Porsche TAYCAN - 2020
42.5 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2020 is 91.3 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Porsche TAYCAN, model year 2020.
Sample size: 3,977 cars, 9,166 tests and 3,895 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: 3,977 cars
The 2020 Porsche Taycan has a significantly lower overall defect rate compared to the average car of the same year, recording 42 defects per 100 vehicles against the average of 90. This represents a 52.7% improvement. Notably, it excels in categories such as brakes, steering, visibility, and lights and electrics, showing significantly fewer issues than the average. Additionally, while tyre wear is a common concern across vehicles, the Taycan's performance remains strong in other areas, particularly with a remarkable zero defects reported in steering. Mileage trends indicate more defects in higher mileage ranges for the average car, but the Taycan maintains a consistent performance regardless of mileage, particularly under 93,000 miles.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 3,977 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 91.3% better
4.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 50.8 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake performance unable to be tested
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution
- Electronic parking brake MIL indicates a malfunction
Steering
▲ 100.0% better
0.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.5 / 100 tests
Visibility
▲ 73.0% better
3.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.1 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- An obstruction: materially affecting the driver’s view of the road through the swept area of the windscreen or an obligatory external mirror not visible
- Windscreen or window excessively tinted: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Obligatory mirror or device: inoperative, excessively damaged or insecure
Lights & Electrics
▲ 81.3% better
2.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.2 / 100 tests
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A direction indicator: lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A headlamp: with up to ½ light sources not functioning in the case of LED
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 23.8% better
74.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 97.5 / 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 tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
Body/Structure
▲ 95.8% better
0.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.4 / 100 tests
- A body panel or body component: damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure
- A door will not open using the relevant control or close properly
- A passenger seat: insecure
Equipment
▲ 86.7% better
0.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.5 / 100 tests
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Other
▲ 97.3% better
0.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.7 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
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: 2,203
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 370
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 300
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 162
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 145
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 138
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 124
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 60
A wheel: badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 41
A tyre retaining ring: not correctly fitted
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 36
Serious faults (Top 10)
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 370
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 145
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 60
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 19
Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously not working
FAIL
Occurrences: 11
An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 10
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 8
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 8
Brake performance unable to be tested
FAIL
Occurrences: 8
Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel
FAIL
Occurrences: 7