Pass rate
98.3%
Above average — 25.2 pts ahead of the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 115 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £21–£67
2008 Bentley Brooklands MOT pass rate
- 2008
- typical 20,536 mi
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Most common fault
Brakes
26.3% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2008 98.3% pass · this year
- Avoid 2009 90.0% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 8.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 98.2%
- Typical mileage
- 21k mi
The 2008 Bentley Brooklands MOT pass rate is 98.3% of its MOT tests — 25.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Steering: 5.4× the national share
Steering accounts for 14.0% of everything recorded on the 2008 Bentley Brooklands, against 2.6% nationally — 11.4 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 26.3%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Ask for the steering to be checked for play with the wheels on the ground, not on a jack.
- 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 73.1% and this one manages 98.3% — 25.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 115 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2008 Bentley Brooklands compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 25.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 98.2%. The median 2008 Bentley Brooklands in this dataset had covered 20,536 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 100.0% of the time, April–September 96.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Flexible brake hoses slightly chafed", noted on 0.87% of tests.
- 115 recorded tests behind this page.
- 98.3% overall pass rate, 98.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Bentley Brooklands, the average is 95.2% — best year 2008 (98.3%), worst 2009 (90.0%).
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
- 115
- Typical mileage (median)
- 20,536 mi
- Make and model
- Bentley Brooklands
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Hose
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Brooklands MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 75% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Brooklands
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 30 | 100.0% |
| East of England | 15 | 100.0% |
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 2008 Brooklands
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 2008 Brooklands
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 brake pipes 0.9% of tests
“flexible brake hoses slightly chafed”
Brake pipes run under the car, usually in front of the rear wheels. Flaking or crusty metal is what fails; a light dusting of surface rust does not. Worth asking a garage to look while it is on a ramp.
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Check the lights 0.9% of tests
“individual direction indicators not working”
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.
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Check the suspension joints 0.9% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
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.
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 2008 Brooklands through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £21–£67 — and 50% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £21–£67
- Cheapest common item: individual direction indicators not working
- £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
- 50%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 115 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 Brooklands, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2008 to 2009. Across them the pass rate runs from 90.0% to 98.3% — a spread of 8.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2008 98.3%flexible brake hoses slightly…
- 2009 90.0% 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 2008 Bentley Brooklands 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 2008 cars with a similar record
- Porsche 911 91.0%
- BMW M3 90.0%
- Porsche Boxster 89.4%
- Audi A8 87.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 86.7%
- Toyota Estima 84.8%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 Bentley Brooklands 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 15 | 26.30% | 20.89% | +5.41 |
| Tyres | 14 | 24.60% | 19.76% | +4.84 |
| Suspension | 11 | 19.30% | 20.98% | −1.68 |
| Steering | 8 | 14.00% | 2.57% | +11.43 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 5 | 8.80% | 12.21% | −3.41 |
| Visibility | 2 | 3.50% | 4.97% | −1.47 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 3.50% | 4.18% | −0.68 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flexible brake hoses slightly chafed Brakes | Minor | 0.87% | £25–70 |
| Flexible brake hoses slightly damaged Brakes | Minor | 0.87% | £25–70 |
| Individual direction indicators not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.87% | £3–12 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.87% | £40–150 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.87% | £5–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.87% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.87% | £5–20 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.87% | £5–20 |
| Window damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.87% | £20–80 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.87% | £80–200 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.8% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.1% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 4.3% | £30–75 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 4.3% | £45–95 |
| Pipes and hoses leaking Steering | Advisory | 3.5% | £60–200 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 2.6% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 88 | 100.0% | 16,272 mi |
| 30-60k | 20 | 95.0% | 42,876 mi |
| 60-90k | 6 | 83.3% | 79,117 mi |
| 90-120k | 1 | 100.0% | 90,012 mi |
Source: 115 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.
2008 Brooklands MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Bentley Brooklands?
98.3% of the 115 2008 Bentley Brooklands tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 98.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Bentley Brooklands?
The three most recorded items are flexible brake hoses slightly chafed (0.87%), flexible brake hoses slightly damaged (0.87%), individual direction indicators not working (0.87%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Bentley Brooklands MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Bentley Brooklands in this dataset had covered 20,536 mi.
Does the season affect the 2008 Bentley Brooklands MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 100.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 96.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.