95.3%
Bentley Bentayga
Bentley Bentayga MOT pass rate and common problems
The Bentley Bentayga passed 95.3% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 23 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Bentayga compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
91.4%
Bentley average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Bentayga runs 4 points ahead of the Bentley average. It is 1st of the 2 Bentley models in the data. The average Bentayga arrived at its test 5.9 years old with 38,284 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Bentayga MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Bentley Bentayga cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 96% of MOT tests. For cars aged 6 to 10 years that fell to 94.8%, a drop of 1.2 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 1,234 | 96% | 23.7 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,630 | 94.8% | 22.5 pts above |
That is a smaller decline than most cars show. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Bentayga failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Bentley Bentayga cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Tyres and identification of the vehicle together account for 56.1% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Bentayga MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Bentley Bentayga cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 67.4% of everything testers recorded against failed Bentley Bentayga cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Bentayga
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Tyres
Recorded most often: condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords, tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, condition has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure, condition has ply or cords exposed and condition has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure. 37% of failure items.
2
Identification of the vehicle
Recorded most often: registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements. 11.3% of failure items.
3
Suspension
Recorded most often: pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn. 7.8% of failure items.
4
Noise, emissions and leaks
Recorded most often: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction. 4.8% of failure items.
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Bentley Bentayga MOT FAQs
What is the Bentley Bentayga MOT pass rate?
95.3% of Bentley Bentayga cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 3,229 tests. That is 23 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 4th of 575 models.
What does a Bentley Bentayga most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Bentley Bentayga cars failing their 2025 MOT was condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords, on 17.8% of failure items. Next were registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements (11.3%) and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (7.8%).
Which area causes the most Bentley Bentayga MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was tyres at 40%, followed by identification of the vehicle at 16.1%.
Do older Bentley Bentayga cars fail their MOT more often?
Bentley Bentayga cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 96% of MOT tests in 2025, against 94.8% for cars aged 6 to 10 years.
Does this mean every Bentley Bentayga has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Bentley Bentayga that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Bentley Bentayga's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.