Bentley Brooklands
Registered from 1992 to 2009.
About this model
Bentley Brooklands is the name of two distinct models produced by British automobile manufacturer Bentley Motors. The first Brooklands was a full-size luxury saloon, launched in 1992 to replace the Bentley Mulsanne and in turn succeeded by the Bentley Arnage in 1998.
From the Wikipedia article Bentley Brooklands, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 1996 6.8 petrol. 13 of 96 tests failed, 14%.
Better than 93% of 1996 cars. The typical one fails 25%, across 162 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 69% | 9 |
| Suspension | 62% | 8 |
| Tyres and wheels | 31% | 4 |
| Visibility | 31% | 4 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 23% | 3 |
| Lights and electrics | 23% | 3 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A tyre cords visible or damaged
- Actuator leaking and braking performance not affected
- Brake performance unable to be tested
Where it stands out against its peers
- Brakes: failed more often than 97% of 1996 cars — 69% of its 13 failed tests, where an ordinary 1996 car has 38%.
- Suspension: failed more often than 95% of 1996 cars — 62% of its 13 failed tests, where an ordinary 1996 car has 37%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 69% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Brake performance unable to be tested
- Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value
- Suspension — 62% of its failures
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Tyres and wheels — 31% of its failures
- A tyre cords visible or damaged
- Exhaust and emissions — 23% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 23% of its failures
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Visibility — 31% of its failures
- Wiper not operating or missing