Pass rate
97.3%
Above average — 13.3 pts ahead of the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 184 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £24–£68
2016 McLaren 675 MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 8,385 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
43.8% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2016 97.3% pass · this year
- Avoid 2016 97.3% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 97.2%
- Typical mileage
- 8k mi
The 2016 McLaren 675 MOT pass rate is 97.3% of its MOT tests — 13.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 43.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how McLaren 675 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.2× the national share
Tyres make up 43.8% of everything recorded on the 2016 McLaren 675, against 19.8% nationally — 24.0 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 97.3% — 13.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 25% 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 McLaren 675 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 13.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 97.2%. The median 2016 McLaren 675 in this dataset had covered 8,385 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 96.6% of the time, April–September 97.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect", noted on 0.54% of tests.
- 184 recorded tests behind this page.
- 97.3% overall pass rate, 97.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the McLaren 675, the average is 97.3% — best year 2016 (97.3%), worst 2016 (97.3%).
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
- 184
- Typical mileage (median)
- 8,385 mi
- Make and model
- McLaren 675
- 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 675 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 89% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 675
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 96 | 96.9% |
| West Midlands | 24 | 95.8% |
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 675
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 675
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 0.5% of tests
“headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect”
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 0.5% of tests
“registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements”
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.
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Check the shock absorbers 0.5% 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 2016 675 through its MOT
Across the 8 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £24–£68 — and 25% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 8 common items
- £24–£68
- Cheapest common item: washers not working
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: service brake imbalance across an axle
- £45–£110
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 63%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 25%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 184 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 675 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 675 8 failure items · 5 advisories · 6 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 16 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 | 7 | 43.80% | 19.76% | +24.04 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 4 | 25.00% | 12.21% | +12.79 |
| Brakes | 2 | 12.50% | 20.89% | −8.39 |
| Suspension | 1 | 6.20% | 20.98% | −14.78 |
| Visibility | 1 | 6.20% | 4.97% | +1.23 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 6.20% | 1.76% | +4.44 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.54% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too far to the left Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.54% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.54% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp insecure Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.54% | £5–25 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 0.54% | £20–80 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 0.54% | £45–110 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 0.54% | £30–75 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 0.54% | £5–15 |
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 | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Flexible brake hoses ferrule excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 0.54% | £25–70 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 0.54% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 0.54% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 184 | 97.3% | 9,370 mi |
Source: 184 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 675 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 McLaren 675?
97.3% of the 184 2016 McLaren 675 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 97.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 McLaren 675?
The three most recorded items are headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (0.54%), headlamp aim too far to the left (0.54%), headlamp aim too low (0.54%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 McLaren 675 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 97.3% of the time, falling to 97.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 McLaren 675 in this dataset had covered 8,385 mi.
Does the season affect the 2016 McLaren 675 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 96.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 97.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.