Maserati GranTurismo — MOT statistics 2024
The Maserati GranTurismo failed 18.55% of 1,892 first MOT attempts in 2024 ("first-time", excluding retests). Adjusted for the age of the fleet, its initial-failure ratio is 53.8 (100 = expected for its age profile). This car fails its MOT about 46% less often than expected for its age. Small sample — treat with care.
Age-adjusted peer: Audi S4 (index 54.2) — the two published results are 0.4 index points apart.
Maserati GranTurismo common problems: what actually fails the MOT
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment are well below the reference at 4.4 per 100 tests, against 19.5 per 100 tests across UK vehicles of the same ages.
higher bar = fails more oftenrate per 100 tests
family vs national — matched to UK vehicles of the same ages — top component groups, per 100 tests. Legend: This family · National avg. Combined labels: family / national average. A gap here reflects how these vehicles are driven, used and maintained as well as how they were built — an MOT defect is a test outcome, not a breakdown.
Component-group comparison table
Each ratio carries a 95% interval. With 6 groups compared here, roughly one apparent difference in twenty is chance alone, and 1 of these is already inside an interval that includes 1.00×.
| Group | This family | Cases behind it | UK, same ages | Family / national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 10.0 | 1,123 | 9.6 | 1.05×0.98–1.11 · not distinguishable |
| Brakes | 7.2 | 809 | 12.5 | 0.57×0.54–0.62 |
| Suspension | 6.0 | 680 | 17.6 | 0.34×0.32–0.37 |
| Visibility | 5.4 | 603 | 8.2 | 0.66×0.60–0.71 |
| Lamps & electrical | 4.4 | 498 | 19.5 | 0.23×0.21–0.25 |
| Identification | 1.6 | 183 | 0.4 | 4.00×3.50–4.70 |
| What failed | per 100 tests (this family) | per 100 tests (UK average) | ratio family / UK | What to check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyre cords visible or damagedA tyre cords visible or damaged | 2.81 | 1.63 | 1.72× | Check tyre tread depth across the full width |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the…Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value | 1.09 | 0.32 | 3.36× | Feel for brake judder and pulling on the test drive |
| Spring or spring component fractured or seriously…A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened | 3.39 | 2.86 | 1.19× | Ask the seller about: A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened |
| Parking brake inoperative on one sideParking brake inoperative on one side | 1.03 | 0.61 | 1.70× | Feel for brake judder and pulling on the test drive |
| Wiper blade defectiveWiper blade defective | 1.56 | 1.26 | 1.24× | Check wipers, washers and windscreen chips in the driver's view |
| Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the…Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements | 3.63 | 3.59 | 1.01× | Check tyre tread depth across the full width |
| Tyre seriously damagedA tyre seriously damaged | 2.53 | 2.54 | 1.00× | Check tyre tread depth across the full width |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirementParking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 1.15 | 1.24 | 0.93× | Feel for brake judder and pulling on the test drive |
| Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the…Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen | 1.74 | 2.22 | 0.78× | Check wipers, washers and windscreen chips in the driver's view |
| Aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down…The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements | 1.49 | 2.57 | 0.58× | Try every light and switch — lamps are a top failure |
Named defects ranked by how much more often they appear than the national average — not by raw rate.
Maserati GranTurismo MOT advisories: what gets flagged
Tyres are highest at 33.8 per 100 tests; Body & structure are lowest at 1.3 per 100 tests — the gap is 32.5 per 100 tests.
higher bar = flagged more oftenadvisory items per 100 initial tests
Advisory rates table
| Group | Advisories per 100 |
|---|---|
| Tyres | 33.8 |
| Brakes | 15.8 |
| Suspension | 12.3 |
| Non-component advisories | 1.9 |
| Emissions & leaks | 1.5 |
| Body & structure | 1.3 |
Advisories are wear the tester noted but didn't fail — what will need money soon.
Tyres, brakes and suspension: Maserati GranTurismo against cars of the same age
| Age | Part | Maserati GranTurismo | Same age, petrol and diesel | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 years | Tyres | 6.14 | 6.31 | -0.17 |
| 8 years | Brakes | 2.89 | 5.38 | -2.49 |
| 8 years | Suspension | 3.01 | 7.78 | -4.77 |
Failing items per 100 initial tests, 2019-2024. The comparison group is every petrol or diesel car tested at the same age, so weight and drivetrain show up rather than fleet age.
