Pass rate
93.2%
Above average — 21.0 pts ahead of the 72.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 148 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £22–£62
2004 Rolls-Royce Phantom MOT pass rate
- 2004
- 2 trims combined
- typical 85,495 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
29.7% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2003 100.0% pass
- Avoid 2004 93.2% pass · this year
Across the 17 years on record, a spread of 6.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 92.9%
- Typical mileage
- 85k mi
The 2004 Rolls-Royce Phantom MOT pass rate is 93.2% of its MOT tests — 21.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Rolls-Royce Phantom does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.4× the national share
Brakes make up 29.7% of everything recorded on the 2004 Rolls-Royce Phantom, against 20.9% nationally — 8.8 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- 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 72.2% and this one manages 93.2% — 21.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 59% 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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Every Rolls-Royce Phantom first registered in 2004 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2004 Rolls-Royce Phantom compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.2%, so this figure is 21.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 92.9%. The median 2004 Rolls-Royce Phantom in this dataset had covered 85,495 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 94.8% of the time, April–September 90.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault", noted on 2.03% of tests.
- 148 recorded tests behind this page.
- 93.2% overall pass rate, 92.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Rolls-Royce Phantom, the average is 96.5% — best year 2003 (100.0%), worst 2004 (93.2%).
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
- 148
- Typical mileage (median)
- 85,495 mi
- Make and model
- Rolls-Royce Phantom
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Indicator Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Phantom MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 80% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Phantom
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 41 | 92.7% |
| South East | 38 | 94.7% |
| London | 19 | 94.7% |
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 2004 Phantom
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 2004 Phantom
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 2.0% of tests
“srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault”
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 suspension joints 1.4% 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 wipers and washers 1.4% of tests
“washers not working”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the 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 2004 Phantom through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £22–£62 — and 59% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £22–£62
- Cheapest common item: srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: door condition cannot be opened from outside…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 59%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 148 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 Phantom, side by side
17 model years on record, from 2003 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 93.2% to 100.0% — a spread of 6.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 100.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 93.2%srs malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2005 96.5% headlamp aim too low
- 2006 96.2% rigid brake pipes excessively…
- 2007 95.1% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2008 94.0% registration plates does not…
- 2009 96.2% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2010 97.6% position lamp not working
- 2011 98.3% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2012 96.2% headlamp aim not tested unable to…
- 2013 96.6% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2014 97.6% tyre pressure monitoring system…
- 2015 99.0% service brake performance…
- 2016 96.7% ball joint dust cover no longer…
- 2018 98.5% shock absorbers has a serious…
- 2019 97.7% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2020 100.0% no single leading item
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 2004 Rolls-Royce Phantom 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 2004 cars with a similar record
- Bentley Continental 89.2%
- BMW M3 88.2%
- Porsche 911 87.2%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 86.7%
- Honda S2000 86.7%
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class 83.1%
Closest pass rates among 2004 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 2004 Rolls-Royce Phantom 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 64 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 19 | 29.70% | 20.89% | +8.81 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 9 | 14.10% | 5.52% | +8.58 |
| Visibility | 8 | 12.50% | 4.97% | +7.53 |
| Suspension | 7 | 10.90% | 20.98% | −10.08 |
| Tyres | 6 | 9.40% | 19.76% | −10.36 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 6 | 9.40% | 12.21% | −2.81 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 5 | 7.80% | 5.57% | +2.23 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 4.70% | 0.82% | +3.88 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 1.60% | 4.18% | −2.58 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 2.0% | £3–12 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp not working on main beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.4% | £5–25 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.4% | £3–12 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 1.4% | £5–15 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.4% | £80–200 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 0.68% | £3–15 |
| Door condition cannot be opened from outside the vehicle Body, chassis, structure | Major | 0.68% | £80–250 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction Brakes | Major | 0.68% | £25–80 |
| Headlamp aim too far to the right Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.68% | £30–80 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.4% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 2.7% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 2.7% | £200–700 |
| Parking brake efficiency (trikes, quads and pre-68 vehicles) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Advisory | 2.7% | £25–80 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.0% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 10 | 90.0% | 16,159 mi |
| 30-60k | 29 | 96.6% | 42,645 mi |
| 60-90k | 41 | 92.7% | 74,097 mi |
| 90-120k | 45 | 88.9% | 105,511 mi |
| 120k+ | 23 | 100.0% | 147,095 mi |
Source: 148 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.
2004 Phantom MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2004 Rolls-Royce Phantom?
93.2% of the 148 2004 Rolls-Royce Phantom tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.2% for cars first used in 2004. First-attempt pass rate: 92.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2004 Rolls-Royce Phantom?
The three most recorded items are srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault (2.03%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (1.35%), headlamp not working on main beam (1.35%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2004 Rolls-Royce Phantom MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2004 Rolls-Royce Phantom in this dataset had covered 85,495 mi.
Does the season affect the 2004 Rolls-Royce Phantom MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 94.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 90.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.