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Porsche Macan vs Porsche Sports: reliability comparison

MOT pass rates, common faults and mileage compared from real UK MOT data.

Porsche Macan
92%
MOT pass rate · 37,639 vehicles
Porsche Sports
86%
MOT pass rate · 8 vehicles
Verdict: On MOT pass rate the Porsche Macan (92%) and Porsche Sports (86%) are very close — weigh the individual measures below, and remember condition depends on age, mileage and upkeep.

Head to head

Measure Porsche Macan Porsche Sports
MOT pass rate 92% ✓ 86%
MOT failure rate 8% ✓ 14%
Faults & advisories per test 0.8 0.3 ✓
Dangerous-fault share 4% 0% ✓
Average mileage 50,555 mi 26,195 mi
Sample size (vehicles) 37,639 8

Most common faults

Porsche Macan

  1. Offside Rear Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
  2. Nearside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
  3. Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
  4. Offside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
  5. Front Brake pad(s) wearing thin (1.1.13 (a) (ii))
  6. Rear Brake pad(s) wearing thin (1.1.13 (a) (ii))

Porsche Sports

  1. Steering column flexible coupling is slightly deteriorated (2.1.5)
  2. Wind screen wipers speed slow
  3. Nearside Direction indicators not in good working order (function impaired) (1.5.A1b)
  4. Nearside Stop lamp excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance (1.2.1d)
  5. Offside Direction indicators not in good working order (function impaired) (1.5.A1b)
  6. Offside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (1.2.1f)

Reliability FAQ

On MOT pass rate the Porsche Macan (92%) and Porsche Sports (86%) are very close — weigh the individual measures below, and remember condition depends on age, mileage and upkeep.

Full Porsche Macan report Full Porsche Sports report Most reliable cars

Pass rates are computed over completed (pass/fail) MOT tests. Reliability also depends on age, mileage and upkeep — see each model's page for the full picture.