Maserati QUATTROPORTE - 2014
111.7 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2014 is 198.0 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Maserati QUATTROPORTE, model year 2014.
Sample size: 156 cars, 325 tests and 363 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 156 cars
The 2014 Maserati Quattroporte has a significantly lower overall defect rate of 112 defects per 100 vehicles compared to the average of 194, marking a 42.5% improvement. Notably, it excels in categories such as visibility, lights and electrics, and body structure, where it shows much fewer defects than the average car. However, it does face challenges in the steering category, with a higher defect rate compared to its peers. Mileage trends indicate that defect rates increase with higher mileage, but the Quattroporte remains consistently better than average across most mileage segments.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 156 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 13.8% better
80.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 92.8 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brakes imbalance across an axle such that: the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. Or in the case of testing on the road, the vehicle deviates excessively from a straight lin
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▼ 75.6% worse
20.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.9 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
Visibility
▲ 43.0% better
9.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 17.2 / 100 tests
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: defective
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 70.4% better
11.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 39.5 / 100 tests
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Headlamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
- Switch does not operate in accordance with the requirements or the rear position lamps can be switched off when the headlamps are on
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 53.3% better
92.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 198.8 / 100 tests
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
Body/Structure
▲ 76.3% better
3.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.6 / 100 tests
- Fuel system: leaking, or missing or ineffective filler cap
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
Equipment
▲ 86.7% better
0.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.5 / 100 tests
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Other
▲ 76.4% better
3.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.7 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 84
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 45
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 40
Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
MINOR
Occurrences: 30
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 22
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 18
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 15
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 12
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 9
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 8
Serious faults (Top 10)
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 22
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 7
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 7
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 3
Headlamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 3
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 2
Fuel system: leaking, or missing or ineffective filler cap
FAIL
Occurrences: 2
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 2
Headlamp aim unable to be tested
FAIL
Occurrences: 1
Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 1