Pass rate
98.7%
Above average — 8.0 pts ahead of the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 638 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£84
2020 Ferrari 488 Pista MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 2,274 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
44.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 98.9% pass
- Avoid 2020 98.7% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 0.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 98.7%
- Typical mileage
- 2k mi
The 2020 Ferrari 488 Pista MOT pass rate is 98.7% of its MOT tests — 8.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 44.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Ferrari 488 Pista does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Identification: 21.6× the national share
Identification accounts for 38.0% of everything recorded on the 2020 Ferrari 488 Pista, against 1.8% nationally — 36.2 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 44.0%, 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 90.7% and this one manages 98.7% — 8.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 0% 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 2020 Ferrari 488 Pista compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 8.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 98.7%. The median 2020 Ferrari 488 Pista in this dataset had covered 2,274 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 98.8% of the time, April–September 98.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plates missing", noted on 1.41% of tests.
- 638 recorded tests behind this page.
- 98.7% overall pass rate, 98.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Ferrari 488 Pista, the average is 98.8% — best year 2019 (98.9%), worst 2020 (98.7%).
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
- 638
- Typical mileage (median)
- 2,274 mi
- Make and model
- Ferrari 488 Pista
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 Pista MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 90% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 488 Pista
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 183 | 99.5% |
| East of England | 86 | 96.5% |
| North West | 66 | 100.0% |
| West Midlands | 63 | 96.8% |
| East Midlands | 59 | 98.3% |
| South West | 51 | 100.0% |
| Yorkshire | 45 | 100.0% |
| London | 42 | 97.6% |
| Scotland | 40 | 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 2020 488 Pista
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 2020 488 Pista
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 1.4% 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 tyre pressures and valves 0.5% of tests
“tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative”
Set the pressures to the figures on the door pillar, not the tyre wall, and check the valves do not hiss. A leaking valve is a two-minute fix that fails a test.
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Check the lights 0.2% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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 2020 488 Pista through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£84 — and 0% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£84
- Cheapest common item: registration plates missing
- £20–£80
- Dearest common item: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep…
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 0%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 638 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 Pista, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2019 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 98.7% to 98.9% — a spread of 0.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 98.9% registration plates missing
- 2020 98.7%registration plates missing
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 2020 Ferrari 488 Pista 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 2020 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Ferrari 488 Pista 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 50 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 | 22 | 44.00% | 19.76% | +24.24 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 19 | 38.00% | 1.76% | +36.24 |
| Visibility | 3 | 6.00% | 4.97% | +1.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 6.00% | 4.18% | +1.82 |
| Suspension | 1 | 2.00% | 20.98% | −18.98 |
| Brakes | 1 | 2.00% | 20.89% | −18.89 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1 | 2.00% | 12.21% | −10.21 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plates missing Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 1.4% | £20–80 |
| Registration plates missing Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.63% | £20–80 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.47% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 0.47% | £20–80 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Rectified | 0.47% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates incorrect Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 0.31% | £20–80 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.16% | £30–80 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 0.16% | £20–80 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.16% | £45–95 |
| Window excessively tinted but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.16% | £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 | 0.94% | £45–95 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 0.47% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 0.47% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 0.47% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 0.31% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 0.16% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 619 | 98.9% | 3,216 mi |
Source: 638 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.
2020 488 Pista MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Ferrari 488 Pista?
98.7% of the 638 2020 Ferrari 488 Pista tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 98.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Ferrari 488 Pista?
The three most recorded items are registration plates missing (1.41%), registration plates missing (0.63%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (0.47%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Ferrari 488 Pista MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 98.9% of the time, falling to 98.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Ferrari 488 Pista in this dataset had covered 2,274 mi.
Does the season affect the 2020 Ferrari 488 Pista MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 98.8% 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.