Ferrari 488 MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Ferrari 488 MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Ferrari 488 passed on its first attempt in 97.6%, and its overall record sits +16.7 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Ferrari 488 in the 2023–2025 data: 3,165 tests across 4 model years (2016–2019). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Ferrari 488 MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Ferrari 488, the Identification of the vehicle section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Ferrari 488's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Ferrari 488 DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Ferrari 488, each with how many of the model's 3,165 tests it was noted on.

• "Registration plates missing" (Rectified) — noted on about 42 Ferrari 488 tests, 1.3% of the model's MOT record.
• "Wipers blade defective" (Minor) — noted on about 29 Ferrari 488 tests, 0.9% of the model's MOT record.
• "Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements" (Rectified) — noted on about 28 Ferrari 488 tests, 0.9% of the model's MOT record.
• "Window excessively tinted but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 18 Ferrari 488 tests, 0.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 14 Ferrari 488 tests, 0.4% of the model's MOT record.
• "Headlamp aim too high" (Rectified) — noted on about 6 Ferrari 488 tests, 0.2% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Ferrari 488 Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Ferrari 488 model year on record is 2018 (98.0% across 1,036 tests), and the weakest is 2019 (97.1%). The gap between them is 0.9 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Ferrari 488 Owners

These checks follow this Ferrari 488's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Ferrari 488.

• the number plates — “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.

• the wipers and washers — “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.

• the windscreen — “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.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Ferrari 488. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Where the Ferrari 488 is most common

Across every 488 model year 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.

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 →

Frequently Asked Questions: Ferrari 488 MOT & Reliability