Owners have filed 6 complaints on the Rolls-Royce Silver Spur, covering 1981–1998. The system named most often is Service Brakes (2 reports). Worst years by volume: 1998, 1981, 1987; cleanest: 1986, 1987, 1981. On average the car was 13.0 years old when the problem happened.
What breaks on Rolls-Royce Silver Spur
Grouped by the system owners named — percentages are shares of all 6 Silver Spur complaints. Open any row for the full reports in owners' own words.
Service Brakes 2 Read
The contact owns a 1987 Rolls Royce Silver Spur. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 MPH, he depressed the brake pedal and the vehicle would not slow. The contact stated that the brake pedal had to be pumped several times to the floorboard to stop the vehicle. The contact used the gear shift lever to…
The contact owns a 1986 Rolls Royce Silver Spur. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 MPH, he depressed the brake pedal the vehicle would not slow. The contact stated that the brake pedal had to be pumped several times to the floorboard to stop the vehicle. The contact drove the vehicle back to his…
Tires 1 Read
Tire tread separated and caused vehicle damage
Power Train 1 Read
The contact owns a 1998 roll royce silver spur; long wheel base. The contact stated that he was unable to shift from park (five incidents) or drive (three incidents). The vehicle was taken to two different local mechanics, where fuses, actuator relays and other associated components were replaced for a total of eight…
Visibility 1 Read
Windshield wiper parking rest became sticky that it jammed drivers wiper causing it to be inoperable
Vehicle Speed Control 1 Read
Speed control intermittently goes into resume mode after brake pedal has been depressed causing driver to re-brake
Silver Spur 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Power Train | — | — | |
| 1987 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | — | — | |
| 1986 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | — | — | |
| 1981 | Vehicle Speed Control | — | — |
The same model year, different builds
Every complaint carries the first 11 characters of the VIN — plant, year, body and engine. That is a production series, and complaints are spread across them very unevenly.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Distinct production series | 5 |
| Average complaints per series | 1.2 |
| Worst single series | 2 complaints |
| Average age at failure | 13.0 years |
A model average of 1.2 hides a worst series at 2. Enter a VIN above to see the numbers for that exact build instead of the model as a whole.
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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 Spur?
By complaint volume, 1998, 1981, 1987 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 Spur years are the cleanest?
1986, 1987, 1981 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 Spur have?
6 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, covering 1981–1998. 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.