Pass rate
85.1%
Above average — 12.7 pts ahead of the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 335 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £51–£129
2005 Maserati Coupe MOT pass rate
- 2005
- typical 58,441 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
27.2% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2006 89.7% pass
- Avoid 2003 81.3% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 8.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 83.4%
- Typical mileage
- 58k mi
The 2005 Maserati Coupe MOT pass rate is 85.1% of its MOT tests — 12.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Maserati Coupe does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 27.2% of everything recorded on the 2005 Maserati Coupe, against 21.0% nationally — 6.2 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 85.1% — 12.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 22% 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 Maserati Coupe compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 12.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 83.4%. The median 2005 Maserati Coupe in this dataset had covered 58,441 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.5% of the time, April–September 82.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt", noted on 2.69% of tests.
- 335 recorded tests behind this page.
- 85.1% overall pass rate, 83.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Maserati Coupe, the average is 84.1% — best year 2006 (89.7%), worst 2003 (81.3%).
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)
- 58,441 mi
- Make and model
- Maserati Coupe
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Steering Rack
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Coupe MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Coupe
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 88 | 85.2% |
| East of England | 65 | 89.2% |
| South West | 34 | 88.2% |
| North West | 26 | 84.6% |
| West Midlands | 24 | 91.7% |
| Yorkshire | 24 | 83.3% |
| East Midlands | 21 | 85.7% |
| Scotland | 19 | 73.7% |
| London | 16 | 68.8% |
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 Coupe
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 Coupe
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 steering 2.7% of tests
“steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated,”
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 suspension joints 2.1% 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 lights 1.8% 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 2005 Coupe through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £51–£129 — and 22% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £51–£129
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated,
- £120–£300
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 22%
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 Coupe, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2002 to 2006. Across them the pass rate runs from 81.3% to 89.7% — a spread of 8.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 81.9% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2003 81.3% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2004 85.0% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2005 85.1%steering rack gaiter damaged or…
- 2006 89.7% steering rack gaiter damaged or…
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 Maserati Coupe 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
- Porsche Boxster 84.6%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 86.1%
- Honda S2000 87.1%
- BMW M3 88.1%
- Jaguar XK8 82.0%
- Porsche Cayenne 81.9%
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 Maserati Coupe 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 307 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 | 85 | 27.20% | 20.98% | +6.22 |
| Brakes | 71 | 22.70% | 20.89% | +1.81 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 42 | 13.40% | 12.21% | +1.19 |
| Tyres | 41 | 13.10% | 19.76% | −6.66 |
| Steering | 24 | 7.70% | 2.57% | +5.13 |
| Non-component advisories | 14 | 4.50% | 4.18% | +0.32 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 10 | 3.20% | 5.52% | −2.32 |
| Visibility | 9 | 2.90% | 4.97% | −2.07 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 6 | 1.90% | 5.57% | −3.67 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 5 | 1.60% | 1.76% | −0.16 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.7% | £120–300 |
| Steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Steering | Major | 2.4% | £120–300 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.1% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.8% | £30–80 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.5% | £25–65 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.2% | £18–45 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.2% | £45–110 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.2% | £3–15 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.2% | £5–20 |
| Switch inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.2% | £5–25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.2% | £45–110 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 7.2% | £25–65 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 6.0% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 4.2% | £80–180 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 3.0% | £3–12 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.0% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 17 | 100.0% | 21,473 mi |
| 30-60k | 156 | 83.3% | 44,859 mi |
| 60-90k | 133 | 84.2% | 74,880 mi |
| 90-120k | 27 | 92.6% | 101,751 mi |
| 120k+ | 2 | 50.0% | 137,356 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.
2005 Coupe MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Maserati Coupe?
85.1% of the 335 2005 Maserati Coupe tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 83.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Maserati Coupe?
The three most recorded items are steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.69%), steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.39%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (2.09%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Maserati Coupe MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 50.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Maserati Coupe in this dataset had covered 58,441 mi.
Does the season affect the 2005 Maserati Coupe MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.5% 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.