If a car like this fails, does it fail again?
A failure rate does not say whether a failure is a one-off or the start of something. This follows the same vehicles into their next ordinary MOT a year later — retests after a repair are excluded, because they follow a failure by definition. 2019-2024.
| After this year's test | Fails next year | Vehicles followed |
|---|---|---|
| It failed | 20.9% | 565 |
| It passed | 15.4% | 6,741 |
A failed test raises next year's chance of failing again by 5.5 percentage points. The failure most likely to come back is brakes — 21.3% of those vehicles fail again next year. Some of this is the vehicle and some is the owner: a car that was let go once tends to be let go again. One caveat: a car that fails may be sold or scrapped rather than tested again, so these figures describe the vehicles that came back.
Adjusted for how much these are actually driven
The headline index adjusts for the fleet's age. Wear, though, follows mileage: a three-year-old taxi and a three-year-old garage queen sit in the same age band. These two rows compare every car with vehicles of the same age, and then with vehicles of the same age and the same annual mileage, 2019-2024, on 11,216 tests. Both stand on the six-year corpus so they are measured on identical data — compare them with each other, not with the headline index above, which is measured on 2024 alone.
| Standardised for | Index | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Age only | 53.7 | fails less often than expected |
| Age and annual mileage | 70.0 | fails less often than vehicles driven as much |
| Share doing under 3,000 miles a year | 32.8% | a large low-use population — often second vehicles or cars kept for occasional use |
Split by how much each car is driven. This is a split by annual mileage, not by body type — the MOT record does not say whether a car is a conversion. Within each band the index compares with vehicles of the same age driven as much.
| Miles a year | Tests | Failed first time | Index within band |
|---|---|---|---|
| under 3,000 | 3,681 | 12.3% | 69.8 |
| 3,000–6,000 | 6,386 | 19.2% | 67.9 |
| 6,000–9,000 | 1,002 | 24.2% | 78.8 |
Mileage matters here: matching on how much these are driven moves the figure by 16.3 points — this fleet is driven less than the vehicles it is measured against, so the age-only view flatters it — but it does not change which side of normal the car sits on. One limit to keep in mind: mileage is partly a result of how often a car breaks down — one that spends weeks in the workshop covers fewer miles — so the mileage-matched figure can understate a real weakness. Tests with no usable odometer reading are left out of it.
How the Maserati GranTurismo compares with cars of its own age and size
Not against the whole fleet — against cars of the same size class tested at the same age, 2019-2024.
| Age | Maserati GranTurismo | Same class, same age | Difference | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 12.43% | 10.77% | +1.66 pp | 354 |
| 4 years | 14.19% | 12.34% | +1.85 pp | 465 |
| 5 years | 14.82% | 14.16% | +0.66 pp | 560 |
| 6 years | 16.62% | 16.08% | +0.53 pp | 650 |
| 7 years | 14.8% | 18.25% | -3.45 pp | 696 |
| 8 years | 13.96% | 20.54% | -6.58 pp | 831 |
| 9 years | 16.25% | 23.1% | -6.85 pp | 923 |
| 10 years | 17.65% | 25.6% | -7.95 pp | 1,031 |
| 11 years | 17.4% | 28.24% | -10.84 pp | 1,293 |
| 12 years | 19.12% | 30.57% | -11.45 pp | 1,250 |
| 13 years | 20.57% | 32.64% | -12.07 pp | 1,060 |
| 14 years | 20.79% | 34.59% | -13.81 pp | 866 |
| 15 years | 18.24% | 36.05% | -17.81 pp | 669 |
| 16 years | 22.55% | 37.09% | -14.54 pp | 439 |
Raw first-time failure rates within each age, so fleet age cannot flatter either side. A positive difference means this model fails more often than its own class at that age.
How does the Maserati GranTurismo perform as it gets older?
The GranTurismo at age 15 is well below the reference at 15.6%, against 41.6% for all vehicles of the same age.
higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points
Chart axes: car age, years · failure-rate scale 0–47%.
Takeaway: solid line: this family; dashed: all cars.
