Pass rate
96.6%
Above average — 19.4 pts ahead of the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 504 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £21–£78
2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Dct MOT pass rate
- 2012
- typical 17,563 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
32.8% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2013 98.1% pass
- Avoid 2011 96.5% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 1.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 96.5%
- Typical mileage
- 18k mi
The 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Dct MOT pass rate is 96.6% of its MOT tests — 19.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 32.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Ferrari 458 Italia Dct does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Identification: 8.6× the national share
Identification accounts for 15.1% of everything recorded on the 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Dct, against 1.8% nationally — 13.3 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 32.8%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. A missing or unreadable VIN plate is an administrative failure — usually easy to fix, but it stops the test.
- 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 77.2% and this one manages 96.6% — 19.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 28% 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 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Dct compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 19.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 96.5%. The median 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Dct in this dataset had covered 17,563 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 97.1% of the time, April–September 96.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers blade defective", noted on 1.79% of tests.
- 504 recorded tests behind this page.
- 96.6% overall pass rate, 96.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Ferrari 458 Italia Dct, the average is 96.9% — best year 2013 (98.1%), worst 2011 (96.5%).
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
- 504
- Typical mileage (median)
- 17,563 mi
- Make and model
- Ferrari 458 Italia Dct
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 Italia Dct MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 458 Italia Dct
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 161 | 100.0% |
| East of England | 74 | 91.9% |
| Yorkshire | 60 | 98.3% |
| South West | 59 | 93.2% |
| East Midlands | 41 | 95.1% |
| North West | 31 | 93.5% |
| Scotland | 30 | 100.0% |
| West Midlands | 17 | 100.0% |
| London | 16 | 87.5% |
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 2012 458 Italia Dct
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 2012 458 Italia Dct
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 1.8% 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 1.0% 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.
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Check the exhaust and emissions 0.6% 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 2012 458 Italia Dct through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £21–£78 — and 28% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £21–£78
- 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
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 28%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 504 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 Italia Dct, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2010 to 2013. Across them the pass rate runs from 96.5% to 98.1% — a spread of 1.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 97.6% anti-lock braking system warning…
- 2011 96.5% wipers blade defective
- 2012 96.6%wipers blade defective
- 2013 98.1% headlamp cleaning device for led…
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 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Dct 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 2012 cars with a similar record
- Porsche 911 93.4%
- Bentley Continental 93.4%
- Porsche Boxster 91.6%
- Audi A8 90.2%
- Honda Fit 89.3%
- Toyota Estima 88.3%
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Dct 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 119 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 | 39 | 32.80% | 19.76% | +13.04 |
| Visibility | 19 | 16.00% | 4.97% | +11.03 |
| Suspension | 18 | 15.10% | 20.98% | −5.88 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 18 | 15.10% | 1.76% | +13.34 |
| Brakes | 13 | 10.90% | 20.89% | −9.99 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 5 | 4.20% | 12.21% | −8.01 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4 | 3.40% | 5.52% | −2.12 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 0.80% | 5.57% | −4.77 |
| Steering | 1 | 0.80% | 2.57% | −1.77 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 0.80% | 0.75% | +0.05 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.8% | £8–22 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 0.99% | £20–80 |
| Registration plates missing Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.99% | £20–80 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.79% | £20–80 |
| Registration plates missing Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 0.79% | £20–80 |
| Window excessively tinted but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.79% | £20–80 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.60% | £60–250 |
| Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.40% | £5–25 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 0.40% | £30–75 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Rectified | 0.40% | £45–95 |
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 | 4.0% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 1.2% | £30–75 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 0.79% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 0.79% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 0.60% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 439 | 96.8% | 16,884 mi |
| 30-60k | 56 | 100.0% | 37,414 mi |
| 60-90k | 4 | 75.0% | 67,835 mi |
| 120k+ | 4 | 75.0% | 133,863 mi |
Source: 504 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.
2012 458 Italia Dct MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Dct?
96.6% of the 504 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Dct tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 96.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Dct?
The three most recorded items are wipers blade defective (1.79%), registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements (0.99%), registration plates missing (0.99%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Dct MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 96.8% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Dct in this dataset had covered 17,563 mi.
Does the season affect the 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Dct MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 97.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 96.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.