Porsche Panamera 2017: MOT failure rate for its age

8.4% of 5,372 MOT tests of the Porsche Panamera first registered in 2017 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 83.6 (95% CI 75.9–91.3; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2017 Porsche Panamera fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Porsche Panamera built in 2017 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	8.4	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	5372
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 75.9–91.3)	83.6	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	5372
Rank among this model's 12 build years	2	of 12	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	5372
Tested in 2024	982	tests	median 49,977 miles	2024	982

Built 2017 against Porsche Panamera normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 6.1% vs 8.6%; age 4: 8.6% vs 8.6%; age 5: 9.2% vs 10.4%; age 6: 10.3% vs 11%; age 7: 9% vs 12.4%. Axis from 0% to 20%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2017 Porsche Panamera by registration · All Porsche Panamera MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2017 Porsche Panamera fail at each age?

Cars built in 2017 were tested at ages 3 to 7 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Porsche Panamera built 2017: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
3	1,400	6.1	4.9–7.4	8.6	70.5
4	999	8.6	7–10.5	8.6	100
5	999	9.2	7.6–11.2	10.4	88.3
6	992	10.3	8.5–12.3	11	93.7
7	982	9	7.3–10.9	12.4	72.1

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 5,372 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2017 Porsche Panamera?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2017 is tyres: 8.1 items per 100 first tests, against 9.2 across all build years of the Porsche Panamera. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2017 were tested at ages 3 to 7.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Porsche Panamera built 2017 against the Porsche Panamera in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2017, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Tyres	8.1	9.2	437
Visibility	2.4	3.8	130
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	1	3.4	52
Identification of the vehicle	0.9	1.1	47

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 5,394 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2017 compare with the years around it?

Among the 12 published build years of the Porsche Panamera, 2017 ranks 2 (1 = fails least for its age). 2016: index 98.6. 2018: index 106.8.

Porsche Panamera build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2009	64.5	42.5–86.6	better (rough estimate)	328
2010	94.3	80.8–107.8	no different (rough estimate)	1,328
2011	108.1	96.1–120.1	no different (rough estimate)	1,936
2012	109.3	100.8–117.9	worse (rough estimate)	3,994
2013	109.4	101.1–117.7	worse	4,446
2014	91.3	83.6–98.9	better	4,554
2015	100.3	91.4–109.2	no different	4,075
2016	98.6	86.0–111.3	no different (rough estimate)	2,149
2017	83.6	75.9–91.3	better	5,372
2018	106.8	95.1–118.4	no different (rough estimate)	3,182
2019	110.1	96.2–124.1	no different (rough estimate)	2,423
2020	124.5	99.1–150.0	no different (rough estimate)	889

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 34,676 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Porsche Panamera 2017 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/porsche-panamera/2017/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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