Pass rate
98.0%
Above average — 17.8 pts ahead of the 80.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 752 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £24–£73
2014 Ferrari 458 MOT pass rate
- 2014
- typical 11,414 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
45.7% 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
- 98.0%
- Typical mileage
- 11k mi
The 2014 Ferrari 458 MOT pass rate is 98.0% of its MOT tests — 17.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 45.7% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.3× the national share
Tyres make up 45.7% of everything recorded on the 2014 Ferrari 458, against 19.8% nationally — 25.9 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 80.2% and this one manages 98.0% — 17.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
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 2014 Ferrari 458 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 80.2%, so this figure is 17.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 98.0%. The median 2014 Ferrari 458 in this dataset had covered 11,414 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 97.7% of the time, April–September 98.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers blade defective", noted on 2.13% of tests.
- 752 recorded tests behind this page.
- 98.0% overall pass rate, 98.0% 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
- 752
- Typical mileage (median)
- 11,414 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
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the 458 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 89% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 458
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 177 | 97.7% |
| East of England | 94 | 98.9% |
| South West | 84 | 98.8% |
| East Midlands | 79 | 97.5% |
| Yorkshire | 73 | 100.0% |
| West Midlands | 70 | 97.1% |
| London | 64 | 93.8% |
| North West | 61 | 98.4% |
| Scotland | 32 | 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 2014 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 2014 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 wipers and washers 2.1% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
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 number plates 0.5% of tests
“registration plates missing”
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.
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Check the lights 0.4% of tests
“headlamp aim too low”
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 2014 458 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £24–£73 — and 45% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £24–£73
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 45%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 752 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 2014 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 2014 cars with a similar record
- Porsche 911 95.1%
- Bentley Continental 94.9%
- Porsche Cayman 93.2%
- Porsche Boxster 93.0%
- Audi A8 92.8%
- Jaguar F-Type 92.1%
Closest pass rates among 2014 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 2014 Ferrari 458 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 138 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 | 63 | 45.70% | 19.76% | +25.94 |
| Visibility | 26 | 18.80% | 4.97% | +13.83 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 10 | 7.20% | 1.76% | +5.44 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 9 | 6.50% | 12.21% | −5.71 |
| Non-component advisories | 8 | 5.80% | 4.18% | +1.62 |
| Suspension | 7 | 5.10% | 20.98% | −15.88 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 6 | 4.30% | 5.52% | −1.22 |
| Brakes | 5 | 3.60% | 20.89% | −17.29 |
| Steering | 2 | 1.40% | 2.57% | −1.17 |
| Road Wheels | 2 | 1.40% | 0.75% | +0.65 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.1% | £8–22 |
| Registration plates missing Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 0.53% | £20–80 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.40% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.40% | £30–80 |
| Registration plates missing Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.40% | £20–80 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.40% | £80–200 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.27% | £60–250 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.27% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.27% | £5–25 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.27% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.9% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.5% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 0.80% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 0.66% | £25–65 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 0.66% | £45–95 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 0.40% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 711 | 98.0% | 11,762 mi |
| 30-60k | 38 | 97.4% | 35,830 mi |
| 60-90k | 2 | 100.0% | 61,931 mi |
Source: 752 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.
2014 458 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2014 Ferrari 458?
98.0% of the 752 2014 Ferrari 458 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 80.2% for cars first used in 2014. First-attempt pass rate: 98.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2014 Ferrari 458?
The three most recorded items are wipers blade defective (2.13%), registration plates missing (0.53%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (0.40%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2014 Ferrari 458 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 98.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2014 Ferrari 458 in this dataset had covered 11,414 mi.
Does the season affect the 2014 Ferrari 458 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 97.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 98.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.