Pass rate
96.5%
Above average — 8.6 pts ahead of the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 144 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £35–£80
2018 Rolls-Royce Ghost MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 20,253 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
64.3% 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
- 96.4%
- Typical mileage
- 20k mi
The 2018 Rolls-Royce Ghost MOT pass rate is 96.5% of its MOT tests — 8.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 64.3% 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: 3.3× the national share
Tyres make up 64.3% of everything recorded on the 2018 Rolls-Royce Ghost, against 19.8% nationally — 44.5 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 87.9% and this one manages 96.5% — 8.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 14% 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 2018 Rolls-Royce Ghost compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 8.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 96.4%. The median 2018 Rolls-Royce Ghost in this dataset had covered 20,253 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 97.3% of the time, April–September 95.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 2.08% of tests.
- 144 recorded tests behind this page.
- 96.5% overall pass rate, 96.4% 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
- 144
- Typical mileage (median)
- 20,253 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
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Ghost MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Ghost
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 51 | 96.1% |
| East of England | 24 | 100.0% |
| West Midlands | 15 | 93.3% |
| London | 15 | 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 2018 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 2018 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 lights 0.7% of tests
“stop lamp not working”
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.
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 2018 Ghost through its MOT
Across the 5 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £35–£80 — and 14% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 5 common items
- £35–£80
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements
- £45–£110
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 100%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 14%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 144 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 2018 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- Lexus Rx 95.9%
- Levc Tx Vista Comfort 95.5%
- Porsche 911 95.2%
- Porsche Boxster 95.0%
- Porsche Cayman 94.7%
- Porsche Macan 94.1%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 Rolls-Royce Ghost 5 failure items · 6 advisories · 6 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 28 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 | 18 | 64.30% | 19.76% | +44.54 |
| Brakes | 3 | 10.70% | 20.89% | −10.19 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 10.70% | 4.18% | +6.52 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 7.10% | 5.52% | +1.58 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1 | 3.60% | 12.21% | −8.61 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 3.60% | 0.75% | +2.85 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.1% | £45–95 |
| Fractured Road Wheels | Major | 0.69% | £20–55 |
| Has a lump, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.69% | £45–95 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 0.69% | £45–110 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.69% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 5.6% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.8% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 1.4% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 0.69% | £200–700 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 0.69% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 102 | 99.0% | 15,268 mi |
| 30-60k | 38 | 92.1% | 40,446 mi |
| 60-90k | 4 | 75.0% | 74,710 mi |
Source: 144 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.
2018 Ghost MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Rolls-Royce Ghost?
96.5% of the 144 2018 Rolls-Royce Ghost tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 96.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Rolls-Royce Ghost?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.08%), fractured (0.69%), has a lump, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (0.69%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Rolls-Royce Ghost MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 99.0% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Rolls-Royce Ghost in this dataset had covered 20,253 mi.
Does the season affect the 2018 Rolls-Royce Ghost MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 97.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 95.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.