Pass rate
77.0%
Around average — 3.2 pts ahead of the 73.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 100 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £32–£105
2000 Daimler Super V8 MOT pass rate
- 2000
- typical 88,645 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
35.6% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2002 84.1% pass
- Avoid 2001 75.2% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 8.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 73.3%
- Typical mileage
- 89k mi
The 2000 Daimler Super V8 MOT pass rate is 77.0% of its MOT tests — 3.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 35.6% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.7× the national share
Suspension accounts for 35.6% of everything recorded on the 2000 Daimler Super V8, against 21.0% nationally — 14.6 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- 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 73.8% and this one manages 77.0% — 3.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 100 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 2000 Daimler Super V8 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.8%, so this figure is 3.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 73.3%. The median 2000 Daimler Super V8 in this dataset had covered 88,645 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 67.5% of the time, April–September 83.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 6.00% of tests.
- 100 recorded tests behind this page.
- 77.0% overall pass rate, 73.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Daimler Super V8, the average is 79.1% — best year 2002 (84.1%), worst 2001 (75.2%).
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
- 100
- Typical mileage (median)
- 88,645 mi
- Make and model
- Daimler Super V8
- 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 Super V8 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 57% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Super V8
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 32 | 84.4% |
| West Midlands | 18 | 72.2% |
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 2000 Super V8
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 2000 Super V8
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 6.0% of tests
“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.
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Check the wipers and washers 6.0% of tests
“washers not working”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the exhaust and emissions 5.0% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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 2000 Super V8 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £32–£105 — and 41% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £32–£105
- Cheapest common item: individual direction indicators incorrect…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 41%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 100 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 Super V8, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2000 to 2006. Across them the pass rate runs from 75.2% to 84.1% — a spread of 8.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 77.0%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2001 75.2% component mounting prescribed…
- 2002 84.1% component mounting prescribed…
- 2006 82.1% 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 2000 Daimler Super V8 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 2000 cars with a similar record
- Toyota Corolla 76.7%
- Saab 9-3 76.6%
- BMW 3 Series 76.5%
- Land Rover Discovery 75.7%
- BMW Z3 78.4%
- Honda Civic 75.3%
Closest pass rates among 2000 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 2000 Daimler Super V8 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 191 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 69 | 35.60% | 20.98% | +14.62 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 23 | 11.90% | 5.57% | +6.33 |
| Brakes | 16 | 8.20% | 20.89% | −12.69 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 16 | 8.20% | 5.52% | +2.68 |
| Visibility | 15 | 7.70% | 4.97% | +2.73 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 14 | 7.20% | 12.21% | −5.01 |
| Tyres | 13 | 6.70% | 19.76% | −13.06 |
| Non-component advisories | 10 | 5.20% | 4.18% | +1.02 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 8 | 4.10% | 0.82% | +3.28 |
| Steering | 7 | 3.60% | 2.57% | +1.03 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 6.0% | £18–45 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 6.0% | £5–15 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 5.0% | £60–250 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 4.0% | £3–15 |
| Prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 3.0% | £40–120 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 2.0% | £180–450 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.0% | £60–250 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £3–12 |
| Individual direction indicators not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 12.0% | £25–65 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.0% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 8.0% | £80–180 |
| Chassis condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 7.0% | £180–450 |
| Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush Suspension | Advisory | 7.0% | £30–75 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 6.0% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 4 | 75.0% | 13,160 mi |
| 30-60k | 26 | 92.3% | 47,261 mi |
| 60-90k | 20 | 80.0% | 72,160 mi |
| 90-120k | 23 | 65.2% | 103,438 mi |
| 120k+ | 27 | 70.4% | 140,574 mi |
Source: 100 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.
2000 Super V8 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2000 Daimler Super V8?
77.0% of the 100 2000 Daimler Super V8 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.8% for cars first used in 2000. First-attempt pass rate: 73.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2000 Daimler Super V8?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (6.00%), washers not working (6.00%), catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (5.00%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2000 Daimler Super V8 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 75.0% of the time, falling to 70.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2000 Daimler Super V8 in this dataset had covered 88,645 mi.
Does the season affect the 2000 Daimler Super V8 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 67.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.