Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph
Registered from 1998 to 2002.
About this model
The Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph and its extended wheelbase version, the Rolls-Royce Park Ward, are full-size luxury automobiles manufactured and marketed by Rolls-Royce Motors from 1998 to 2002. The Silver Seraph were launched in March 1998, at the Geneva Motor Show. They replaced the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit and the slightly longer Silver Spur, made from 1980 through 1997.
From the Wikipedia article Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 1998 5.4 petrol. 11 of 105 tests failed, 10%.
Better than 94% of 1998 cars. The typical one fails 25%, across 269 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 45% | 5 |
| Tyres and wheels | 36% | 4 |
| Visibility | 27% | 3 |
| Brakes | 18% | 2 |
| Seat belts and airbags | 18% | 2 |
| Lights and electrics | 9% | 1 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A tyre seriously damaged
- A shock absorber bush excessively worn
- A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Suspension — 45% of its failures
- A shock absorber bush excessively worn
- A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Tyres and wheels — 36% of its failures
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Brakes — 18% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 9% of its failures
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- Visibility — 27% of its failures
- Seat belts and airbags — 18% of its failures