Ferrari 550 MOT reliability

Ferrari 550s passed their MOT first time 96% of the time across 307 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

96%

MOTs analysed

307

Still licensed (GB)

–

Body type

Coupe

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

2001 petrol

61 MOTs

These figures come from 61 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 98%. Typical mileage 21,558 (most between 9,038 and 35,160).

2005: 71% → 2006: 89% → 2007: 90% → 2008: 91% → 2009: 95% → 2010: 96% → 2011: 91% → 2012: 90% → 2013: 85% → 2014: 95% → 2015: 91% → 2016: 93% → 2017: 92% → 2018: 93% → 2019: 96% → 2020: 96% → 2021: 92% → 2022: 92% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 90% → 2025: 98%

Most common failures

Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (1.6%)

Where 2001 550s fail

Lights & electrics

1.6%

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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.