Bentley Flying Spur: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Bentley Flying Spur passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 16.9 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 736 individual Bentley Flying Spur tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 93.6% first-time pass rate means roughly 6 in every 100 Bentley Flying Spurs presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Bentley Flying Spur tested had covered 37,634 miles and was built around 2015.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Bentley Flying Spur bought as a repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

Before you bid: run the lot through the analyzer, check the car's own record, check the mileage, decode the VIN, and if it carries a marker use the write-off value calculator. Or compare it against another model.

Looking at a specific Bentley Flying Spur rather than the model in general? The free check covers its MOT and mileage history, and the full HPI report confirms the insurance write-off category, outstanding finance and whether it is recorded stolen, from licensed data for 5 credits. Already own one that has been damaged? Work out whether fixing it beats selling it with the repair or scrap calculator, and see what damaged Bentley Flying Spurs actually sold for at UK salvage auction.

Most common MOT failures on a Bentley Flying Spur

1. A tyre seriously damaged, 1% of tests
2. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 0.5% of tests
3. Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 0.4% of tests
4. An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 0.2% of tests
5. Brake lining or pad worn down to wear indicator, 0.2% of tests (1.65x the national rate for this defect)
6. A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 0.2% of tests
7. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 0.2% of tests
8. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 0.2% of tests
9. Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction, 0.1% of tests
10. Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement, 0.1% of tests

From 2,098 DVSA-tracked Bentley Flying Spur tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 2.76% of these flagged Bentley Flying Spur defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Other Bentley models

• Bentley Continental - 90.8%
• Bentley Continental GT - 95.1%
• Bentley Bentayga - 95.3%
• Bentley Arnage - 87.7%
• Bentley Mulsanne - 93.4%
• Bentley Turbo - 85.5%
• Bentley Continental GT V8 Auto - 94.6%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Mercedes-Benz Gla 220 Amg Line Prem + D 4m A - 93.6%
• Mercedes-Benz E 220 Sport D Auto - 93.6%
• Mclaren 570 - 93.6%
• Mercedes-Benz A 200 Amg Line Ed Executive A - 93.6%
• Skoda Octavia Se L Tdi S-A - 93.6%
• Ford Puma Titanium Mhev - 93.5%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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