86.4%
Maserati Levante
Maserati Levante MOT pass rate and common problems
The Maserati Levante passed 86.4% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 14.1 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 Levante 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 Levante runs 3.3 points ahead of the Maserati average. It is 1st of the 3 Maserati models in the data. The average Levante arrived at its test 5.8 years old with 46,122 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.
Levante MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Maserati Levante cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 87.9% of MOT tests. For cars aged 6 to 10 years that fell to 84.8%, a drop of 3.1 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 1,272 | 87.9% | 15.6 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,505 | 84.8% | 12.5 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 Levante failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Maserati Levante cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Tyres and visibility together account for 61.2% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Levante MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Maserati Levante cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 75.2% of everything testers recorded against failed Maserati Levante cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Levante
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. 40.3% of failure items.
2
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 14.7% of failure items.
3
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 8.4% of failure items.
4
Noise, emissions and leaks
Recorded most often: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction. 5.4% of failure items.
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Maserati Levante MOT FAQs
What is the Maserati Levante MOT pass rate?
86.4% of Maserati Levante cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 3,047 tests. That is 14.1 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 98th of 575 models.
What does a Maserati Levante most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Maserati Levante cars failing their 2025 MOT was tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, on 16.5% of failure items. Next were wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (14.7%) and condition has ply or cords exposed (14.2%).
Which area causes the most Maserati Levante MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was tyres at 43.5%, followed by visibility at 17.7%.
Do older Maserati Levante cars fail their MOT more often?
Maserati Levante cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 87.9% of MOT tests in 2025, against 84.8% for cars aged 6 to 10 years.
Does this mean every Maserati Levante has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Maserati Levante 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 Levante'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.