2013 Subaru Forester 2.0L Petrol · FN13 JGF

The most recent MOT, dated 28 May 2024 at 113 473 miles, resulted in a pass. The only notes were wear to the nearside and offside front suspension arm pins or bushes and slight damage/cracking to the offside front tyre. No ball‑joint failure was recorded at this test. Looking back, the vehicle failed its MOT in June 2023 and June 2022, both times because the offside front suspension arm ball joint was judged excessively worn. In each of those failures the same suspension arm pin or bush wear was also noted, but the ball‑joint issue was the decisive defect that caused the failure. The pattern shows a recurring wear problem in the front suspension: the arm pins or bushes have been worn enough to generate advisories on every test, while the ball joint has deteriorated to the point of causing outright failures in two consecutive years. The 2024 pass, with no ball‑joint fault recorded, suggests that the ball joint was likely replaced or repaired after the 2023 failure, after which the bush wear persisted as an advisory. This indicates an improving trend for the ball‑joint issue but a continuing, gradual wear trend for the suspension bushes. The recorded mileage of 113 473 miles on a 2013 model gives an average of roughly 8 700 miles per year, which is typical for a car of this age. Because the usage is neither unusually low nor high, the wear observed aligns with normal age‑related deterioration rather than indicating extreme hard use or long periods of storage.