Pass rate
82.7%
Around average — 9.4 pts ahead of the 73.3% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 335 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £46–£120
2001 Maserati 3200GT MOT pass rate
- 2001
- typical 53,471 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
35.1% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2000 84.2% pass
- Avoid 2002 81.0% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 3.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 80.9%
- Typical mileage
- 53k mi
The 2001 Maserati 3200GT MOT pass rate is 82.7% of its MOT tests — 9.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 35.1% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Maserati 3200GT does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.7× the national share
Suspension accounts for 35.1% of everything recorded on the 2001 Maserati 3200gt, against 21.0% nationally — 14.1 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 73.3% and this one manages 82.7% — 9.4 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 2001 Maserati 3200GT compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.3%, so this figure is 9.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 80.9%. The median 2001 Maserati 3200GT in this dataset had covered 53,471 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 82.4% of the time, April–September 82.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 3.88% of tests.
- 335 recorded tests behind this page.
- 82.7% overall pass rate, 80.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Maserati 3200GT, the average is 83.0% — best year 2000 (84.2%), worst 2002 (81.0%).
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
- 335
- Typical mileage (median)
- 53,471 mi
- Make and model
- Maserati 3200GT
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 3200GT MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 3200GT
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 99 | 79.8% |
| East of England | 58 | 91.4% |
| West Midlands | 39 | 69.2% |
| East Midlands | 34 | 79.4% |
| South West | 32 | 93.8% |
| North West | 31 | 93.5% |
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 2001 3200GT
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 2001 3200GT
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 3.9% 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.
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Check the steering 3.3% of tests
“steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
With the wheels straight, rock the steering wheel gently with the engine off — more than about an inch of free play before the wheels move is worth investigating. Split rack gaiters are cheap to replace and commonly recorded.
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Check the lights 1.8% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
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 2001 3200GT through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £46–£120 — and 16% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £46–£120
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: steering rack gaiter missing or no longer…
- £120–£300
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 16%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 335 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 3200GT, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2000 to 2002. Across them the pass rate runs from 81.0% to 84.2% — a spread of 3.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 84.2% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2001 82.7%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2002 81.0% malfunction indicator lamp…
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 2001 Maserati 3200GT 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 2001 cars with a similar record
- Jaguar XK8 80.6%
- Porsche Boxster 80.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Slk 80.3%
- BMW Z3 79.5%
- Subaru Impreza 79.3%
- Jaguar Xkr 79.2%
Closest pass rates among 2001 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 2001 Maserati 3200GT 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 475 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 | 169 | 35.10% | 20.98% | +14.12 |
| Brakes | 79 | 16.40% | 20.89% | −4.49 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 50 | 10.40% | 12.21% | −1.81 |
| Tyres | 47 | 9.80% | 19.76% | −9.96 |
| Steering | 43 | 8.90% | 2.57% | +6.33 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 37 | 7.70% | 5.52% | +2.18 |
| Non-component advisories | 18 | 3.70% | 4.18% | −0.48 |
| Visibility | 14 | 2.90% | 4.97% | −2.07 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 11 | 2.30% | 5.57% | −3.27 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 7 | 1.50% | 0.82% | +0.68 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.9% | £18–45 |
| Steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Steering | Major | 3.3% | £120–300 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.4% | £18–45 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.4% | £45–110 |
| Steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.4% | £120–300 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.1% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.8% | £18–45 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.8% | £3–12 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 1.8% | £3–12 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.2% | £60–250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 12.5% | £25–65 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.6% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.6% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.0% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 6.0% | £80–180 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 4.8% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 35 | 71.4% | 20,019 mi |
| 30-60k | 152 | 87.5% | 44,204 mi |
| 60-90k | 108 | 79.6% | 68,952 mi |
| 90-120k | 38 | 84.2% | 101,018 mi |
| 120k+ | 2 | 50.0% | 138,526 mi |
Source: 335 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.
2001 3200GT MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2001 Maserati 3200GT?
82.7% of the 335 2001 Maserati 3200GT tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.3% for cars first used in 2001. First-attempt pass rate: 80.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2001 Maserati 3200GT?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (3.88%), steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (3.28%), ball joint excessively worn (2.39%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2001 Maserati 3200GT MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 71.4% of the time, falling to 50.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2001 Maserati 3200GT in this dataset had covered 53,471 mi.
Does the season affect the 2001 Maserati 3200GT MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 82.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 82.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.