Vehicle report

2012 BENTLEY CONTINENTAL FLYING SPUR

Reported complaints1
Recalls1
Investigations0
Service bulletins139
Combined MPG14
Best crash rating—

This model year

What the record shows

The 2012 Bentley Continental Flying Spur is a midsize car, and the 9th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 2004 to 2018.

The EPA rated one configuration: a single 6-litre twelve-cylinder engine, all-wheel drive only, a single transmission, Automatic (S6) and running on premium gasoline.

Combined fuel economy is 14 mpg.

The federal record holds 1 owner complaint, 1 safety recall and 139 service bulletins for it.

Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.

Reading this report

Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.