Does the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow records 14.79 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 20.81 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−6.02, 95% interval −6.85 to −5.20). It ranks 593 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 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow by registration
What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow is “Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement”, recorded 340 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 340 | 2.89 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value | 282 | 2.40 |
| Parking brake inoperative on one side | 174 | 1.48 |
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 101 | 0.86 |
| Actuator leaking and braking performance not affected | 84 | 0.72 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 11,746 (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 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
12.8% of Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.2 months and 366 miles later (899 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 899 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
Other pages for this model
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