Pass rate
80.1%
Around average — 7.6 pts ahead of the 72.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 156 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £34–£87
2006 Maserati Gransport MOT pass rate
- 2006
- typical 42,606 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
23.3% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £40–£65 for Shock absorber leaking. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2007 87.4% pass
- Avoid 2006 80.1% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 7.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 77.6%
- Typical mileage
- 43k mi
The 2006 Maserati Gransport MOT pass rate is 80.1% of its MOT tests — 7.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Maserati Gransport does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.6× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 19.4% of everything recorded on the 2006 Maserati Gransport, against 12.2% nationally — 7.2 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 23.3%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- 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 72.5% and this one manages 80.1% — 7.6 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 2006 Maserati Gransport compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.5%, so this figure is 7.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 77.6%. The median 2006 Maserati Gransport in this dataset had covered 42,606 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 83.7% of the time, April–September 78.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp aim too high", noted on 4.49% of tests.
- 156 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.1% overall pass rate, 77.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Maserati Gransport, the average is 84.1% — best year 2007 (87.4%), worst 2006 (80.1%).
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
- 156
- Typical mileage (median)
- 42,606 mi
- Make and model
- Maserati Gransport
- 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 Gransport MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 55% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Gransport
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 46 | 76.1% |
| East of England | 25 | 80.0% |
| West Midlands | 23 | 65.2% |
| South West | 15 | 86.7% |
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 2006 Gransport
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 2006 Gransport
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 4.5% 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.
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Check the coil springs 2.6% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the shock absorbers 1.9% of tests
“shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
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 2006 Gransport through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £34–£87 — and 16% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £34–£87
- Cheapest common item: anti-lock braking system warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: steering rack gaiter missing or no longer…
- £120–£300
- 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 156 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 Gransport, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2006 to 2007. Across them the pass rate runs from 80.1% to 87.4% — a spread of 7.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 80.1%headlamp aim too high
- 2007 87.4% steering rack gaiter missing 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 2006 Maserati Gransport 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 2006 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2006 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 2006 Maserati Gransport 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 128 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 | 30 | 23.30% | 20.98% | +2.32 |
| Brakes | 25 | 19.40% | 20.89% | −1.49 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 25 | 19.40% | 12.21% | +7.19 |
| Tyres | 18 | 14.00% | 19.76% | −5.76 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 9 | 7.00% | 5.52% | +1.48 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 5 | 3.90% | 5.57% | −1.67 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 3.90% | 4.18% | −0.28 |
| Steering | 5 | 3.90% | 2.57% | +1.33 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 4 | 3.10% | 0.82% | +2.28 |
| Visibility | 2 | 1.60% | 4.97% | −3.37 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.5% | £30–80 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.6% | £25–65 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £3–15 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim not tested unable to be tested Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £30–80 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 1.9% | £30–75 |
| Steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Steering | Major | 1.9% | £120–300 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.3% | £18–45 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £3–15 |
| Headlamp aim too far to the right Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.3% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 7.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.2% | £45–110 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 3.2% | £25–65 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.2% | £40–150 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 3.2% | £30–75 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 2.6% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 37 | 91.9% | 17,868 mi |
| 30-60k | 79 | 82.3% | 43,595 mi |
| 60-90k | 27 | 63.0% | 70,195 mi |
| 90-120k | 13 | 69.2% | 108,760 mi |
Source: 156 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.
2006 Gransport MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2006 Maserati Gransport?
80.1% of the 156 2006 Maserati Gransport tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.5% for cars first used in 2006. First-attempt pass rate: 77.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2006 Maserati Gransport?
The three most recorded items are headlamp aim too high (4.49%), coil spring fractured or broken (2.56%), anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an abs fault (1.92%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2006 Maserati Gransport MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.9% of the time, falling to 69.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2006 Maserati Gransport in this dataset had covered 42,606 mi.
Does the season affect the 2006 Maserati Gransport MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 83.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 78.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.