Rolls-Royce Dawn MOT reliability

Rolls-Royce Dawns passed their MOT first time 95% of the time across 452 tests in 2025. 422 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

95%

MOTs analysed

452

Still licensed (GB)

422

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

2019 petrol

58 MOTs

These figures come from 58 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 97%. Typical mileage 15,231 (most between 9,608 and 21,629).

2021: 50% → 2022: 94% → 2023: 95% → 2024: 90% → 2025: 97%

Most common failures

Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (1.7%)
Headlamp aim: too high (1.7%)
Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.7%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (1.7%)

Where 2019 Dawns fail

Wheels & tyres

1.7%

Lights & electrics

1.7%

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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.