Porsche CAYENNE - 2007
216.1 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2007 is 357.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Porsche CAYENNE, model year 2007.
Sample size: 883 cars, 2,062 tests and 4,455 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 883 cars
The 2007 Porsche Cayenne has an overall defect rate of 216 per 100 vehicles, significantly lower than the yearly average of 352 per 100, indicating a 39% improvement. This model performs particularly well in categories like brakes, steering, and visibility, showing marked reductions in defect rates compared to the average. Notably, as mileage increases, defect rates rise, especially in the highest mileage category of over 124,000 miles. Overall, the Cayenne stands out for its reliability in several key areas, providing a more dependable alternative to the average vehicle of the same year.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 883 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 34.5% better
92.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 141.7 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
- Flexible brake hose: excessively damaged, deteriorated, chafed, twisted or stretched
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 68.5% better
6.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.0 / 100 tests
- Power steering pipe, hose or wiring: excessively damaged or corroded
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
Visibility
▲ 42.6% better
15.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 26.5 / 100 tests
- Wiper blade: defective
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 24.5% better
77.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 102.9 / 100 tests
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- 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
▲ 39.3% better
190.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 314.0 / 100 tests
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
Body/Structure
▲ 71.7% better
15.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 54.8 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- 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 bearing: excessively worn
Equipment
▲ 2.8% better
10.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 10.9 / 100 tests
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Other
▲ 46.9% better
23.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 43.9 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Exhaust noise levels in excess of those permitted
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Emissions test unable to be completed
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 685
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 373
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 319
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 265
Flexible brake hose: excessively damaged, deteriorated, chafed, twisted or stretched
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 180
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 176
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 168
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: 167
Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
MINOR
Occurrences: 143
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 131
Serious faults (Top 10)
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 59
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 54
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 45
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 37
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 36
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 36
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 36
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
FAIL
Occurrences: 28
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 28
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 27