2013 Ferrari 458 MOT pass rate

2013
typical 17,081 mi

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Pass rate

98.3%

Above average — 19.7 pts ahead of the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.

Across 119 recorded tests.

Typical repair bill £20–£80

Most common fault

Tyres

50.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally

mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.

Every failure, with what it costs →

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: 98.3%
Typical mileage: 17k mi

The 2013 Ferrari 458 MOT pass rate is 98.3% of its MOT tests — 19.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 50.0% of what testers record.

Expert verdict

Tyres: 2.5× the national share

Tyres make up 50.0% of everything recorded on the 2013 Ferrari 458, against 19.8% nationally — 30.2 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 78.6% and this one manages 98.3% — 19.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
When it fails, it costs. Only 0% 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

How does the 2013 Ferrari 458 compare?

Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 19.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 98.3%. The median 2013 Ferrari 458 in this dataset had covered 17,081 mi.

Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 98.2% of the time, April–September 98.4%.

The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements", noted on 0.84% of tests.

119 recorded tests behind this page.
98.3% overall pass rate, 98.3% 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: 119
Typical mileage (median): 17,081 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

Replacement Service Parts

Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.

Does mileage affect the 458 MOT pass rate?

0-30k 99.0%

30-60k 94.7%

Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 86% so small gaps stay visible.

Regional pass rates for the 458

Region	Tests	Pass rate
South East	40	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 2013 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.

Tyres 50.0%

+30.2 pts vs national national 19.8% Compare tyre prices

Suspension 18.8%

−2.2 pts vs national national 21.0% Price suspension parts

Brakes 12.5%

−8.4 pts vs national national 20.9% Price brakes parts

Identification 12.5%

+10.7 pts vs national national 1.8% Price identification parts

Show the other 1 fault category

Advisories 6.2%

Shares are of every item recorded on 2013 Ferrari 458 tests — a composition, so they add to 100% across all sections, not per test.

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 2013 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.

Check the number plates 0.8% of tests

“registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements”

Check both plates are present, legible and correctly spaced, with the postcode of the supplier and the BS AU 145e mark. A private plate in the wrong style is a fail before the car is even looked at.

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 2013 458 through its MOT

Across the 2 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £20–£80 — and 0% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.

Average repair across the 2 common items: £20–£80
Cheapest common item: registration plates does not conform to the…: £20–£80
Dearest common item: registration plates does not conform to the…: £20–£80
Common items a careful owner can do at home: 100%
Repairs that still cost under £30: 0%

Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 119 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 2013 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.

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Other 2013 cars with a similar record

Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 Ferrari 458 2 failure items · 6 advisories · 5 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold

Every inspection category

Shares of the 16 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	8	50.00%	19.76%	+30.24
Suspension	3	18.80%	20.98%	−2.18
Brakes	2	12.50%	20.89%	−8.39
Identification of the vehicle	2	12.50%	1.76%	+10.74
Non-component advisories	1	6.20%	4.18%	+2.02

The exact failure items, in the tester's words

Share of the 119 tests on this vehicle that recorded each item
Recorded item	Severity	Tests	Est. cost	Part
Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle	Major	0.84%	£20–80	Replacement Service Parts →
Registration plates insecure Identification of the vehicle	Major	0.84%	£20–80	Replacement Service Parts →

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.

Items recorded as advisory on this vehicle
Recorded item	Severity	Tests	Est. cost
Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres	Advisory	4.2%	£45–95
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres	Advisory	2.5%	£45–95
Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension	Advisory	1.7%	£25–65
Flexible brake hoses ferrule excessively corroded Brakes	Advisory	0.84%	£25–70
Non-component advisories Items removed from drivers view prior to test Non-component advisories	Advisory	0.84%	£20–80
Other suspension component corroded and seriously weakened Suspension	Advisory	0.84%	£180–450

Pass rate by mileage

Mileage	Tests	Pass rate	Median odometer
0-30k	97	99.0%	15,201 mi
30-60k	19	94.7%	36,949 mi

Source: 119 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.

2013 458 MOT questions

What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Ferrari 458?

98.3% of the 119 2013 Ferrari 458 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 98.3%.

What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Ferrari 458?

The three most recorded items are registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements (0.84%), registration plates insecure (0.84%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.

Does mileage affect the 2013 Ferrari 458 MOT pass rate?

Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 99.0% of the time, falling to 94.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Ferrari 458 in this dataset had covered 17,081 mi.

Does the season affect the 2013 Ferrari 458 MOT pass rate?

Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 98.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 98.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.