Pass rate
98.6%
Above average — 21.4 pts ahead of the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 289 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £32–£80
2012 Rolls-Royce Ghost MOT pass rate
- 2012
- 3 trims combined
- typical 44,768 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
40.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 99.0% pass
- Avoid 2017 95.3% pass
Across the 13 years on record, a spread of 3.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 98.6%
- Typical mileage
- 45k mi
The 2012 Rolls-Royce Ghost MOT pass rate is 98.6% of its MOT tests — 21.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 40.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Rolls-Royce Ghost does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.0× the national share
Tyres make up 40.0% of everything recorded on the 2012 Rolls-Royce Ghost, against 19.8% nationally — 20.2 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 77.2% and this one manages 98.6% — 21.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 27% 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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Every Rolls-Royce Ghost first registered in 2012 is combined here — 3 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2012 Rolls-Royce Ghost compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 21.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 98.6%. The median 2012 Rolls-Royce Ghost in this dataset had covered 44,768 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 98.1% of the time, April–September 99.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 0.69% of tests.
- 289 recorded tests behind this page.
- 98.6% overall pass rate, 98.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Rolls-Royce Ghost, the average is 96.5% — best year 2021 (99.0%), worst 2017 (95.3%).
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
- 289
- Typical mileage (median)
- 44,768 mi
- Make and model
- Rolls-Royce Ghost
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Ghost MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 88% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Ghost
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 60 | 100.0% |
| Yorkshire | 54 | 100.0% |
| West Midlands | 47 | 97.9% |
| East of England | 35 | 94.3% |
| London | 33 | 100.0% |
| North West | 29 | 100.0% |
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 2012 Ghost
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 2012 Ghost
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 suspension joints 0.7% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely 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 number plates 0.7% 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 windscreen 0.7% 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 2012 Ghost through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £32–£80 — and 27% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £32–£80
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 27%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 289 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 Ghost, side by side
13 model years on record, from 2010 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 95.3% to 99.0% — a spread of 3.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 95.8% has a bulge, caused by separation…
- 2011 96.2% registration plates does not…
- 2012 98.6%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2013 95.9% has ply or cords exposed
- 2014 96.3% has ply or cords exposed
- 2015 96.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 96.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 95.3% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2018 96.5% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2019 96.7% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2020 95.7% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 99.0% has a bulge, caused by separation…
- 2022 97.1% has a cut in excess of the…
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 2012 Rolls-Royce Ghost 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 2012 cars with a similar record
- Porsche 911 93.4%
- Bentley Continental 93.4%
- Porsche Boxster 91.6%
- Audi A8 90.2%
- Honda Fit 89.3%
- Toyota Estima 88.3%
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 Rolls-Royce Ghost 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 65 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 | 26 | 40.00% | 19.76% | +20.24 |
| Suspension | 10 | 15.40% | 20.98% | −5.58 |
| Brakes | 8 | 12.30% | 20.89% | −8.59 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7 | 10.80% | 5.52% | +5.28 |
| Visibility | 5 | 7.70% | 4.97% | +2.73 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3 | 4.60% | 12.21% | −7.61 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 4.60% | 1.76% | +2.84 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 1.50% | 5.57% | −4.07 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 1.50% | 4.18% | −2.68 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 1.50% | 0.75% | +0.75 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 0.69% | £18–45 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.69% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 0.69% | £20–80 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.69% | £80–200 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.69% | £8–22 |
| Driver's view to the front outside the swept area of the windscreen wipers restricted by an obstruction Visibility | Minor | 0.35% | £8–22 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.35% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.35% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.35% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp has less than 1/2 LEDs not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.35% | £5–25 |
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 | 3.5% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 2.4% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 1.4% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 73 | 100.0% | 18,427 mi |
| 30-60k | 135 | 98.5% | 44,304 mi |
| 60-90k | 57 | 96.5% | 70,117 mi |
| 90-120k | 22 | 100.0% | 101,052 mi |
| 120k+ | 2 | 100.0% | 212,014 mi |
Source: 289 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.
2012 Ghost MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 Rolls-Royce Ghost?
98.6% of the 289 2012 Rolls-Royce Ghost tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 98.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 Rolls-Royce Ghost?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (0.69%), has ply or cords exposed (0.69%), registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements (0.69%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 Rolls-Royce Ghost MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 Rolls-Royce Ghost in this dataset had covered 44,768 mi.
Does the season affect the 2012 Rolls-Royce Ghost MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 98.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 99.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.