Data table
| Age | Maserati GranTurismo | All vehicles | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 16.4% | 26.5% | -10.2 pp |
| 10 | 17.9% | 30.1% | -12.2 pp |
| 11 | 15.8% | 33.2% | -17.3 pp |
| 12 | 17.9% | 35.7% | -17.8 pp |
| 13 | 19.9% | 38.2% | -18.3 pp |
| 14 | 19.6% | 40.4% | -20.9 pp |
| 15 | 15.6% | 41.6% | -26.0 pp |
| 16 | 23.6% | 43.1% | -19.5 pp |
| 17 | 24.2% | 43.1% | -18.9 pp |
Is a Maserati GranTurismo ULEZ compliant?
The share of classifiable 2024 Maserati GranTurismo MOT tests likely ULEZ compliant by first-registration date is 100.0%.
Based on 1,883 classifiable initial MOT tests. This describes the tested fleet, not a specific car. MOT data do not record Euro class, so likely compliance is inferred from fuel and first-registration date. For the only authoritative answer, check the registration with TfL's official ULEZ checker.
higher = larger share likely compliantinferred from fuel and first-registration date; not a recorded Euro class
| Vehicle age at test | Likely ULEZ-compliant share | Tests |
|---|---|---|
| Under 3 years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 0 |
| 3–5 years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 92 |
| 6–7 years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 157 |
| 8 years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 96 |
| 9 years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 110 |
| 10–14 years | 100.0% Check a registration with TfL | n = 799 |
| 15–17 years | 99.8% Check a registration with TfL | n = 629 |
| 18 years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 0 |
| 19 years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 0 |
| 20+ years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 0 |
How dangerous are Maserati GranTurismo MOT failures?
Major defects are well below the reference at 22.4 per 100 tests, against 52.8 per 100 tests nationally.
higher bar = fails more oftenrate per 100 tests
Severity table
| Severity | This family /100 | National /100 | Family / national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor | 4.12 | 14.22 | 0.29× |
| Major | 22.36 | 52.75 | 0.42× |
| Dangerous | 10.54 | 11.15 | 0.95× |
Chart values: Minor 4.1 · Major 22.4 · Dangerous 10.5.
Per 100 tests on this family. National average: Minor 14.2 · Major 52.8 · Dangerous 11.2 per 100.
Does the month of a Maserati GranTurismo MOT matter?
Jan is highest at 19.6%; Aug is lowest at 15.5% — the gap is 4.1 percentage points.
higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points
Chart scale: 14%–33%.
bars: Maserati GranTurismo · dashed: all class-4 cars
Month-by-month table
| Month | Maserati GranTurismo | All vehicles | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19.57% | 31.12% | -11.6 pp |
| Feb | 19.35% | 29.99% | -10.6 pp |
| Mar | 18.54% | 28.26% | -9.7 pp |
| Apr | 18.81% | 29.78% | -11.0 pp |
| May | 17.16% | 28.79% | -11.6 pp |
| Jun | 18.97% | 28.15% | -9.2 pp |
| Jul | 17.23% | 29.33% | -12.1 pp |
| Aug | 15.47% | 29.2% | -13.7 pp |
| Sep | 15.5% | 28.19% | -12.7 pp |
| Oct | 15.86% | 30.34% | -14.5 pp |
| Nov | 17.97% | 30.58% | -12.6 pp |
| Dec | 15.84% | 29.33% | -13.5 pp |
Takeaway: the spread between best and worst month is 4.1 percentage points — noticeable seasonality. Seasonality partly reflects registration-date clustering, not weather.
Before reading the shape: most of it is not about cars. Britain changes its registration plates twice a year, and 18.9% of these cars were first registered in March with another17.1% in September — 36% in two months against the 17% an even spread would give. An MOT falls due three years after first registration, so the buying calendar becomes the testing calendar. That shapes how many cars are tested each month — not how often they fail: the busiest months here are not the worst ones, so read the failure line on its own and the volume behind it separately.
Maserati GranTurismo average mileage by age
At age 8, the middle half of GranTurismos runs from 18,714 miles to 36,895 miles, against 25,483 miles as the median.
further right = more milesmedian is the typical car; band is p25–p75
Chart axes: car age, years · odometer scale 0–84k mi.
Does high mileage mean more Maserati GranTurismo MOT failures at the same age?
