Pass rate
Around average — 7.0 pts ahead of the 74.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 153 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £26–£66
Pass rate
Around average — 7.0 pts ahead of the 74.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 153 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £26–£66
Most common fault
Tyres
28.5% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
Across the 15 years on record, a spread of 11.7 points. See every year →
The 2010 Maserati Quattroporte MOT pass rate is 81.7% of its MOT tests — 7.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.5% of what testers record.
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Maserati Quattroporte does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres make up 28.5% of everything recorded on the 2010 Maserati Quattroporte, against 19.8% nationally — 8.7 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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Cars of this age and mileage average 74.7%, so this figure is 7.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 79.4%. The median 2010 Maserati Quattroporte in this dataset had covered 50,304 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 82.3% of the time, April–September 81.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 3.27% of tests.
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 72% so small gaps stay visible.
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 52 | 73.1% |
| London | 24 | 87.5% |
| East of England | 17 | 82.4% |
| North West | 15 | 93.3% |
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.
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
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.
Check the coil springs 3.3% 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.
Check the wipers and washers 2.6% 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.
Check the lights 2.0% of tests
“anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault”
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.
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £26–£66 — and 41% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 153 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 →
15 model years on record, from 2004 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 78.3% to 90.0% — a spread of 11.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
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.
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Closest pass rates among 2010 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.
Shares of the 158 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 | 45 | 28.50% | 19.76% | +8.74 |
| Brakes | 34 | 21.50% | 20.89% | +0.61 |
| Suspension | 29 | 18.40% | 20.98% | −2.58 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 14 | 8.90% | 12.21% | −3.31 |
| Visibility | 10 | 6.30% | 4.97% | +1.33 |
| Non-component advisories | 10 | 6.30% | 4.18% | +2.12 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 6 | 3.80% | 5.52% | −1.72 |
| Steering | 6 | 3.80% | 2.57% | +1.23 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 1.30% | 5.57% | −4.27 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 1.30% | 1.76% | −0.46 |
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.3% | £25–65 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.3% | £45–110 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.6% | £8–22 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 2.0% | £3–15 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault Brakes | Major | 2.0% | £3–15 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 2.0% | £45–95 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £3–15 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.3% | £60–140 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £60–150 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 1.3% | £20–80 |
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.
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 | 15.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.8% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.8% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 4.6% | £25–65 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.9% | £120–300 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 3.3% | £200–700 |
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 9 | 88.9% | 25,890 mi |
| 30-60k | 97 | 80.4% | 46,365 mi |
| 60-90k | 33 | 81.8% | 72,885 mi |
| 90-120k | 11 | 81.8% | 93,258 mi |
| 120k+ | 3 | 100.0% | 123,833 mi |
Source: 153 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.
81.7% of the 153 2010 Maserati Quattroporte tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.7% for cars first used in 2010. First-attempt pass rate: 79.4%.
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (3.27%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (3.27%), wipers blade defective (2.61%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 88.9% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2010 Maserati Quattroporte in this dataset had covered 50,304 mi.
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 82.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 81.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.