Bentley Turbo: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Bentley Turbo passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 8.8 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 795 individual Bentley Turbo tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 85.5% first-time pass rate means roughly 15 in every 100 Bentley Turbos 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 Turbo tested had covered 80,309 miles and was built around 1993.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Bentley Turbo 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 Turbo 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 Turbos actually sold for at UK salvage auction.

Most common MOT failures on a Bentley Turbo

1. A driver's seat fore and aft adjustment mechanism not functioning as intended., 0.9% of tests (54.52x the national rate for this defect)
2. Actuator leaking and braking performance not affected, 1% of tests (21x the national rate for this defect)
3. Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning, 0.7% of tests (13.06x the national rate for this defect)
4. Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value, 1.2% of tests (4.23x the national rate for this defect)
5. 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, 1.1% of tests (3.12x the national rate for this defect)
6. Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement, 2.8% of tests (2.87x the national rate for this defect)
7. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 1.7% of tests (1.41x the national rate for this defect)
8. A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened, 1.4% of tests
9. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.2% of tests
10. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 1.1% of tests

From 2,467 DVSA-tracked Bentley Turbo tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 3.63% of these flagged Bentley Turbo 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 Flying Spur - 93.6%
• Bentley Continental GT V8 Auto - 94.6%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Audi A7 - 85.5%
• Abarth 595c - 85.5%
• Kia Proceed GT Isg S-A - 85.5%
• MINI Cooper S Auto - 85.5%
• Land Rover Discovery Sport R-Dynamic Se A - 85.5%
• Mercedes-Benz E 220 Amg Lne Night Ed Prm D A - 85.5%

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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