Within the same age group, split by odometer (2024 MOTs), so this separates wear from age: at ages 10–14, 16.6% of those with under 40,000 miles failed first time versus 18.7% of those with 40,000–70,000 miles.No clear mileage gap inside this age group, among cars still being tested.
| Age | Odometer | % failing | 95% interval | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–9 | <40k miles | 11.9% | 8.7–16.1% | 295 (rough estimate) |
| 6–9 | 40-70k miles | 27.4% | 17.9–39.6% | 62 (rough estimate) |
| 10–14 | <40k miles | 16.6% | 13.3–20.6% | 398 (rough estimate) |
| 10–14 | 40-70k miles | 18.7% | 15–23.1% | 353 (rough estimate) |
| 15+ | <40k miles | 11.6% | 7.4–17.9% | 146 (rough estimate) |
| 15+ | 40-70k miles | 20.2% | 16.2–24.9% | 326 (rough estimate) |
| 15+ | 70-100k miles | 30% | 22.8–38.4% | 130 (rough estimate) |
line: median · band: middle half of the fleet (p25–p75)
Mileage by age (p25 / median / p75)
| Age | p25 | Median | p75 | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 11,890 | 21,256 | 26,690 | 99 |
| 8 | 18,714 | 25,483 | 36,895 | 96 |
| 9 | 17,996 | 30,546 | 40,923 | 110 |
| 10 | 26,369 | 32,550 | 42,781 | 123 |
| 11 | 28,299 | 38,735 | 49,375 | 158 |
| 12 | 31,795 | 41,322 | 52,857 | 168 |
| 13 | 32,522 | 41,748 | 54,906 | 166 |
| 14 | 30,788 | 43,122 | 57,474 | 184 |
| 15 | 38,531 | 51,190 | 64,011 | 192 |
| 16 | 41,475 | 56,983 | 68,929 | 305 |
| 17 | 45,072 | 61,026 | 79,710 | 132 |
A typical 8-year-old GranTurismo has ~25,483 miles on the clock. Much more — ask why; much less — check for gaps in the MOT history.
Where in Britain the Maserati GranTurismo fails its MOT most
Tonbridge area is highest at 28.1%; Southampton area is lowest at 4.6% — the gap is 23.5 percentage points.
higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points
| Toughest areas | % failing | vs model overall |
|---|---|---|
| Tonbridge (TN) | 28.12% | +10.6 pp |
| Redhill (RH) | 25% | +7.5 pp |
| Peterborough (PE) | 24.18% | +6.6 pp |
| Guildford (GU) | 23.14% | +5.6 pp |
| Easiest areas | % failing | vs model overall |
|---|---|---|
| Southampton (SO) | 4.64% | -12.9 pp |
| Manchester (M) | 9.94% | -7.6 pp |
| Slough (SL) | 10.56% | -7.0 pp |
| Chester (CH) | 10.97% | -6.6 pp |
| Kingston upon Thames (KT) | 11.16% | -6.4 pp |
Every dot is a postcode area — size = how many were tested there, colour = share failing. These figures are not age-adjusted: coastal and rural areas often run older fleets and salted roads, so higher raw fail rates do not automatically mean a worse local stock of this model.
Map labels: Scotland · N. England · Wales · London · S. West. Colour scale: 5%–28% failing.
Maserati GranTurismo survival: which cars are still on the road
By age 17 is well below the reference at 22.0%, against 100.0% at the ages 4–6 reference level.
higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points
Chart axes: car age, years · survival vs ages 4–6 · scale 0–105%.
Survival vs fail rate by age
| Age | Tests | Survival vs ages 4–6 | Fail % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 354 | 58.5% | 12.43% |
| 4 | 465 | 76.9% | 14.19% |
| 5 | 560 | 92.6% | 14.82% |
| 6 | 650 | 100% | 16.62% |
| 7 | 696 | 100% | 14.8% |
| 8 | 831 | 100% | 13.96% |
| 9 | 923 | 100% | 16.25% |
| 10 | 1,031 | 100% | 17.65% |
| 11 | 1,293 | 100% | 17.4% |
| 12 | 1,250 | 100% | 19.12% |
| 13 | 1,060 | 100% | 20.57% |
| 14 | 866 | 100% | 20.79% |
| 15 | 669 | 100% | 18.24% |
| 16 | 439 | 72.6% | 22.55% |
| 17 | 133 | 22% | 24.06% |
By age 15, at least as many cars of this family present for MOT as at ages 4–6 (reference n≈605): the older fleet has not thinned out here, so there is no survivor selection to allow for.
How many years is a Maserati GranTurismo likely to last?
