Rolls Royce MOT failure rates by model
Rolls Royce cars fail 15.4% of MOT tests. Here is every Rolls Royce model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.
What is the MOT failure rate for Rolls Royce cars?
Across 154,944 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 15.4% of Rolls Royce cars fail. That is 10.3 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Rolls Royce 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolls Royce Silver | 19.1% | 88,418 | Brakes |
| Rolls Royce Shadow | 18.4% | 9,453 | Brakes |
| Rolls Royce Corniche | 17.0% | 8,641 | Brakes |
| Rolls Royce Saloon | 14.9% | 1,371 | Brakes |
| Rolls Royce Phantom | 6.5% | 15,473 | Lamps & electrical |
| Rolls Royce Ghost | 5.7% | 9,285 | Tyres |
| Rolls Royce Wraith | 5.1% | 4,984 | Tyres |
| Rolls Royce Dawn | 5.1% | 2,941 | Tyres |
| Rolls Royce 20/25 | 3.6% | 2,137 | Lamps & electrical |
| Rolls Royce Cullinan | 2.9% | 1,528 | Tyres |
Which Rolls Royce fails its MOT most, and which least?
The Rolls Royce Silver has the highest failure rate at 19.1%, and the Rolls Royce Cullinan the lowest at 2.9%. 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