Rolls Royce Silver Spirit: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Rolls Royce Silver Spirit passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 7.9 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 735 individual Rolls Royce Silver Spirit tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

First-time pass rate84.6%
UK national average76.7%
Difference+7.9 points
Tests analysed735
Average mileage at test73,482 miles
Average year of manufacture1989
Reliability rank1,269 of 2,005 models

What this means if you are buying one

A 84.6% first-time pass rate means roughly 15 in every 100 Rolls Royce Silver Spirits 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 Silver Spirit tested had covered 73,482 miles and was built around 1989.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Rolls Royce Silver Spirit 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.

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Most common MOT failures on a Rolls Royce Silver Spirit

  1. Actuator leaking and braking performance not affected, 1.4% of tests (29.79x the national rate for this defect)
  2. Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value, 1.8% of tests (6.55x the national rate for this defect)
  3. Emissions levels exceed default limits, 1.1% of tests (3.91x the national rate for this defect)
  4. Parking brake inoperative on one side, 1.2% of tests (2.64x the national rate for this defect)
  5. A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage, 1.5% of tests (2.18x the national rate for this defect)
  6. Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement, 2% of tests (2.04x the national rate for this defect)
  7. A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 0.8% of tests (1.56x the national rate for this defect)
  8. A tyre seriously damaged, 2% of tests
  9. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 1.2% of tests
  10. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 1.1% of tests

From 2,365 DVSA-tracked Rolls Royce Silver Spirit tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 4.52% of these flagged Rolls Royce Silver Spirit defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

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