Bought at age 5 is highest at 11.3 years; Bought at age 15 is lowest at 0.5 years — the gap is 10.8 years.
bigger number = longer remaining lifeyears on the observed survival curve
| Age now | Typical mileage (p50) | Expected years left |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | — | at least 11.3 |
| 8 | — | at least 7.5 |
| 10 | — | at least 5.5 |
| 12 | — | at least 3.5 |
| 15 | — | at least 0.5 |
estimateEstimate only — not a warranty: a typical 10-year-old example of this family has at least 5.5 expected years of further MOT-present life. The curve is observed only until age 15, so the true figure is likely higher.
Maserati GranTurismo faults that come together
Brakes + Emissions & leaks stand out at 6.66×, against 1.00× if the faults were independent.
above 1.0× = more than expectedbelow 1.0× = less
| Group A | Group B | Together | Lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | Noise, emissions and leaks | 20 | 6.66× (rough estimate) |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | Suspension | 21 | 6.41× (rough estimate) |
| Identification of the vehicle | Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 27 | 6.25× (rough estimate) |
| Identification of the vehicle | Visibility | 32 | 5.35× (rough estimate) |
| Brakes | Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 75 | 5.25× (rough estimate) |
| Identification of the vehicle | Tyres | 49 | 5.24× (rough estimate) |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Visibility | 78 | 5.11× (rough estimate) |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | Tyres | 24 | 4.78× (rough estimate) |
| Brakes | Suspension | 88 | 4.36× (rough estimate) |
| Brakes | Identification of the vehicle | 24 | 4.29× (rough estimate) |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Tyres | 96 | 4.02× (rough estimate) |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Suspension | 60 | 3.85× (rough estimate) |
| Identification of the vehicle | Suspension | 22 | 3.6× (rough estimate) |
| Brakes | Visibility | 68 | 3.44× (rough estimate) |
| Brakes | Tyres | 99 | 3.2× (rough estimate) |
| Suspension | Visibility | 69 | 3.2× (rough estimate) |
| Tyres | Visibility | 101 | 3.06× (rough estimate) |
| Suspension | Tyres | 82 | 2.43× (rough estimate) |
| Brakes | Steering | 19 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Steering | Tyres | 19 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Steering | Suspension | 17 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Steering | 14 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Noise, emissions and leaks | 13 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Body, chassis, structure | Tyres | 13 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 12 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Body, chassis, structure | Brakes | 12 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Body, chassis, structure | Suspension | 12 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | Visibility | 12 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Body, chassis, structure | Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 11 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Brakes | Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 11 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Steering | Visibility | 11 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Tyres | 11 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Body, chassis, structure | Visibility | 10 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Identification of the vehicle | Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 8 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Visibility | 7 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Suspension | 7 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Identification of the vehicle | Steering | 6 | too few (rough estimate) |
Defects in «Brakes» and «Noise, emissions and leaks» appear together 6.66× more often than chance (20 co-occurrences in the same test; 55 pairs compared).
Lift = how many times more often both groups appear on the same test than if independent. A pair is listed from 5 tests with both faults; the lift is shown from 20, and called above chance only when its 95% interval excludes 1 (see rough estimates).
Maserati GranTurismo MOT repair costs
The MOT-failure repair budget per test runs from £36.76 to £69.84, against £54.85 for the test itself.
bigger number = costs morepounds per test, MOT-failing faults only
| Component | Fails per 100 tests | Typical repair | Its price | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 7.2 (nat. 11.25) | Front brake pads (parts + labour, typical hatchback) | £150 | £10.80 |
| Suspension | 6.0 (nat. 15.36) | Suspension coil spring (single corner) | £180 | £10.80 |
| Tyres | 10.0 (nat. 8.7) | Tyre (single mid-range 16" fitted) | £90 | £9.00 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 4.4 (nat. 18.09) | Battery replacement (standard 12V lead-acid) | £140 | £6.16 |
Multiply how often each component fails on this model by what that repair usually costs, and you get the amount an owner should expect to budget per test for MOT-failing faults only — roughly £37 to £70, on top of the test fee itself. It is a budgeting figure, not a quote: the spread between a set of pads and a set of discs is most of the range.
Prices are modal quotes from a hand-kept catalogue of published UK garage guides — we do not scrape the booking sites, their terms forbid it, so this list is short and updated by hand with a source and date against each line. Each line prices one typical repair in that group, not a full remedy, and only groups our catalogue actually covers are counted. The contrast worth noticing is the second card: the legal maximum for the test has been £54.85 since 2010, while the repairs it uncovers have followed inflation the whole time.
