81.8%
Maserati Ghibli
Maserati Ghibli MOT pass rate and common problems
The Maserati Ghibli passed 81.8% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 9.5 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Ghibli compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
83.1%
Maserati average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Ghibli runs 1.3 points behind the Maserati average. It is 3rd of the 3 Maserati models in the data. The average Ghibli arrived at its test 8.8 years old with 59,871 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.
Ghibli MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Maserati Ghibli cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 85.6% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 80.9%, a drop of 4.7 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 402 | 85.6% | 13.3 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 2,728 | 81.3% | 9 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 314 | 80.9% | 8.6 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 Ghibli failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Maserati Ghibli cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Tyres and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 55.7% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Ghibli MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Maserati Ghibli cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 63.5% of everything testers recorded against failed Maserati Ghibli cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Ghibli
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, condition has ply or cords exposed, condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords and condition has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure. 35.4% of failure items.
2
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 6.3% of failure items.
3
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 5% of failure items.
4
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken. 5% of failure items.
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Maserati Ghibli MOT FAQs
What is the Maserati Ghibli MOT pass rate?
81.8% of Maserati Ghibli cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 3,523 tests. That is 9.5 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 174th of 575 models.
What does a Maserati Ghibli most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Maserati Ghibli cars failing their 2025 MOT was tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, on 19.1% of failure items. Next were condition has ply or cords exposed (9.1%) and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (6.3%).
Which area causes the most Maserati Ghibli MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was tyres at 39.4%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 16.3%.
Do older Maserati Ghibli cars fail their MOT more often?
Maserati Ghibli cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 85.6% of MOT tests in 2025, against 80.9% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Maserati Ghibli has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Maserati Ghibli 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 Maserati Ghibli'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.