Bentley Arnage
Registered from 1998 to 2009.
About this model
The Bentley Arnage is a full-size luxury car manufactured by Bentley Motors in Crewe, England, and marketed from 1998 to 2009. The Arnage and its Rolls-Royce-branded sibling, the Silver Seraph, were introduced in the spring of 1998. They were the first entirely new designs for the two marques since 1980.
From the Wikipedia article Bentley Arnage, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2001 6.8 petrol. 30 of 252 tests failed, 12%.
Better than 98% of 2001 cars. The typical one fails 27%, across 463 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 47% | 14 |
| Brakes | 40% | 12 |
| Lights and electrics | 27% | 8 |
| Tyres and wheels | 23% | 7 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 13% | 4 |
| Visibility | 13% | 4 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Suspension — 47% of its failures
- A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage
- Brakes — 40% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Tyres and wheels — 23% of its failures
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Exhaust and emissions — 13% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 27% of its failures
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- Visibility — 13% of its failures
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
When it starts failing
At 60–80k miles this one fails 4% of its inspections, against the 25% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20–40k miles | 11% | 18% | 55 | |
| 40–60k miles | 15% | 23% | 81 | |
| 60–80k miles | 4% | 25% | 53 |
189 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 40k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.