Pass rate
98.0%
Above average — 10.1 pts ahead of the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,036 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £29–£89
2018 Ferrari 488 MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 8,001 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
42.2% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2018 98.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2019 97.1% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 0.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 97.9%
- Typical mileage
- 8k mi
The 2018 Ferrari 488 MOT pass rate is 98.0% of its MOT tests — 10.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 42.2% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.1× the national share
Tyres make up 42.2% of everything recorded on the 2018 Ferrari 488, against 19.8% nationally — 22.4 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 87.9% and this one manages 98.0% — 10.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 13% 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 2018 Ferrari 488 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 10.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 97.9%. The median 2018 Ferrari 488 in this dataset had covered 8,001 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 96.7% of the time, April–September 99.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plates missing", noted on 1.16% of tests.
- 1,036 recorded tests behind this page.
- 98.0% overall pass rate, 97.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Ferrari 488, the average is 97.7% — best year 2018 (98.0%), worst 2019 (97.1%).
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
- 1,036
- Typical mileage (median)
- 8,001 mi
- Make and model
- Ferrari 488
- 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 488 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 89% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Ferrari 488 is most common
Across all 488 model years on record (2016–2019): 1,850 Ferrari 488 cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 3,165 tests. Leeds (LS) has the most, with 142 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leeds (LS) | 142 | 97.5% |
| 2 | Nottingham (NG) | 141 | 98.2% |
| 3 | Birmingham (B) | 125 | 94.5% |
| 4 | Southampton (SO) | 121 | 99.6% |
| 5 | Hounslow (TW) | 117 | 99.5% |
| 6 | Colchester (CO) | 94 | 98.3% |
| 7 | Stockport (SK) | 91 | 100.0% |
| 8 | Swindon (SN) | 88 | 91.9% |
| 9 | St Albans (AL) | 81 | 97.0% |
| 10 | Ashford (TN) | 69 | 99.2% |
| 11 | London (SW) | 50 | 96.5% |
| 12 | Exeter (EX) | 36 | 98.5% |
| 13 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 34 | 98.2% |
| 14 | Edinburgh (EH) | 32 | 98.3% |
| 15 | Paisley (PA) | 24 | 97.7% |
| 16 | Derby (DE) | 24 | — |
| 17 | Slough (SL) | 18 | — |
| 18 | Guildford (GU) | 17 | — |
| 19 | Preston (PR) | 16 | — |
| 20 | Leicester (LE) | 14 | — |
The twenty areas with the most Ferrari 488 cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the 488
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 259 | 99.2% |
| Yorkshire | 129 | 98.4% |
| East Midlands | 125 | 97.6% |
| East of England | 122 | 98.4% |
| West Midlands | 101 | 95.0% |
| South West | 100 | 94.0% |
| North West | 76 | 100.0% |
| Scotland | 49 | 100.0% |
| London | 39 | 100.0% |
| North East | 29 | 96.6% |
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 2018 488
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 2018 488
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 number plates 1.2% 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 windscreen 0.6% 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 wipers and washers 0.6% 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.
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 2018 488 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £29–£89 — and 13% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £29–£89
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 13%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,036 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 488, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2016 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 97.1% to 98.0% — a spread of 0.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2016 97.3% wipers blade defective
- 2017 97.8% window excessively tinted but not…
- 2018 98.0%registration plates missing
- 2019 97.1% registration plates does 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 2018 Ferrari 488 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- Lexus Rx 95.9%
- Levc Tx Vista Comfort 95.5%
- Porsche 911 95.2%
- Porsche Boxster 95.0%
- Porsche Cayman 94.7%
- Porsche Macan 94.1%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 Ferrari 488 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 135 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 | 57 | 42.20% | 19.76% | +22.44 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 24 | 17.80% | 1.76% | +16.04 |
| Visibility | 19 | 14.10% | 4.97% | +9.13 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 11 | 8.10% | 12.21% | −4.11 |
| Non-component advisories | 11 | 8.10% | 4.18% | +3.92 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5 | 3.70% | 5.52% | −1.82 |
| Suspension | 3 | 2.20% | 20.98% | −18.78 |
| Steering | 2 | 1.50% | 2.57% | −1.07 |
| Road Wheels | 2 | 1.50% | 0.75% | +0.75 |
| Brakes | 1 | 0.70% | 20.89% | −20.19 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plates missing Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 1.2% | £20–80 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.58% | £80–200 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.58% | £8–22 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 0.48% | £20–80 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.39% | £20–80 |
| Window excessively tinted but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.39% | £20–80 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.29% | £30–80 |
| Registration plates missing Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.29% | £20–80 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.19% | £45–95 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Rectified | 0.19% | £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 | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 0.97% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 0.68% | £45–95 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 0.29% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 0.29% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1,019 | 97.9% | 8,726 mi |
| 30-60k | 12 | 100.0% | 38,341 mi |
Source: 1,036 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.
2018 488 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Ferrari 488?
98.0% of the 1,036 2018 Ferrari 488 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 97.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Ferrari 488?
The three most recorded items are registration plates missing (1.16%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (0.58%), wipers blade defective (0.58%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Ferrari 488 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 97.9% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Ferrari 488 in this dataset had covered 8,001 mi.
Does the season affect the 2018 Ferrari 488 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 96.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 99.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.