2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast MOT pass rate

Pass rate

98.2%

Above average — 10.3 pts ahead of the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.

Across 276 recorded tests.

Typical repair bill £25–£67

Which year to buy

  • Best 2022 100.0% pass
  • Avoid 2019 98.0% pass

Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 2 points. See every year →

First-attempt pass
98.2%
Typical mileage
8k mi

The 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast MOT pass rate is 98.2% of its MOT tests — 10.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 43.8% of what testers record.

MOT PASS RATES

The 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast on the real record

98.2% of 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast MOTs passed — 276 tests, 2023–2025

Pass rate

The answer from the DVSA's class-4 MOT records.

Check your postcode

MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Ferrari 812 Superfast does in your corner of the country.

How one model's pass rate varies by postcode →

Expert verdict

Tyres: 2.2× the national share

Tyres make up 43.8% of everything recorded on the 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast, against 19.8% nationally — 24.0 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.

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 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast compare?

Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 10.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 98.2%. The median 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast in this dataset had covered 7,903 mi.

Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 97.9% of the time, April–September 98.5%.

The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers blade defective", noted on 1.45% of tests.

  • 276 recorded tests behind this page.
  • 98.2% overall pass rate, 98.2% on a first attempt.
  • Across every year of the Ferrari 812 Superfast, the average is 98.4% — best year 2022 (100.0%), worst 2019 (98.0%).

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
276
Typical mileage (median)
7,903 mi
Make and model
Ferrari 812 Superfast
Updated
2026-11-05

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.

Top part to budget for

Wiper Blade

Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.

Does mileage affect the 812 Superfast MOT pass rate?

0-30k 98.5%
30-60k 83.3%

Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 75% so small gaps stay visible.

Regional pass rates for the 812 Superfast

Region Tests Pass rate
South East 71 100.0%
East of England 39 97.4%
Yorkshire 33 100.0%
South West 31 96.8%
London 29 96.6%
East Midlands 23 100.0%
West Midlands 23 95.7%

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 2018 812 Superfast

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.

Tyres 43.8%
+24.0 pts vs national national 19.8% Compare tyre prices
Visibility 28.1%
+23.1 pts vs national national 5.0% Order bulbs & wipers
Lamps & electrics 9.4%
−2.8 pts vs national national 12.2% Order bulbs & wipers
Advisories 6.2%
+2.0 pts vs national national 4.2% Price advisories parts
Show the other 4 fault categories
  • Brakes 3.1%
  • Body & chassis 3.1%
  • Emissions & leaks 3.1%
  • Steering 3.1%

Shares are of every item recorded on 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast tests — a composition, so they add to 100% across all sections, not per test.

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 2018 812 Superfast

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.

  1. Check the wipers and washers 1.4% 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.

  2. Check the lights 1.1% 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.

  3. Check the windscreen 0.7% of tests

    “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.

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 2018 812 Superfast through its MOT

Across the 9 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £25–£67 — and 44% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.

Average repair across the 9 common items
£25–£67
Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
£3–£12
Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
£80–£200
Common items a careful owner can do at home
78%
Repairs that still cost under £30
44%

Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 276 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 812 Superfast, side by side

5 model years on record, from 2018 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 98.0% to 100.0% — a spread of 2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.

  1. 2018 98.2%
    wipers blade defective
  2. 2019 98.0% headlamp aim too high
  3. 2020 98.2% headlamp aim too high
  4. 2021 99.3% registration plates does not…
  5. 2022 100.0% headlamp aim too high

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 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast 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.

Compare 2018 with another year →

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Other 2018 cars with a similar record

Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast 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 32 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 14 43.80% 19.76% +24.04
Visibility 9 28.10% 4.97% +23.13
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 3 9.40% 12.21% −2.81
Non-component advisories 2 6.20% 4.18% +2.02
Brakes 1 3.10% 20.89% −17.79
Body, chassis, structure 1 3.10% 5.57% −2.47
Noise, emissions and leaks 1 3.10% 5.52% −2.42
Steering 1 3.10% 2.57% +0.53

The exact failure items, in the tester's words

Share of the 276 tests on this vehicle that recorded each item
Recorded item Severity Tests Est. cost Part
Wipers blade defective Visibility Minor 1.4% £8–22 Wiper Blade →
Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment Rectified 1.1% £30–80 Headlight Alignment →
Window excessively tinted but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility Minor 0.72% £20–80 Replacement Service Parts →
Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility Minor 0.72% £80–200 Windscreen →
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault Brakes Major 0.36% £3–15 Bulb →
Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres Major 0.36% £45–95 Tyres →
Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks Major 0.36% £3–12 Indicator Bulb →
Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering Major 0.36% £18–45 Ball Joint →
Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility Rectified 0.36% £8–22 Wiper Blade →

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.

Items recorded as advisory on this vehicle
Recorded item Severity Tests Est. cost
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres Advisory 3.3% £45–95
Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres Advisory 0.72% £45–95
Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories Advisory 0.72% £45–95
Exhaust system noise is clearly in excess of that emitted by a similar vehicle fitted with a standard silencer in… Body, chassis, structure Advisory 0.36% £45–120
Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres Advisory 0.36% £45–95
Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres Advisory 0.36% £45–95

Pass rate by mileage

Mileage Tests Pass rate Median odometer
0-30k 270 98.5% 8,777 mi
30-60k 6 83.3% 33,781 mi

Source: 276 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.

2018 812 Superfast MOT questions

What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast?

98.2% of the 276 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 98.2%.

What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast?

The three most recorded items are wipers blade defective (1.45%), headlamp aim too high (1.09%), window excessively tinted but not adversely affecting driver's view (0.72%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.

Does mileage affect the 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast MOT pass rate?

Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 98.5% of the time, falling to 83.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast in this dataset had covered 7,903 mi.

Does the season affect the 2018 Ferrari 812 Superfast MOT pass rate?

Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 97.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 98.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.