Pass rate
97.1%
Above average — 7.6 pts ahead of the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 307 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £29–£97
2019 Ferrari 488 MOT pass rate
- 2019
- typical 6,837 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
47.5% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2018 98.0% pass
- Avoid 2019 97.1% pass · this year
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 0.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 97.0%
- Typical mileage
- 7k mi
The 2019 Ferrari 488 MOT pass rate is 97.1% of its MOT tests — 7.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 47.5% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.4× the national share
Tyres make up 47.5% of everything recorded on the 2019 Ferrari 488, against 19.8% nationally — 27.7 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 89.5% and this one manages 97.1% — 7.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 7% 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 2019 Ferrari 488 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 7.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 97.0%. The median 2019 Ferrari 488 in this dataset had covered 6,837 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 95.5% of the time, April–September 98.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements", noted on 0.98% of tests.
- 307 recorded tests behind this page.
- 97.1% overall pass rate, 97.0% 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
- 307
- Typical mileage (median)
- 6,837 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 58% 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 | 72 | 95.8% |
| East of England | 44 | 97.7% |
| North West | 41 | 100.0% |
| South West | 38 | 97.4% |
| East Midlands | 30 | 100.0% |
| West Midlands | 27 | 88.9% |
| Yorkshire | 23 | 95.7% |
| London | 16 | 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 2019 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 2019 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 1.0% 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 0.3% 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.
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Check the coil springs 0.3% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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 2019 488 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £29–£97 — and 7% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £29–£97
- Cheapest common item: mirrors slightly damaged
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 7%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 307 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 2019 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 2019 cars with a similar record
- Lexus Rx 96.3%
- Levc Tx Vista Comfort 96.2%
- Bentley Continental 96.1%
- Aston Martin Vantage 95.9%
- Lexus Ux 95.8%
- Porsche 911 95.8%
Closest pass rates among 2019 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 2019 Ferrari 488 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 40 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 | 19 | 47.50% | 19.76% | +27.74 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 7 | 17.50% | 1.76% | +15.74 |
| Visibility | 4 | 10.00% | 4.97% | +5.03 |
| Suspension | 2 | 5.00% | 20.98% | −15.98 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2 | 5.00% | 12.21% | −7.21 |
| Steering | 2 | 5.00% | 2.57% | +2.43 |
| Road Wheels | 2 | 5.00% | 0.75% | +4.25 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 2.50% | 5.52% | −3.02 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 2.50% | 4.18% | −1.68 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 0.98% | £20–80 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.65% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates missing Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 0.65% | £20–80 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.33% | £60–250 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 0.33% | £25–65 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.33% | £30–80 |
| Locking devices locking device ineffective Steering | Major | 0.33% | £60–200 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 0.33% | £3–15 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.33% | £20–80 |
| Registration plates missing Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.33% | £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 | 2.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 0.98% | £45–95 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 0.65% | £20–55 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 0.33% | £45–95 |
| Steering rack has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel (steering rack fitted) Steering | Advisory | 0.33% | £120–300 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 303 | 97.4% | 7,505 mi |
| 30-60k | 3 | 66.7% | 34,625 mi |
Source: 307 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.
2019 488 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Ferrari 488?
97.1% of the 307 2019 Ferrari 488 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 97.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Ferrari 488?
The three most recorded items are registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements (0.98%), has ply or cords exposed (0.65%), registration plates missing (0.65%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Ferrari 488 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 97.4% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Ferrari 488 in this dataset had covered 6,837 mi.
Does the season affect the 2019 Ferrari 488 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 95.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 98.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.