Pass rate
94.2%
Above average — 21.1 pts ahead of the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 155 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £34–£93
2008 Morgan 4/4 MOT pass rate
- 2008
- typical 23,669 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
18.5% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2017 98.4% pass
- Avoid 2001 89.0% pass
Across the 19 years on record, a spread of 9.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 93.8%
- Typical mileage
- 24k mi
The 2008 Morgan 4/4 MOT pass rate is 94.2% of its MOT tests — 21.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 18.5% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Steering: 5.8× the national share
Steering accounts for 14.8% of everything recorded on the 2008 Morgan 4/4, against 2.6% nationally — 12.2 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 18.5%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Ask for the steering to be checked for play with the wheels on the ground, not on a jack.
- 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 73.1% and this one manages 94.2% — 21.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 155 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2008 Morgan 4/4 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 21.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 93.8%. The median 2008 Morgan 4/4 in this dataset had covered 23,669 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 96.7% of the time, April–September 92.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp aim too low", noted on 1.29% of tests.
- 155 recorded tests behind this page.
- 94.2% overall pass rate, 93.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Morgan 4/4, the average is 91.9% — best year 2017 (98.4%), worst 2001 (89.0%).
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
- 155
- Typical mileage (median)
- 23,669 mi
- Make and model
- Morgan 4/4
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
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 4/4 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 63% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Morgan 4/4 is most common
Across all 4/4 model years on record (2000–2018): 1,372 Morgan 4/4 cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 3,089 tests. Ashford (TN) has the most, with 93 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashford (TN) | 93 | 91.9% |
| 2 | Milton Keynes (MK) | 60 | 83.3% |
| 3 | Worcester (WR) | 60 | 93.7% |
| 4 | Reading (RG) | 45 | 95.7% |
| 5 | Bristol (BS) | 44 | 95.3% |
| 6 | Exeter (EX) | 38 | 87.9% |
| 7 | Chelmsford (CM) | 37 | 92.9% |
| 8 | Crewe (CW) | 37 | 96.8% |
| 9 | Salisbury (SP) | 35 | 90.1% |
| 10 | Preston (PR) | 33 | 100.0% |
| 11 | Doncaster (DN) | 32 | 95.9% |
| 12 | Gloucester (GL) | 30 | 87.9% |
| 13 | Ipswich (IP) | 30 | 100.0% |
| 14 | Perth (PH) | 28 | 91.9% |
| 15 | Stevenage (SG) | 27 | 98.4% |
| 16 | Guildford (GU) | 24 | 86.8% |
| 17 | Poole (BH) | 23 | 85.7% |
| 18 | Coventry (CV) | 23 | 80.4% |
| 19 | Southampton (SO) | 19 | 87.2% |
| 20 | Derby (DE) | 18 | 85.4% |
The twenty areas with the most Morgan 4/4 cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the 4/4
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 37 | 97.3% |
| South West | 30 | 96.7% |
| West Midlands | 19 | 94.7% |
| North West | 17 | 94.1% |
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 2008 4/4
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 2008 4/4
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 1.3% of tests
“headlamp aim too low”
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 steering 1.3% of tests
“steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated,”
With the wheels straight, rock the steering wheel gently with the engine off — more than about an inch of free play before the wheels move is worth investigating. Split rack gaiters are cheap to replace and commonly recorded.
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Check the suspension joints 1.3% 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.
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 2008 4/4 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £34–£93 — and 37% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £34–£93
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated,
- £120–£300
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 37%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 155 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 4/4, side by side
19 model years on record, from 2000 to 2018. Across them the pass rate runs from 89.0% to 98.4% — a spread of 9.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 92.4% steering rack gaiter damaged or…
- 2001 89.0% steering rack gaiter missing or…
- 2002 91.0% steering rack gaiter damaged or…
- 2003 91.4% service brake imbalance across an…
- 2004 89.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2005 89.9% steering rack gaiter damaged or…
- 2006 91.4% washers not working
- 2007 95.8% headlamp aim too high
- 2008 94.2%headlamp aim too low
- 2009 94.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 92.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 91.3% service brake imbalance across an…
- 2012 94.3% stop lamp all not working
- 2013 95.1% service brake performance…
- 2014 90.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 90.4% rear fog lamp not working
- 2016 89.4% service brake performance…
- 2017 98.4% steering rack gaiter missing or…
- 2018 91.2% service brake imbalance across an…
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 2008 Morgan 4/4 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 2008 cars with a similar record
- Bentley Continental 91.4%
- Porsche 911 91.0%
- BMW M3 90.0%
- Porsche Boxster 89.4%
- Audi A8 87.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 86.7%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 Morgan 4/4 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 54 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 | 10 | 18.50% | 20.98% | −2.48 |
| Brakes | 10 | 18.50% | 20.89% | −2.39 |
| Visibility | 8 | 14.80% | 4.97% | +9.83 |
| Steering | 8 | 14.80% | 2.57% | +12.23 |
| Tyres | 5 | 9.30% | 19.76% | −10.46 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 4 | 7.40% | 12.21% | −4.81 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 5.60% | 4.18% | +1.42 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 5.60% | 1.76% | +3.84 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 3.70% | 5.52% | −1.82 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 1.90% | 5.57% | −3.67 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.3% | £30–80 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.3% | £3–12 |
| Steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 1.3% | £120–300 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 1.3% | £18–45 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.3% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.3% | £8–22 |
| Brake performance not tested unable to be tested Brakes | Major | 0.65% | £60–150 |
| Fixings and fixing bolts fixings loose to the extent that relative movement is visible Suspension | Major | 0.65% | £40–150 |
| Headlamp aim too far to the right Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.65% | £30–80 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.65% | £40–150 |
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 | 3.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 1.9% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 1.9% | £40–150 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 1.9% | £60–150 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 1.9% | £30–75 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.3% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 115 | 94.8% | 18,332 mi |
| 30-60k | 33 | 97.0% | 40,717 mi |
| 60-90k | 7 | 71.4% | 75,604 mi |
Source: 155 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.
2008 4/4 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Morgan 4/4?
94.2% of the 155 2008 Morgan 4/4 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 93.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Morgan 4/4?
The three most recorded items are headlamp aim too low (1.29%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.29%), steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (1.29%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Morgan 4/4 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.8% of the time, falling to 71.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Morgan 4/4 in this dataset had covered 23,669 mi.
Does the season affect the 2008 Morgan 4/4 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 96.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 92.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.