Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph MOT reliability

Rolls-Royce Silver Seraphs passed their MOT first time 87% of the time across 198 tests in 2025. 160 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

87%

MOTs analysed

198

Still licensed (GB)

160

Body type

Sedan

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

1999 petrol

45 MOTs

These figures come from 45 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 89%. Typical mileage 47,623 (most between 33,156 and 72,777).

2005: 93% → 2006: 85% → 2007: 85% → 2008: 94% → 2009: 90% → 2010: 84% → 2011: 90% → 2012: 81% → 2013: 82% → 2014: 75% → 2015: 90% → 2016: 81% → 2017: 76% → 2018: 82% → 2019: 84% → 2020: 81% → 2021: 89% → 2022: 89% → 2023: 88% → 2024: 88% → 2025: 89%

Most common failures

Rigid brake pipes: leaking on a hydraulic braking system (4.4%)
Switch: inoperative (4.4%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (2.2%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (2.2%)
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded (2.2%)

Where 1999 Silver Seraphs fail

Brakes

6.7%

Lights & electrics

4.4%

Suspension & axles

4.4%

Wheels & tyres

2.2%

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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.