Pass rate
98.1%
Above average — 14.1 pts ahead of the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 105 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £8–£36
2016 McLaren 650 MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 16,772 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
75.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2016 98.1% pass · this year
- Avoid 2016 98.1% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 98.1%
- Typical mileage
- 17k mi
The 2016 McLaren 650 MOT pass rate is 98.1% of its MOT tests — 14.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 75.0% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 3.8× the national share
Tyres make up 75.0% of everything recorded on the 2016 McLaren 650, against 19.8% nationally — 55.2 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.
- 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 84.0% and this one manages 98.1% — 14.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 75% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 McLaren 650 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 14.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 98.1%. The median 2016 McLaren 650 in this dataset had covered 16,772 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 100.0% of the time, April–September 96.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp insecure", noted on 0.95% of tests.
- 105 recorded tests behind this page.
- 98.1% overall pass rate, 98.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the McLaren 650, the average is 98.1% — best year 2016 (98.1%), worst 2016 (98.1%).
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
- 105
- Typical mileage (median)
- 16,772 mi
- Make and model
- McLaren 650
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the 650 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 90% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 650
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 45 | 97.8% |
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 2016 650
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 650
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 0.9% of tests
“headlamp insecure”
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 number plates 0.9% of tests
“registration plates missing”
Check both plates are present, legible and correctly spaced, with the postcode of the supplier and the BS AU 145e mark. A private plate in the wrong style is a fail before the car is even looked at.
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 650 through its MOT
Across the 4 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £8–£36 — and 75% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 4 common items
- £8–£36
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: registration plates missing
- £20–£80
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 100%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 75%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 105 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 →
Compare the 2016 McLaren 650 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
- Porsche 911 95.7%
- Bentley Continental 95.2%
- Porsche Cayman 94.8%
- Porsche Boxster 94.6%
- Lexus Rx 94.4%
- Jaguar F-Type 93.9%
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 McLaren 650 4 failure items · 4 advisories · 4 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 20 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 | 15 | 75.00% | 19.76% | +55.24 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3 | 15.00% | 12.21% | +2.79 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 5.00% | 1.76% | +3.24 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 5.00% | 0.75% | +4.25 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp insecure Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.95% | £5–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.95% | £5–25 |
| Registration plates missing Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.95% | £20–80 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.95% | £3–12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.7% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 4.8% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.8% | £45–95 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 0.95% | £20–55 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 99 | 98.0% | 16,058 mi |
| 30-60k | 6 | 100.0% | 34,298 mi |
Source: 105 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 650 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 McLaren 650?
98.1% of the 105 2016 McLaren 650 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 98.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 McLaren 650?
The three most recorded items are headlamp insecure (0.95%), position lamp not working (0.95%), registration plates missing (0.95%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 McLaren 650 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 98.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 McLaren 650 in this dataset had covered 16,772 mi.
Does the season affect the 2016 McLaren 650 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 100.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 96.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.