Bentley Continental MOT reliability

Bentley Continentals passed their MOT first time 90% of the time across 10,670 tests in 2025. 13,930 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

90%

MOTs analysed

10,670

Still licensed (GB)

13,930

Body type

Convertible

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2017 petrol

76 MOTs

These figures come from 76 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 96%. Typical mileage 23,306 (most between 13,475 and 31,691).

2019: 100% → 2020: 99% → 2021: 97% → 2022: 95% → 2023: 97% → 2024: 97% → 2025: 96%

Most common failures

Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.3%)
Washers: not working (1.3%)
Stop lamp: not working (1.3%)

Where 2017 Continentals fail

Wheels & tyres

1.3%

Lights & electrics

1.3%

Visibility & wipers

1.3%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.