Rolls-Royce Corniche MOT reliability

Rolls-Royce Corniches passed their MOT first time 88% of the time across 201 tests in 2025. 57 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

88%

MOTs analysed

201

Still licensed (GB)

57

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

2002 petrol

4 MOTs

These figures come from only 4 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.

Passed first time 75%. Typical mileage 23,331 (most between 19,549 and 36,866).

2005: 50% → 2006: 88% → 2007: 100% → 2008: 83% → 2009: 63% → 2010: 100% → 2011: 75% → 2012: 86% → 2013: 100% → 2014: 100% → 2015: 100% → 2016: 100% → 2017: 100% → 2018: 100% → 2019: 100% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 67% → 2022: 88% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 80% → 2025: 75%

Most common failures

Hydraulic brake callipers: leaking (25.0%)

Where 2002 Corniches fail

Brakes

25.0%

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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.