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Porsche CAYENNE - 2005

253.0 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2005 is 377.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Porsche CAYENNE, model year 2005. Sample size: 1,567 cars, 3,497 tests and 8,846 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 1,567 cars

The 2005 Porsche Cayenne has a significantly lower overall defect rate, with 253 defects per 100 vehicles, compared to the average of 376 for cars of the same year, which represents a 33% improvement. This model shows better performance in critical areas such as brakes, steering, and body structure, with defect rates considerably lower than average. Notably, defects increase with mileage; however, even in higher mileage categories, the Cayenne remains below the yearly average. While equipment issues are more prevalent in this model, its strengths in other categories highlight a generally reliable performance.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 1,567 cars

Categories

Brakes
▲ 31.9% better
108.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 158.5 / 100 tests
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
  • Flexible brake hose: excessively damaged, deteriorated, chafed, twisted or stretched
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 60.7% better
8.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 22.4 / 100 tests
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Power steering pipe, hose or wiring: excessively damaged or corroded
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
  • Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
Visibility
▲ 30.6% better
19.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 28.4 / 100 tests
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Wiper blade: defective
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
Lights & Electrics
▲ 26.3% better
81.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 110.1 / 100 tests
  • Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
  • Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
  • A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
  • Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
  • Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 31.5% better
215.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 314.1 / 100 tests
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
Body/Structure
▲ 58.4% better
25.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 61.5 / 100 tests
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
Equipment
▼ 49.6% worse
19.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 12.9 / 100 tests
  • A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
  • ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▲ 40.0% better
28.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 46.7 / 100 tests
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
  • Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
  • Exhaust emits excessive dense blue or clearly visible black smoke during acceleration which would obscure the view of other road users

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 520 0–31,000 mi 31,000–62,000 62,000–93,000 93,000–124,000 124,000+
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.

Most common faults (Top 10)

A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,101
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,021
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 585
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 426
Flexible brake hose: excessively damaged, deteriorated, chafed, twisted or stretched
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 341
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 333
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 323
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 282
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
MINOR
Occurrences: 257
Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 222

Serious faults (Top 10)

Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 85
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 71
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 70
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 67
A direction indicator: lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 64
Flexible brake hose: excessively damaged, deteriorated, chafed, twisted or stretched
FAIL
Occurrences: 63
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 61
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 56
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 55
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 51