Bentley MOT failure rates by model
Bentley cars fail 11.6% of MOT tests. Here is every Bentley model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.
What is the MOT failure rate for Bentley cars?
Across 389,310 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 11.6% of Bentley cars fail. That is 14.1 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Bentley models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.
| Model | Failure rate | Tests | Top failure area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley Eight | 22.0% | 7,179 | Brakes |
| Bentley T2 | 21.4% | 1,303 | Brakes |
| Bentley Turbo | 21.2% | 31,739 | Brakes |
| Bentley Brooklands | 18.3% | 13,162 | Brakes |
| Bentley Series | 17.8% | 1,692 | Brakes |
| Bentley T1 | 17.6% | 1,026 | Brakes |
| Bentley Mulsanne | 14.5% | 15,777 | Brakes |
| Bentley S2 | 14.1% | 1,316 | Brakes |
| Bentley Arnage | 14.0% | 40,549 | Brakes |
| Bentley S3 | 14.0% | 2,090 | Brakes |
| Bentley Saloon | 13.9% | 1,479 | Brakes |
| Bentley Azure | 11.5% | 5,905 | Brakes |
| Bentley S1 | 10.5% | 1,193 | Brakes |
| Bentley Continental | 9.5% | 226,796 | Tyres |
| Bentley R | 9.4% | 1,314 | Lamps & electrical |
| Bentley Flying | 7.1% | 7,712 | Tyres |
| Bentley Bentayga | 4.7% | 16,660 | Tyres |
Which Bentley fails its MOT most, and which least?
The Bentley Eight has the highest failure rate at 22.0%, and the Bentley Bentayga the lowest at 4.7%. A higher rate reflects how old and how hard a model tends to be used as much as how it was built, so the oldest models in the range usually sit near the top.
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Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain