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Does the Bentley Arnage fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?

The Bentley Arnage records 8.62 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 23.99 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−15.37, 95% interval −16.37 to −14.37). It ranks 697 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on brakes · check a Bentley Arnage by registration

What exactly fails on brakes?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Bentley Arnage is “Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement”, recorded 179 times in 2019–2024.

Bentley Arnage: most frequent brakes defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wordingItemsPer 100 tests
Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement1791.94
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded1251.36
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value740.80
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake370.40
Warning device shows system malfunction330.36

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 9,222 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

If a Bentley Arnage gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

8.6% of Bentley Arnage MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.2 months and 789 miles later (866 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 866 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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