Subaru Xv I Se Prem E Boxer Awd Cvt: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Subaru Xv I Se Prem E Boxer Awd Cvt passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 20 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 663 individual Subaru Xv I Se Prem E Boxer Awd Cvt tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 96.7% first-time pass rate means roughly 3 in every 100 Subaru Xv I Se Prem E Boxer Awd Cvts presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Subaru Xv I Se Prem E Boxer Awd Cvt tested had covered 24,494 miles and was built around 2020.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. The Subaru Xv I Se Prem E Boxer Awd Cvt sits 20 points above the national average, ranked 10 of 2,005 models. On one bought as repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

Before you bid: run the lot through the analyzer, check the car's own record, check the mileage, decode the VIN, and if it carries a marker use the write-off value calculator. Or compare it against another model.

Looking at a specific Subaru Xv I Se Prem E Boxer Awd Cvt rather than the model in general? The free check covers its MOT and mileage history, and the full HPI report confirms the insurance write-off category, outstanding finance and whether it is recorded stolen, from licensed data for 5 credits. Already own one that has been damaged? Work out whether fixing it beats selling it with the repair or scrap calculator, and see recorded closing bids for damaged Subaru Xv I Se Prem E Boxer Awd Cvts at UK salvage auction.

Common failure reasons

We hold no separate DVSA failure-reason breakdown for the Subaru Xv I Se Prem E Boxer Awd Cvt itself, which fails on much the same things as most cars. National car failure mix, DVSA latest quarter:

1. Lights and electrics, 10.36% of tests
2. Suspension, 8.65% of tests
3. Tyres, 6.23% of tests
4. Brakes, 6.1% of tests
5. Visibility (wipers, washers, glass), 4.65% of tests

Most common MOT advisories on a Subaru Xv I Se Prem E Boxer Awd Cvt

An advisory doesn't fail the car - the tester flags it as worth watching, but it still passes. A different list from the failures above: what testers are noting on a Subaru Xv I Se Prem E Boxer Awd Cvt before it actually fails on it.

1. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 25.3% of tests
2. A tyre seriously damaged, 16.7% of tests
3. Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured, 4.1% of tests
4. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 3.2% of tests
5. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 2.6% of tests
6. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 0.6% of tests
7. A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage, 0.6% of tests
8. An obstruction significantly affecting the driver's view of the road through the swept area of the windscreen or an obligatory external mirror not visible, 0.2% of tests (1.84x the national rate for this advisory)
9. A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting, 0.2% of tests
10. A tyre over ten years old is fitted to a front steered axle of a bus, coach, or any axle on a minibus with a single wheel fitment, 0.2% of tests (37.05x the national rate for this advisory)

From 663 DVSA-tracked Subaru Xv I Se Prem E Boxer Awd Cvt tests, 2024.

Subaru Xv I Se Prem E Boxer Awd Cvt pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Subaru Xv I Se Prem E Boxer Awd Cvt year:

• 2020 Subaru Xv I Se Prem E Boxer Awd Cvt - 96.3% first-time pass, 219 tests
• 2021 Subaru Xv I Se Prem E Boxer Awd Cvt - 96.6% first-time pass, 348 tests

Other Subaru models

• Subaru Impreza - 78%
• Subaru Forester - 73.5%
• Subaru Outback - 79.2%
• Subaru Xv - 83.6%
• Subaru Legacy - 68.8%
• Subaru Wrx - 90.8%
• Subaru Forester I Xe Prm Ebxr Awd Cvt - 93.8%
• Subaru Brz - 88.9%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Ferrari 458 - 96.8%
• Honda Jazz Crosstar Ex I-Mmd Cvt - 96.7%
• Toyota Yaris Cross Design Hev Auto - 96.7%
• Mclaren 720s V8 S-A - 96.7%
• Audi A6 Sport 50 Tfsi E Quattro S-A - 96.6%
• Peugeot Expert S L1 Bluehdi - 96.5%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences
• Do you need an HPI check on a car you know is a write-off?

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