Owners have filed 1 complaints on the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit, covering 1986–1986. The system named most often is Fuel/propulsion System (1 reports). Worst years by volume: 1986; cleanest: 1986.
What breaks on Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit
Grouped by the system owners named — percentages are shares of all 1 Silver Spirit complaints. Open any row for the full reports in owners' own words.
Fuel/propulsion System 1 Read
Because of a rubber hose that feeds on the bottom of the fuel tank behind back seat, (very poor design) hose began leaking 24 gallons of gas while parked inside of garage which is inside of my house and nearly burned my house down. Fire department came to try and make sure it didn't ignite-investigated and they could…
Silver Spirit years to avoid — and the clean ones
Complaints per model year. More reports usually means more cars on the road as well as more trouble, so read the crash and fire columns alongside the count.
| Model year | Complaints | Top system | Crashes | Fires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Fuel/propulsion System | — | — |
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How we count
Every figure here comes from complaints owners filed with NHTSA — 1,100,006 of them, covering 1,982 models built between 1981 and 2026.
A complaint is an unverified report: someone wrote down what happened to their car. It is not a confirmed defect and not a recall. What makes the volume useful is the pattern — when thousands of owners of the same build describe the same failure, that is a signal no marketing brochure will give you.
Two things we do that the source does not. First, we compute the age of the car at the moment of failure from the incident date and the model year. Second, we group complaints by the first 11 characters of the VIN — the production series — so a bad plant run does not disappear into a model-wide average.
Frequently asked questions
What are the worst years for the Silver Spirit?
By complaint volume, 1986 drew the most owner reports. Bear in mind that popular years put more cars on the road, so check the crash and fire columns too.
Which Silver Spirit years are the cleanest?
1986 have the fewest complaints on file. For recent years that can simply mean the cars are young.
How many complaints does the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit have?
1 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, covering 1986–1986. Of those, 0 describe a crash and 0 a fire.
Are these complaints verified?
No. They are unverified reports from owners. NHTSA publishes them as filed and investigates only a fraction. The value is in the pattern, not in any single report.
Can I check complaints for one specific car?
Yes — enter its VIN above. We match the first 11 characters, which identify the plant, year, body and engine, so you get complaints on that exact production series rather than the whole model.