pass rate and reliability
92.6% of 2016 Subaru Wrx pass the MOT first time, measured across 326 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 46,401 miles.
How the 2016 compares
- Against all Subaru Wrx (91.6%, 1,675 tests): +1 points
- Against all 2016 cars (80.9%): +11.7 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Subaru Wrx model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2016 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Subaru Wrx:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 91.3% | 343 | 54,646 |
| 2015 | 92.7% | 274 | 52,282 |
| 2016 | 92.6% | 326 | 46,401 |
| 2017 | 92.5% | 306 | 34,982 |
What this means if you are buying a 2016 Wrx
The 2016 sits close to the Subaru Wrx 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 a 10-year-old car fails on
A 2016 car is 10 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 2016 Subaru Wrx the average at test was 46,401 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 2015 at 92.7%, and the weakest in our data is 2014 at 91.3%. That 1.4 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2016 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
- 2014 Subaru Wrx - 91.3%
- 2015 Subaru Wrx - 92.7%
- 2017 Subaru Wrx - 92.5%