Pass rate
86.1%
Above average — 2.1 pts ahead of the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 416 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £36–£84
2016 Maserati Quattroporte MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 48,264 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
38.4% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 90.0% pass
- Avoid 2006 78.3% pass
Across the 15 years on record, a spread of 11.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 84.2%
- Typical mileage
- 48k mi
The 2016 Maserati Quattroporte MOT pass rate is 86.1% of its MOT tests — 2.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 38.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Maserati Quattroporte does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.9× the national share
Tyres make up 38.4% of everything recorded on the 2016 Maserati Quattroporte, against 19.8% nationally — 18.6 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.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 17% 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 2016 Maserati Quattroporte compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 2.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 84.2%. The median 2016 Maserati Quattroporte in this dataset had covered 48,264 mi.
72% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 85.3% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 85.8% of the time, April–September 86.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm", noted on 2.64% of tests.
- 416 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.1% overall pass rate, 84.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Maserati Quattroporte, the average is 84.0% — best year 2019 (90.0%), worst 2006 (78.3%).
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
- 416
- Typical mileage (median)
- 48,264 mi
- Make and model
- Maserati Quattroporte
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Quattroporte MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (72% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Quattroporte
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 95 | 88.4% |
| East of England | 58 | 86.2% |
| North West | 43 | 86.0% |
| London | 39 | 79.5% |
| South West | 37 | 81.1% |
| West Midlands | 35 | 85.7% |
| East Midlands | 33 | 84.8% |
| Yorkshire | 30 | 90.0% |
| Wales | 19 | 89.5% |
| Scotland | 18 | 88.9% |
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 2016 Quattroporte
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 2016 Quattroporte
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 tyre tread 2.6% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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Check the suspension joints 1.9% of tests
“track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or 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 windscreen 1.4% 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.
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 2016 Quattroporte through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £36–£84 — and 17% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £36–£84
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 17%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 416 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 Quattroporte, side by side
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.
- 2004 80.6% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2005 84.6% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2006 78.3% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2007 81.0% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2008 81.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2009 84.0% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2010 81.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2011 85.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 86.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 84.1% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2015 86.9% position lamp not working
- 2016 86.1%tread depth below requirements of…
- 2017 88.8% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2018 87.4% wipers does not clear the…
- 2019 90.0% windscreen damaged but not…
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 2016 Maserati Quattroporte 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 2016 cars with a similar record
- Infiniti Q30 86.1%
- Skoda Superb 86.0%
- Land Rover Discovery 86.2%
- Ford Galaxy 86.2%
- Audi Q3 85.9%
- Volkswagen Up 85.9%
Closest pass rates among 2016 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 2016 Maserati Quattroporte 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 365 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 | 141 | 38.40% | 19.76% | +18.64 |
| Brakes | 98 | 26.70% | 20.89% | +5.81 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 29 | 7.90% | 12.21% | −4.31 |
| Visibility | 23 | 6.30% | 4.97% | +1.33 |
| Non-component advisories | 19 | 5.20% | 4.18% | +1.02 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 18 | 4.90% | 5.52% | −0.62 |
| Steering | 16 | 4.40% | 2.57% | +1.83 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 13 | 3.50% | 1.76% | +1.74 |
| Suspension | 5 | 1.40% | 20.98% | −19.58 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 0.80% | 0.82% | −0.02 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 2.6% | £45–95 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.4% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.2% | £30–80 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.2% | £3–12 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.2% | £8–22 |
| Has a lump, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.96% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.96% | £30–80 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 0.96% | £45–110 |
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 | 17.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.6% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.5% | £45–110 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 2.6% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.4% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 77 | 90.9% | 21,541 mi |
| 30-60k | 213 | 85.9% | 44,994 mi |
| 60-90k | 109 | 83.5% | 71,419 mi |
| 90-120k | 13 | 84.6% | 99,542 mi |
| 120k+ | 4 | 75.0% | 126,958 mi |
Source: 416 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.
2016 Quattroporte MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Maserati Quattroporte?
86.1% of the 416 2016 Maserati Quattroporte tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 84.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Maserati Quattroporte?
The three most recorded items are tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (2.64%), track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (1.92%), has ply or cords exposed (1.68%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Maserati Quattroporte MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.9% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Maserati Quattroporte in this dataset had covered 48,264 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2016 Maserati Quattroporte?
Diesel: 85.3% pass rate across 300 tests. Petrol: 87.9% pass rate across 116 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2016 Maserati Quattroporte MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 85.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 86.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.