Pass rate
93.5%
Above average — 20.4 pts ahead of the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 260 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £16–£47
2008 Ferrari 599 MOT pass rate
- 2008
- typical 22,840 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
33.3% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £40–£65 for Shock absorber leaking. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2011 97.1% pass
- Avoid 2008 93.5% pass · this year
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 3.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 93.7%
- Typical mileage
- 23k mi
The 2008 Ferrari 599 MOT pass rate is 93.5% of its MOT tests — 20.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.6× the national share
Suspension accounts for 33.3% of everything recorded on the 2008 Ferrari 599, against 21.0% nationally — 12.3 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 73.1% and this one manages 93.5% — 20.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 260 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2008 Ferrari 599 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 20.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 93.7%. The median 2008 Ferrari 599 in this dataset had covered 22,840 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 91.2% of the time, April–September 95.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt", noted on 1.92% of tests.
- 260 recorded tests behind this page.
- 93.5% overall pass rate, 93.7% 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
- 260
- Typical mileage (median)
- 22,840 mi
- Make and model
- Ferrari 599
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the 599 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 84% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 599
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 89 | 95.5% |
| East of England | 55 | 90.9% |
| South West | 24 | 95.8% |
| North West | 20 | 95.0% |
| London | 20 | 85.0% |
| West Midlands | 19 | 94.7% |
| East Midlands | 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 2008 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 2008 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 suspension joints 1.9% of tests
“track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated,”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the lights 1.1% of tests
“position 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.
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Check the number plates 0.8% 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.
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 2008 599 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £16–£47 — and 44% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £16–£47
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £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
- 44%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 260 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 2008 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 2008 cars with a similar record
- Bentley Continental 91.4%
- Porsche 911 91.0%
- BMW M3 90.0%
- Porsche Boxster 89.4%
- Audi A8 87.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 86.7%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 Ferrari 599 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 93 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 | 31 | 33.30% | 20.98% | +12.32 |
| Tyres | 18 | 19.40% | 19.76% | −0.36 |
| Steering | 10 | 10.80% | 2.57% | +8.23 |
| Brakes | 9 | 9.70% | 20.89% | −11.19 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 8 | 8.60% | 12.21% | −3.61 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5 | 5.40% | 5.52% | −0.12 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 4 | 4.30% | 1.76% | +2.54 |
| Road Wheels | 4 | 4.30% | 0.75% | +3.55 |
| Visibility | 2 | 2.20% | 4.97% | −2.77 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 2.20% | 4.18% | −1.98 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.1% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.1% | £45–110 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 0.77% | £3–15 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 0.77% | £18–45 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.77% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.77% | £5–25 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.77% | £3–15 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 0.77% | £20–80 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 0.77% | £30–75 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 3.5% | £30–75 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.1% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.7% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 1.9% | £25–65 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 1.5% | £20–55 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 182 | 94.5% | 19,275 mi |
| 30-60k | 70 | 92.9% | 39,249 mi |
| 60-90k | 4 | 100.0% | 69,498 mi |
Source: 260 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.
2008 599 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Ferrari 599?
93.5% of the 260 2008 Ferrari 599 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 93.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Ferrari 599?
The three most recorded items are track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (1.92%), position lamp not working (1.15%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (1.15%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Ferrari 599 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.5% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Ferrari 599 in this dataset had covered 22,840 mi.
Does the season affect the 2008 Ferrari 599 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 91.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 95.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.