Rolls Royce Phantom: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Rolls Royce Phantom passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 19.8 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 806 individual Rolls Royce Phantom tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 96.5% first-time pass rate means roughly 4 in every 100 Rolls Royce Phantoms 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 Rolls Royce Phantom tested had covered 44,453 miles and was built around 2010.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. The Rolls Royce Phantom sits 19.8 points above the national average, ranked 14 of 2,005 models. On one bought as 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 Rolls Royce Phantom 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 recorded closing bids for damaged Rolls Royce Phantoms at UK salvage auction.

Common failure reasons

We hold no separate DVSA failure-reason breakdown for the Rolls Royce Phantom itself, which fails on much the same things as most cars. National car failure mix, DVSA latest quarter:

1. Lights and electrics, 10.36% of tests
2. Suspension, 8.65% of tests
3. Tyres, 6.23% of tests
4. Brakes, 6.1% of tests
5. Visibility (wipers, washers, glass), 4.65% of tests

Most common MOT advisories on a Rolls Royce Phantom

An advisory doesn't fail the car - the tester flags it as worth watching, but it still passes. A different list from the failures above: what testers are noting on a Rolls Royce Phantom before it actually fails on it.

1. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 10% of tests
2. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 2.6% of tests
3. A tyre seriously damaged, 2.4% of tests
4. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 2.4% of tests
5. Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured, 1.9% of tests
6. Fluid leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users, 1% of tests
7. A flexible brake hose excessively damaged, deteriorated, chafed, twisted or stretched, 0.4% of tests
8. A transmission shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated, 0.2% of tests (3.88x the national rate for this advisory)
9. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 0.2% of tests
10. Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement, 0.2% of tests

From 808 DVSA-tracked Rolls Royce Phantom tests, 2024.

Other Rolls Royce models

• Rolls Royce Ghost - 95.4%
• Rolls Royce Silver Spirit - 84.6%
• Rolls Royce Wraith - 97.1%

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• Mclaren 720s V8 S-A - 96.7%
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• Suzuki Ignis Sz-T Dualjet Mhev - 96.4%
• Toyota Yaris Launch Edition Hev Cvt - 96.4%
• Toyota Yaris Cross Excel Hev Auto - 96.4%

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
• Do you need an HPI check on a car you know is a write-off?

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