Rolls-Royce 2 MOT reliability

Rolls-Royce 2s passed their MOT first time 33% of the time across 3 tests in 2025.

These figures come from only 3 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

First-time pass rate

33%

MOTs analysed

3

Still licensed (GB)

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Body type

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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

1969 petrol

2 MOTs

Passed first time 0%. Typical mileage 59,878 (most between 59,878 and 59,878).

2006: 67% → 2007: 0% → 2008: 50% → 2009: 0% → 2010: 100% → 2011: 100% → 2012: 50% → 2013: 50% → 2014: 100% → 2015: 33% → 2016: 100% → 2017: 100% → 2018: 0% → 2019: 0% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 0% → 2024: 0% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (50.0%)
Horn: not working (50.0%)
Dipswitch: operation does not extinguish all main beam headlamps leaving at least one pair of dipped beam headlamps (50.0%)
Prescribed areas: prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced (50.0%)
Position lamp: not working (50.0%)

Where 1969 2s fail

Lights & electrics

100.0%

Steering

50.0%

Seat belts & other equipment

50.0%

Suspension & axles

50.0%

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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.