Pass rate
94.4%
Above average — 21.9 pts ahead of the 72.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 54 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £15–£48
2006 Ferrari 599 MOT pass rate
- 2006
- typical 27,491 mi
Only 54 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Suspension
46.4% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2011 97.1% pass
- Avoid 2008 93.5% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 3.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 94.3%
- Typical mileage
- 27k mi
The 2006 Ferrari 599 MOT pass rate is 94.4% of its MOT tests — 21.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 46.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Ferrari 599 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 2.2× the national share
Suspension accounts for 46.4% of everything recorded on the 2006 Ferrari 599, against 21.0% nationally — 25.4 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- 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 72.5% and this one manages 94.4% — 21.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 56% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2006 Ferrari 599 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.5%, so this figure is 21.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 94.3%. The median 2006 Ferrari 599 in this dataset had covered 27,491 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 1.85% of tests.
- 54 recorded tests behind this page.
- 94.4% overall pass rate, 94.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Ferrari 599, the average is 94.3% — best year 2011 (97.1%), worst 2008 (93.5%).
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
- 54
- Typical mileage (median)
- 27,491 mi
- Make and model
- Ferrari 599
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the 599 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 77% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 599
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 22 | 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 2006 599
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 2006 599
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 coil springs 1.9% 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.
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Check the horn 1.9% of tests
“horn not working”
Press it. That is the whole check, and a surprising number of cars fail on it.
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Check the lights 1.9% of tests
“rear fog lamp not working”
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 2006 599 through its MOT
Across the 9 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £15–£48 — and 56% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 9 common items
- £15–£48
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp with a multiple light source up to…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements
- £45–£110
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 100%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 56%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 54 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 599, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2006 to 2011. Across them the pass rate runs from 93.5% to 97.1% — a spread of 3.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 94.4%coil spring fractured or broken
- 2007 94.0% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2008 93.5% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2009 93.8% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2010 94.1% shock absorbers has a serious…
- 2011 97.1% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
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 2006 Ferrari 599 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 2006 cars with a similar record
- Aston Martin V8 Vantage 91.8%
- Bentley Continental 90.1%
- Porsche 911 88.6%
- Porsche Boxster 85.8%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 85.4%
- Porsche Cayman 83.8%
Closest pass rates among 2006 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 2006 Ferrari 599 9 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 13 | 46.40% | 20.98% | +25.42 |
| Tyres | 4 | 14.30% | 19.76% | −5.46 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 4 | 14.30% | 12.21% | +2.09 |
| Brakes | 2 | 7.10% | 20.89% | −13.79 |
| Visibility | 2 | 7.10% | 4.97% | +2.13 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 3.60% | 4.18% | −0.58 |
| Steering | 1 | 3.60% | 2.57% | +1.03 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 3.60% | 1.76% | +1.84 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.9% | £25–65 |
| Horn not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £8–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £45–110 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £3–15 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 1.9% | £20–80 |
| Stop lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.9% | £3–12 |
| Switch missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £5–25 |
| Window excessively tinted but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.9% | £20–80 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.9% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.1% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 5.6% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 5.6% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect Suspension | Advisory | 3.7% | £30–75 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Coolant leak Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.9% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 27 | 96.3% | 20,430 mi |
| 30-60k | 17 | 100.0% | 38,771 mi |
| 60-90k | 7 | 85.7% | 75,305 mi |
Source: 54 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.
2006 599 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2006 Ferrari 599?
94.4% of the 54 2006 Ferrari 599 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.5% for cars first used in 2006. First-attempt pass rate: 94.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2006 Ferrari 599?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (1.85%), horn not working (1.85%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (1.85%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2006 Ferrari 599 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 96.3% of the time, falling to 85.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2006 Ferrari 599 in this dataset had covered 27,491 mi.