Pass rate
97.9%
Above average — 11.9 pts ahead of the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 380 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £33–£79
2017 Ferrari California MOT pass rate
- 2017
- typical 12,872 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
58.1% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2017 97.9% pass · this year
- Avoid 2009 93.8% pass
Across the 9 years on record, a spread of 4.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 97.9%
- Typical mileage
- 13k mi
The 2017 Ferrari California MOT pass rate is 97.9% of its MOT tests — 11.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 58.1% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Ferrari California does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.9× the national share
Tyres make up 58.1% of everything recorded on the 2017 Ferrari California, against 19.8% nationally — 38.3 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.
- 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 86.0% and this one manages 97.9% — 11.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 380 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 2017 Ferrari California compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 11.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 97.9%. The median 2017 Ferrari California in this dataset had covered 12,872 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 98.1% of the time, April–September 97.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers blade defective", noted on 1.84% of tests.
- 380 recorded tests behind this page.
- 97.9% overall pass rate, 97.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Ferrari California, the average is 95.4% — best year 2017 (97.9%), worst 2009 (93.8%).
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
- 380
- Typical mileage (median)
- 12,872 mi
- Make and model
- Ferrari California
- 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 California MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 86% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the California
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 111 | 97.3% |
| East of England | 59 | 100.0% |
| West Midlands | 41 | 97.6% |
| East Midlands | 35 | 97.1% |
| South West | 34 | 97.1% |
| Yorkshire | 29 | 100.0% |
| North West | 23 | 100.0% |
| London | 21 | 95.2% |
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 2017 California
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 2017 California
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 wipers and washers 1.8% 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 windscreen 0.8% 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.
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Check the lights 0.5% 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.
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 2017 California through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £33–£79 — and 39% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £33–£79
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 39%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 380 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 California, side by side
9 model years on record, from 2009 to 2017. Across them the pass rate runs from 93.8% to 97.9% — a spread of 4.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2009 93.8% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2010 94.7% shock absorbers has a serious…
- 2011 94.8% shock absorbers has a serious…
- 2012 95.5% wipers blade defective
- 2013 94.1% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2014 97.2% registration plates does not…
- 2015 96.0% wipers does not clear the…
- 2016 95.4% wipers blade defective
- 2017 97.9%wipers blade defective
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 2017 Ferrari California 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 2017 cars with a similar record
- Aston Martin DB11 95.5%
- Porsche 911 95.2%
- Lexus Rx 94.9%
- Porsche Cayman 94.6%
- Porsche Boxster 94.3%
- Audi A8 93.8%
Closest pass rates among 2017 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 2017 Ferrari California 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 54 | 58.10% | 19.76% | +38.34 |
| Visibility | 13 | 14.00% | 4.97% | +9.03 |
| Brakes | 5 | 5.40% | 20.89% | −15.49 |
| Non-component advisories | 4 | 4.30% | 4.18% | +0.12 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3 | 3.20% | 12.21% | −9.01 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3 | 3.20% | 5.52% | −2.32 |
| Steering | 3 | 3.20% | 2.57% | +0.63 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 3.20% | 1.76% | +1.44 |
| Road Wheels | 3 | 3.20% | 0.75% | +2.45 |
| Suspension | 2 | 2.20% | 20.98% | −18.78 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.8% | £8–22 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.79% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.79% | £80–200 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.53% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.53% | £30–80 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.53% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads incorrectly mounted Brakes | Major | 0.26% | £18–45 |
| Brake performance not tested unable to be tested Brakes | Major | 0.26% | £60–150 |
| Fouling a part of the vehicle Tyres | Rectified | 0.26% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.26% | £45–95 |
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 | 5.8% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.2% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 0.79% | £20–55 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 0.79% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 360 | 98.1% | 13,222 mi |
| 30-60k | 18 | 94.4% | 37,894 mi |
| 60-90k | 2 | 100.0% | 61,376 mi |
Source: 380 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.
2017 California MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 Ferrari California?
97.9% of the 380 2017 Ferrari California tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 97.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 Ferrari California?
The three most recorded items are wipers blade defective (1.84%), has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (0.79%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (0.79%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 Ferrari California MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 98.1% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Ferrari California in this dataset had covered 12,872 mi.
Does the season affect the 2017 Ferrari California MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 98.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 97.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.