Does the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow fail the MOT on tyres more than it should?
The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow records 3.01 tyres failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 4.47 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−1.46, 95% interval −1.84 to −1.07). It ranks 458 of 751 models on tyres (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on tyres?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow is “A tyre seriously damaged”, recorded 229 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A tyre seriously damaged | 229 | 1.95 |
| A tyre cords visible or damaged | 92 | 0.78 |
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 tyres advisory, how often does it fail next time?
6.0% of Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow MOTs with a tyres advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.3 months and 263 miles later (764 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 764 (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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