Does the Rolls-Royce Phantom fail the MOT on tyres more than it should?
The Rolls-Royce Phantom records 1.91 tyres failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 9.36 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−7.45, 95% interval −8.30 to −6.60). It ranks 744 of 751 models on tyres (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on tyres · check a Rolls-Royce Phantom by registration
What exactly fails on tyres?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Rolls-Royce Phantom is “A tyre seriously damaged”, recorded 47 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A tyre seriously damaged | 47 | 0.94 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 4,975 (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
Other pages for this model
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