Bentley Arnage MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Bentley Arnage MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Bentley Arnage passed on its first attempt in 88.9%, and its overall record sits +8.5 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Bentley Arnage in the 2023–2025 data: 3,803 tests across 10 model years (2000–2009). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Bentley Arnage MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Bentley Arnage, the Suspension section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Bentley Arnage's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Bentley Arnage DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Bentley Arnage, each with how many of the model's 3,803 tests it was noted on.

• "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated" (Minor) — noted on about 197 Bentley Arnage tests, 5.2% of the model's MOT record.
• "Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated" (Minor) — noted on about 81 Bentley Arnage tests, 2.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt" (Major) — noted on about 80 Bentley Arnage tests, 2.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements" (Major) — noted on about 62 Bentley Arnage tests, 1.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction" (Major) — noted on about 36 Bentley Arnage tests, 0.9% of the model's MOT record.
• "Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault" (Major) — noted on about 34 Bentley Arnage tests, 0.9% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Bentley Arnage Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Bentley Arnage model year on record is 2009 (94.9% across 99 tests), and the weakest is 2001 (87.0%). The gap between them is 7.9 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Bentley Arnage reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 0.8 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Bentley Arnage Owners

These checks follow this Bentley Arnage's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Bentley Arnage.

• the suspension joints — “ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”

  With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.

• the lights — “malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”

  Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.

• the windscreen — “windscreen damaged”

  Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Bentley Arnage. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Where the Bentley Arnage is most common

Across every Arnage model year on record (2000–2009): 1,968 Bentley Arnage cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 3,803 tests. London (W) has the most, with 85 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.

The twenty areas with the most Bentley Arnage cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →

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