Pass rate
84.1%
Around average — 11.2 pts ahead of the 72.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 63 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £87–£227
2002 Daimler Super V8 MOT pass rate
- 2002
- typical 96,319 mi
Only 63 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.
Most common fault
Suspension
31.4% 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 · this year
- Avoid 2001 75.2% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 8.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 82.8%
- Typical mileage
- 96k mi
The 2002 Daimler Super V8 MOT pass rate is 84.1% of its MOT tests — 11.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 31.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Daimler Super V8 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.5× the national share
Suspension accounts for 31.4% of everything recorded on the 2002 Daimler Super V8, against 21.0% nationally — 10.4 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 72.9% and this one manages 84.1% — 11.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 5% 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 2002 Daimler Super V8 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.9%, so this figure is 11.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 82.8%. The median 2002 Daimler Super V8 in this dataset had covered 96,319 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", noted on 6.35% of tests.
- 63 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.1% overall pass rate, 82.8% 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
- 63
- Typical mileage (median)
- 96,319 mi
- Make and model
- Daimler Super V8
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Corrosion Welding Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Super V8 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Super V8
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 15 | 93.3% |
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 2002 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 2002 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 corrosion 6.3% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the windscreen 4.8% 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 exhaust and emissions 3.2% 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 2002 Super V8 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £87–£227 — and 5% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £87–£227
- Cheapest common item: anti-lock braking system warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 30%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 5%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 63 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 2002 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 2002 cars with a similar record
- Honda S2000 84.6%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 85.2%
- Porsche 911 85.5%
- BMW M3 86.7%
- Mercedes-Benz Slk 81.2%
- BMW Z3 80.7%
Closest pass rates among 2002 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 2002 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 102 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 | 32 | 31.40% | 20.98% | +10.42 |
| Brakes | 22 | 21.60% | 20.89% | +0.71 |
| Tyres | 16 | 15.70% | 19.76% | −4.06 |
| Visibility | 9 | 8.80% | 4.97% | +3.83 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 6 | 5.90% | 5.52% | +0.38 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4 | 3.90% | 5.57% | −1.67 |
| Non-component advisories | 4 | 3.90% | 4.18% | −0.28 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 4 | 3.90% | 0.82% | +3.08 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3 | 2.90% | 12.21% | −9.31 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 2.00% | 1.76% | +0.24 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 6.3% | £180–450 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.8% | £80–200 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.2% | £60–250 |
| Prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 3.2% | £40–120 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.2% | £45–110 |
| Rigid brake pipes inadequately clipped or supported Brakes | Minor | 3.2% | £80–180 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 3.2% | £60–150 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Rectified | 1.6% | £3–15 |
| Attachment bracket and mounting attachment bracket/mounting corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £180–450 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.6% | £18–45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 15.9% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.1% | £18–45 |
| Flexible brake hoses excessively deteriorated Brakes | Advisory | 9.5% | £25–70 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 6.3% | £25–65 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Advisory | 6.3% | £180–450 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.3% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 5 | 100.0% | 15,638 mi |
| 30-60k | 4 | 100.0% | 39,971 mi |
| 60-90k | 20 | 90.0% | 76,370 mi |
| 90-120k | 16 | 87.5% | 107,478 mi |
| 120k+ | 18 | 66.7% | 145,829 mi |
Source: 63 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.
2002 Super V8 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2002 Daimler Super V8?
84.1% of the 63 2002 Daimler Super V8 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.9% for cars first used in 2002. First-attempt pass rate: 82.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2002 Daimler Super V8?
The three most recorded items are component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (6.35%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.76%), catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (3.17%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2002 Daimler Super V8 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2002 Daimler Super V8 in this dataset had covered 96,319 mi.