Pass rate
92.9%
Above average — 20.4 pts ahead of the 72.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 85 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £35–£86
2006 Bentley Azure MOT pass rate
- 2006
- typical 29,527 mi
Only 85 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
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Most common fault
Tyres
31.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2008 100.0% pass
- Avoid 2006 92.9% pass · this year
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 7.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 92.6%
- Typical mileage
- 30k mi
The 2006 Bentley Azure MOT pass rate is 92.9% of its MOT tests — 20.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 31.0% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.6× the national share
Tyres make up 31.0% of everything recorded on the 2006 Bentley Azure, against 19.8% nationally — 11.2 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 72.5% and this one manages 92.9% — 20.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 8% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2006 Bentley Azure compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.5%, so this figure is 20.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 92.6%. The median 2006 Bentley Azure in this dataset had covered 29,527 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt", noted on 2.35% of tests.
- 85 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.9% overall pass rate, 92.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Bentley Azure, the average is 96.1% — best year 2008 (100.0%), worst 2006 (92.9%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 85
- Typical mileage (median)
- 29,527 mi
- Make and model
- Bentley Azure
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Azure MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Azure
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 33 | 97.0% |
| East of England | 15 | 86.7% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2006 Azure
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2006 Azure
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the suspension joints 2.4% of tests
“linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
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.
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Check the windscreen 2.4% of tests
“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.
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Check the shock absorbers 1.2% of tests
“shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2006 Azure through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £35–£86 — and 8% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £35–£86
- Cheapest common item: srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 8%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 85 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Azure, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2006 to 2008. Across them the pass rate runs from 92.9% to 100.0% — a spread of 7.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 92.9%linkage ball joint dust cover…
- 2007 96.7% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2008 100.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2006 Bentley Azure with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2006 cars with a similar record
- Aston Martin V8 Vantage 91.8%
- Porsche 911 88.6%
- Porsche Boxster 85.8%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 85.4%
- Porsche Cayman 83.8%
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class 83.6%
Closest pass rates among 2006 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2006 Bentley Azure 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 29 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 9 | 31.00% | 19.76% | +11.24 |
| Suspension | 7 | 24.10% | 20.98% | +3.12 |
| Brakes | 4 | 13.80% | 20.89% | −7.09 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2 | 6.90% | 12.21% | −5.31 |
| Visibility | 2 | 6.90% | 4.97% | +1.93 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 6.90% | 4.18% | +2.72 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 3.40% | 5.52% | −2.12 |
| Steering | 1 | 3.40% | 2.57% | +0.83 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 3.40% | 0.82% | +2.58 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.4% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.4% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.4% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.2% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.2% | £18–45 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment Brakes | Major | 1.2% | £45–110 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 1.2% | £60–150 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 1.2% | £30–75 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 1.2% | £3–12 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.5% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 2.4% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.4% | £120–300 |
| Stop lamp with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 2.4% | £3–12 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 1.2% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 44 | 90.9% | 18,555 mi |
| 30-60k | 37 | 97.3% | 39,232 mi |
| 60-90k | 4 | 75.0% | 83,560 mi |
Source: 85 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2006 Azure MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2006 Bentley Azure?
92.9% of the 85 2006 Bentley Azure tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.5% for cars first used in 2006. First-attempt pass rate: 92.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2006 Bentley Azure?
The three most recorded items are linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.35%), linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (2.35%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.35%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2006 Bentley Azure MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.9% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2006 Bentley Azure in this dataset had covered 29,527 mi.