Does the Saab 9-3 fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?
The Saab 9-3 records 0.81 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.62 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (+0.19, 95% interval +0.16 to +0.22). It ranks 91 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on road wheels · check a Saab 9-3 by registration
What exactly fails on road wheels?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Saab 9-3 is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 2,395 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 2,395 | 0.72 |
| A wheel with more than one loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 108 | 0.03 |
| Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel | 107 | 0.03 |
| A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting | 72 | 0.02 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 334,332 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
If a Saab 9-3 gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?
0.9% of Saab 9-3 MOTs with a road wheels advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.5 months and 6,324 miles later (2,414 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 2,414 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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