Pass rate
94.1%
Above average — 21.7 pts ahead of the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 202 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£86
2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti MOT pass rate
- 2005
- typical 37,912 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
34.2% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2004 98.6% pass
- Avoid 2007 90.9% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 7.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 94.9%
- Typical mileage
- 38k mi
The 2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti MOT pass rate is 94.1% of its MOT tests — 21.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 34.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Ferrari 612 Scaglietti does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.6× the national share
Suspension accounts for 34.2% of everything recorded on the 2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, against 21.0% nationally — 13.2 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 72.4% and this one manages 94.1% — 21.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 16% 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 2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 21.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 94.9%. The median 2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti in this dataset had covered 37,912 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 98.9% of the time, April–September 89.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp aim too low", noted on 1.49% of tests.
- 202 recorded tests behind this page.
- 94.1% overall pass rate, 94.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, the average is 94.0% — best year 2004 (98.6%), worst 2007 (90.9%).
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
- 202
- Typical mileage (median)
- 37,912 mi
- Make and model
- Ferrari 612 Scaglietti
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Alignment
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the 612 Scaglietti MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 612 Scaglietti
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 72 | 95.8% |
| East of England | 34 | 88.2% |
| London | 31 | 96.8% |
| North West | 20 | 95.0% |
| South West | 15 | 93.3% |
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 2005 612 Scaglietti
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 2005 612 Scaglietti
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 lights 1.5% of tests
“headlamp aim too low”
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 wipers and washers 1.5% of tests
“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.
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Check the suspension joints 1.0% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely 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.
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 2005 612 Scaglietti through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£86 — and 16% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£86
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 16%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 202 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 612 Scaglietti, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2004 to 2008. Across them the pass rate runs from 90.9% to 98.6% — a spread of 7.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2004 98.6% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2005 94.1%headlamp aim too low
- 2006 91.9% wipers blade defective
- 2007 90.9% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2008 95.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
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 2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti 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 2005 cars with a similar record
- Aston Martin DB9 91.3%
- Bentley Continental 90.2%
- Porsche 911 88.6%
- BMW M3 88.1%
- Honda S2000 87.1%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 86.1%
Closest pass rates among 2005 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 2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti 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 79 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 | 27 | 34.20% | 20.98% | +13.22 |
| Tyres | 14 | 17.70% | 19.76% | −2.06 |
| Brakes | 7 | 8.90% | 20.89% | −11.99 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7 | 8.90% | 5.52% | +3.38 |
| Steering | 7 | 8.90% | 2.57% | +6.33 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 6 | 7.60% | 12.21% | −4.61 |
| Visibility | 4 | 5.10% | 4.97% | +0.13 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 3.80% | 4.18% | −0.38 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 3.80% | 1.76% | +2.04 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 1.30% | 0.82% | +0.48 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.5% | £30–80 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £45–110 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.5% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 0.99% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 0.99% | £25–65 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.99% | £40–150 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.50% | £18–45 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.50% | £60–250 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.50% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.50% | £30–80 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.5% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.0% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 2.5% | £25–65 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 2.5% | £200–700 |
| Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 2.0% | £35–85 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Advisory | 2.0% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 54 | 94.4% | 23,606 mi |
| 30-60k | 126 | 93.7% | 42,201 mi |
| 60-90k | 17 | 100.0% | 65,941 mi |
| 90-120k | 4 | 75.0% | 115,689 mi |
Source: 202 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.
2005 612 Scaglietti MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti?
94.1% of the 202 2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 94.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti?
The three most recorded items are headlamp aim too low (1.49%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (1.49%), wipers blade defective (1.49%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.4% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti in this dataset had covered 37,912 mi.
Does the season affect the 2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 98.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.