All generations and engines together · 6,281 MOT tests in the 2025 data · typical mileage at age 7: 32k
Split by first-registration year. Cars registered in a changeover year can belong to either generation.
Computed from DVSA MOT results, all of Great Britain, 2025. Nothing here is opinion.
Share of tests where each item was recorded. The dark tick is the class average across all tracked models; bars are scaled within each group.
The rows that judge the model rather than its keeper. 6,228 tests in this band.
Tyres, pads and stone chips say more about how the car was driven and maintained than about how it was built.
Owner folklore from forums and the motoring press. Most of it never shows up in an MOT, which is why this section exists at all.
Owners of the naturally aspirated and supercharged 5.0 V8 report injectors failing and dumping unburnt fuel, which then cooks the catalytic converter. It has turned up from as low as 22,000 miles and as high as 40,000 miles, so it is not purely a high-mileage problem. Repairs that catch it early are injector-only money; leave it running rough and you are paying for injectors and cats together, which pushes well into four figures.
A rattly, slappy noise from the front of the engine on start-up points to a stretched timing chain or worn tensioner, usually once a car is past the 100,000-mile mark. It is not a five-minute job on this engine, chain replacement quoted around £4,300 at a dealer, so an independent specialist is worth pricing up as an alternative. No recall or TSB has been confirmed for this specifically, it is a wear item that shows up with age and mileage.
The centre touchscreen can freeze, blank out or stop responding, taking sat-nav, climate and audio controls with it since so much is routed through the one screen. Reported across the car's life rather than tied to one age band. Replacement or repair has been quoted at £800 to £1,400, which is a nasty surprise on a car bought on a tight budget.
A blocked air conditioning condenser drain lets water back up into the cabin instead of draining outside, leaving damp carpets in the front footwells. It is a known nuisance fault rather than a structural one, but tracing and clearing the drain is labour-intensive and has been quoted at £1,400 or more when a garage has to strip trim to get at it. Worth checking for a musty smell or damp carpet edges on any car you view.
Some owners report batteries going flat overnight or after a few days parked up, blamed variously on the electric parking brake module, Bluetooth staying awake, or general standby drain from the car's electronics. It is not consistent enough across owners to call it a pattern fault, and a fresh, correctly rated battery cures it for plenty of people, which is why it splits opinion. Worth a fitted-date check on the battery and a current-draw test if you are unsure.
Owners describe clonks and creaks over speed bumps and on full lock, usually traced to worn front wishbone bushes, anti-roll bar drop links, or the adaptive CATS dampers losing their damping feel with age. The measured MOT data for this model shows suspension as the standout fault category, which lines up with what owners describe, though the data cannot say whether it is bushes, links or dampers doing the failing. Budget for a proper check of the front end on a test drive rather than assuming a squeak is nothing.
Built from the two sections above.
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