For scale from a different direction: Warrantywise, which sees used-car warranty claims rather than test failures, puts the average claim at £2,052 across the ten highest-claim models it ranks and £539 for Honda, the lowest-claim make in its index (Warrantywise index 2026, 1.6 million claims, cars aged 3–15). Those sit an order of magnitude above the figures in this table, and the gap is the point: a warranty claim is a gearbox or an engine, which almost never fails an MOT, while the faults that do fail one are corrosion, lamps and tyres, which no warranty pays for. The two numbers answer different questions and neither replaces the other.
Maserati GranTurismo running costs for a fleet
Vehicles failing at age 10 stand out at 18.0%, against 16.0% at age 9, tested in the same year.
higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points
Failure rate and typical odometer by age
| Age | Fails | Median odometer | Tests | Gap vs age 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 16.36% | 30,546 | 110 | — |
| 10 | 17.89% | 32,550 | 123 | — |
| 11 | 15.82% | 38,735 | 158 | — |
| 12 | 17.86% | 41,322 | 168 | — |
| 13 | 19.88% | 41,748 | 166 | — |
| 14 | 19.57% | 43,122 | 184 | — |
| 15 | 15.62% | 51,190 | 192 | — |
| 16 | 23.61% | 56,983 | 305 | — |
| 17 | 24.24% | 61,026 | 132 | — |
No single year stands out as the point where this model starts costing more: the year-to-year steps in its failure rate are too small or rest on too few tests to name one (D1 rule: a step is named only with at least 2,000 tests on both sides and a jump above 3 percentage points).
Repair spend uses the same modal prices as the section above, so it inherits the same limits: one typical repair per component group, not a full remedy. Downtime is the gap between the failed test and the passed re-test, which is the window a vehicle is legally off the road.
Maserati GranTurismo rust problems: where they corrode
Age-standardised corrosion susceptibility is well below the reference at 0.17×, against 1.00× for the national age-standardised rate.
above 1.0× = rusts more than averagebelow 1.0× = rusts less
This Maserati GranTurismo fails on corrosion much less often than average once age is held constant, and its owners live in areas that are gentler than most for the models we publish.
Corrosion is the one failure mode that is as much about geography as about the car. We keep the two apart on purpose: a model can look rusty simply because it is popular in Scotland, and a model can look clean simply because it is bought in Surrey. Blending them into a single score would hide which of the two is doing the work.
Exposure is this model's tests weighted by an area corrosion index built from frost days, salt load and distance to the coast — the composite validated at r = 0.42 against corrosion defects we actually record. It is published as a rank, not a raw score, because every mainstream model skews towards low-corrosion areas for the simple reason that most of Britain's cars are in the south. Susceptibility is standardised to the national age profile, so an old fleet does not get labelled a rusty model.
Does a Maserati GranTurismo advisory become a failure?
Suspension is highest at 11.1%; Brakes are lowest at 9.7% — the gap is 1.4 percentage points.
higher = more likelypercentage is the observed transition probability
chance the same component fails at the next MOT, given an advisory now
| Component | Fails next time | Typical lead time | Miles of warning | Advisories tracked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 11.1% | 12.1 months | 2,001 | 612 |
| Tyres | 9.8% | 12.1 months | 2,520 | 1,736 |
| Brakes | 9.7% | 12.2 months | 2,027 | 795 |
This is the question an advisory note actually raises, and it needs six years of test history to answer. We followed the same vehicles from one MOT to the next across 2019–2024 and measured how often a component that was merely advised came back as a genuine failure at the next test.
Read it as a budgeting horizon, not a prophecy: the most likely component above turns into a failure for about 11 in 100 cars, and the median gap is 12.1 months and roughly 2,001 miles. The rest were repaired, sold, scrapped, or simply held. Rows with fewer than 500 tracked advisories are not shown.
What will fail next on a Maserati GranTurismo?
