Pass rate
94.5%
Above average — 18.6 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 55 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £50–£143
2011 Ferrari 458 MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 24,937 mi
Only 55 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
30.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2015 98.3% pass
- Avoid 2012 93.1% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 5.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 94.4%
- Typical mileage
- 25k mi
The 2011 Ferrari 458 MOT pass rate is 94.5% of its MOT tests — 18.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 30.0% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Visibility: 4.0× the national share
Visibility accounts for 20.0% of everything recorded on the 2011 Ferrari 458, against 5.0% nationally — 15.0 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 30.0%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Wipers, washers and a chip in the driver’s eyeline are the three quickest ways to fail a test that the car otherwise deserves to pass.
- 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 75.9% and this one manages 94.5% — 18.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 14% 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 2011 Ferrari 458 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 18.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 94.4%. The median 2011 Ferrari 458 in this dataset had covered 24,937 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 3.64% of tests.
- 55 recorded tests behind this page.
- 94.5% overall pass rate, 94.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Ferrari 458, the average is 97.8% — best year 2015 (98.3%), worst 2012 (93.1%).
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
- 55
- Typical mileage (median)
- 24,937 mi
- Make and model
- Ferrari 458
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the 458 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 80% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2011 458
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 2011 458
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 windscreen 3.6% 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 1.8% of tests
“catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default 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.
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Check the lights 1.8% of tests
“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.
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 2011 458 through its MOT
Across the 6 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £50–£143 — and 14% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 6 common items
- £50–£143
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 14%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 55 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 458, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2011 to 2015. Across them the pass rate runs from 93.1% to 98.3% — a spread of 5.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2011 94.5%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 93.1% registration plates missing
- 2013 98.3% registration plates does not…
- 2014 98.0% wipers blade defective
- 2015 98.3% windscreen damaged but not…
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 2011 Ferrari 458 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 2011 cars with a similar record
- Porsche 911 93.4%
- Porsche Boxster 91.5%
- BMW M3 90.9%
- Audi A8 90.3%
- Honda Fit 86.9%
- Porsche Cayenne 86.8%
Closest pass rates among 2011 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 2011 Ferrari 458 6 failure items · 2 advisories · 5 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 10 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 | 3 | 30.00% | 19.76% | +10.24 |
| Brakes | 2 | 20.00% | 20.89% | −0.89 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 20.00% | 5.52% | +14.48 |
| Visibility | 2 | 20.00% | 4.97% | +15.03 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 10.00% | 1.76% | +8.24 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.6% | £80–200 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.8% | £60–250 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.8% | £3–12 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £60–150 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £45–110 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 1.8% | £20–80 |
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 | 3.6% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.8% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 36 | 97.2% | 16,682 mi |
| 30-60k | 18 | 88.9% | 38,268 mi |
| 60-90k | 1 | 100.0% | 86,078 mi |
Source: 55 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.
2011 458 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 Ferrari 458?
94.5% of the 55 2011 Ferrari 458 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 94.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 Ferrari 458?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.64%), catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (1.82%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.82%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 Ferrari 458 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 97.2% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 Ferrari 458 in this dataset had covered 24,937 mi.