Brakes after a advisory at age 15-19 are highest at 11.6%; Brakes after a passed at age 3-5 are lowest at 2.4% — the gap is 9.3 percentage points.
higher = more likelypercentage is the observed transition probability
| Age | Last test | Most likely next failures | Cars tracked |
|---|---|---|---|
| <3 | passed | Tyres 4.8% · Visibility 3.0% | 168 (rough estimate) |
| 3-5 | passed | Tyres 6.9% · Visibility 3.5% · Brakes 2.4% | 890 |
| 3-5 | advisory | Tyres 9.7% · Visibility 5.3% · Brakes 3.2% | 247 (rough estimate) |
| 3-5 | failure | Tyres 10.2% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 7.1% · Visibility 4.1% | 196 (rough estimate) |
| 6-8 | passed | Tyres 4.6% · Visibility 3.7% · Suspension 2.6% | 1,339 |
| 6-8 | advisory | Tyres 7.3% · Visibility 5.0% · Brakes 4.2% | 384 (rough estimate) |
| 6-8 | failure | Tyres 7.7% · Suspension 6.8% · Visibility 6.1% | 310 (rough estimate) |
| 9-11 | passed | Tyres 5.2% · Suspension 4.5% · Visibility 3.4% | 1,838 |
| 9-11 | advisory | Tyres 9.1% · Visibility 6.5% · Suspension 5.9% | 581 |
| 9-11 | failure | Suspension 7.6% · Tyres 7.6% · Brakes 6.7% | 539 |
| 12-14 | passed | Tyres 5.2% · Suspension 5.1% · Brakes 3.6% | 1,290 |
| 12-14 | advisory | Tyres 11.5% · Suspension 7.7% · Brakes 7.5% | 496 (rough estimate) |
| 12-14 | failure | Suspension 11.2% · Brakes 7.2% · Visibility 6.7% | 475 (rough estimate) |
| 15-19 | passed | Suspension 5.4% · Brakes 4.2% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 4.2% | 166 (rough estimate) |
| 15-19 | advisory | Brakes 11.6% · Suspension 10.5% · Tyres 10.5% | 86 (rough estimate) |
| 15-19 | failure | Brakes 10.0% · Suspension 8.9% · Tyres 7.8% | 90 (rough estimate) |
The same chains, cut differently: given a car's age and how its last test went, which component most often causes trouble at the following one.
The pattern that repeats across every family: a failure at one test roughly doubles the chance of a failure on the same component at the next one, and an advisory sits about half-way between a clean pass and a failure. Age bands in years; probabilities are per car, not per defect item.
Maserati GranTurismo ownership: what six years of MOTs show
The ten-day re-test pass rate is highest at 69.8%; The later re-test pass rate is lowest at 8.1% — the gap is 61.7 percentage points.
higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points
Failing is usually a same-week event, not a disaster. Of 1,282 failures followed through to their re-test, 22.07% were repaired and passed the same day and 69.81% within ten days; the median gap is 2 days. 2,505 defect items were cleared in the process.
Per mile driven, not per year. Dividing failures by the miles that actually went onto the odometers between consecutive tests gives 0.666 failures per 10,000 miles, on a median of 1,786 miles a year across 2,091 chains. This is the number to compare between models — an annual rate quietly rewards cars that barely leave the drive.
Two populations hide inside one model. 64.12% of these cars strung together three or more tests with nothing recorded at all, while 16.1% carried the same advisory three times or more — the same fault, noted, ignored, noted again. When you buy used you are buying one of those two histories, and the MOT record shows which.
Odometer anomalies: 1.146% of 2,094 chains show a reading lower than the previous test, with a median drop of 5,925 miles. We call this an anomaly and not fraud on purpose — instrument swaps, imports, unit mix-ups and keying errors all land in the same bucket. Obvious typos (drops under 100 miles or over 90% of the reading) are already excluded.
Maserati GranTurismo safety recalls and how to check yours
DVSA recall campaigns stand out at 9.
bigger number = more recorded casescompare like-for-like scope, not sample size alone
recall campaigns launched per year
| Reference | Launched | Vehicles | Concern |
|---|---|---|---|
R/2025/215 | 01/05/2025 | 5 | 784 Homologation Label Granturismo |
R/2019/213 | 05/07/2019 | 84 | INTERNAL MALFUNCTION OF THE CONTROL UNIT |
R/2015/221 | 16/11/2015 | 12 | RIGHT HAND DOOR MAY OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY |
R/2013/061 | 20/05/2013 | 1,603 | LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL |
R/2012/128 | 22/10/2012 | 12 | INCORRECT WARNING LIGHTS MAY BE DISPLAYED |
All 9 campaigns
| Reference | Launched | Build dates | Vehicles | Concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|
R/2025/215 | 01/05/2025 | 30/01/2024 – 08/05/2024 | 5 | 784 Homologation Label Granturismo |
R/2019/213 | 05/07/2019 | 05/11/2014 – 29/04/2019 | 84 | INTERNAL MALFUNCTION OF THE CONTROL UNIT |
R/2015/221 | 16/11/2015 | 07/07/2015 – 26/08/2015 | 12 | RIGHT HAND DOOR MAY OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY |
R/2013/061 | 20/05/2013 | 25/02/2004 – 02/09/2008 | 1,603 | LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL |
R/2012/128 | 22/10/2012 | 29/11/2011 – 13/12/2011 | 12 | INCORRECT WARNING LIGHTS MAY BE DISPLAYED |
R/2012/015 | 08/02/2012 | 17/06/2008 – 05/03/2010 | 525 | REAR SIDE/BRAKE LIGHTS MAY FAIL |
R/2011/134 | 03/10/2011 | 27/09/2010 – 29/10/2011 | 15 | REAR WHEELS MAY LOCK UP |
R/2009/027 | 12/03/2009 | 01/08/2008 – 28/02/2009 | 282 | SEATBELT WARNING BUZZER MAY NOT SOUND |
R/2008/192 | 15/12/2008 | 01/09/2003 – 30/06/2008 | 1,577 | FRONT SUSPENSION ARM COULD FAIL. |
DVSA lists 9 safety recall campaigns for the Maserati GranTurismo, covering roughly 4,115 vehicles in total. A recall is the manufacturer fixing a fault for free, so an open recall on your car costs nothing to clear.
Counter-intuitive, and measured on our own data: across the 25 families published here, more recalls go with a lower MOT Risk Index (r = −0.52). Heavily recalled models are not worse cars in the test bay — an active manufacturer removes the fault before it becomes an MOT failure.
Check whether a specific car has an outstanding recall — free, by registration — at DVSA's recall service. Source: DVSA vehicle safety recalls (check-vehicle-recalls.service.gov.uk), OGL.
Maserati GranTurismo MOT: quick answers
Maserati GranTurismo MOT Risk Index is well below the reference at 53.8, against 100 for a car with the same age profile.
below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age
- What is the Maserati GranTurismo first-time MOT pass rate?
- 81.45% of first attempts passed in 2024 (1,892 tests). This is the first-time figure: retests after repair are excluded. Basis: first-time, excluding retests.
- Why does this number differ from other sites?
- Other sites often report a pass rate that includes retests or counts all attempts. Our 18.55% figure is the first-time initial failure rate, using 1,892 primary tests as the denominator (first-time, excluding retests). The age-adjusted MOT initial-failure ratio 53.8 is shown separately because raw rates compare fleet age as well as cars.
Compare the Maserati GranTurismo with other cars
Toyota GR Yaris is highest at 54.7; Toyota Vitz is lowest at 53.2 — the gap is 1.5 points.
below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age
Same brand
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Similar risk
Audi S4 (index 54.2)Toyota Vitz (index 53.2)Toyota GR Yaris (index 54.7)
Same size class
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By area
Maserati GranTurismo MOT failure rate by postcode area
By failure group
Maserati GranTurismo body, chassis and structure failuresMaserati GranTurismo brakes failuresMaserati GranTurismo vehicle identification failuresMaserati GranTurismo lamps, reflectors and electrics failuresMaserati GranTurismo noise, emissions and leaks failuresMaserati GranTurismo seat belts and airbags failuresMaserati GranTurismo steering failuresMaserati GranTurismo suspension failuresMaserati GranTurismo tyres failuresMaserati GranTurismo visibility failures
Data details & how to cite
Scope: class-4 vehicles (cars), initial tests only, outcomes pass / fail / fixed-on-the-spot at the station (PRS counts towards the failure rate — the defect was present at arrival). Index = observed initial failures ÷ failures expected for this fleet's exact age profile, ×100; margin of error is a 95% confidence interval. Covers ALL generations together — a 3-year-old and a 15-year-old are very different cars; a generation split is on the roadmap. Dataset release dataset_release_id=dvsa-2024-v2, frozen baseline; headline claim_id=family-stats:maserati-granturismo:dvsa-2024-v2. Full method: methodology.
Cite: MOT Risk Index (2026). Maserati GranTurismo MOT statistics 2024 (data release dvsa-2024-v2; downloadable dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, doi:10.5281/zenodo.22975051). https://motriskindex.co.uk/cars/maserati-granturismo/ · Published 2026-07-30.