Bentley
Bentley has 19 model lines on NHTSA's register (model years 1980–2026), with 57 recall campaigns and 21 consumer complaints.
Campaigns were most numerous in 2021 (6). The component complaints name most often is air bags (147.1 per 1,000 component mentions). The Continental Flying Spur line has the most complaints, 8 over 11 model years.
A further 2 equipment, tire or child-seat campaigns name Bentley and are listed on monthly pages. Comparisons here are between Bentley model lines; complaint counts across makes depend on fleet size and reporting rates and are not compared.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model lines
Ordered by total complaints. "Per model year" divides complaints by the number of model years on the register, a comparison within Bentley only.
| Model line | Model years | Campaigns | Complaints | Per model year | Most-reported component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continental Flying Spur | 11 | 6 | 8 | 0.7 | Electrical System |
| Bentayga | 9 | 15 | 7 | 0.8 | Air Bags |
| Continental GT | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0.1 | Fuel/Propulsion System |
| Continental GT Cabrio | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0.1 | Air Bags |
| Azure | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | Equipment |
| Arnage LWB | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0.2 | Electronic Stability Control (ESC) |
| Continental | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Mulsanne | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Brooklands | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turbo R | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Arnage | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Arnage R | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Arnage T | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Continental R | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Flying Spur | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Arnage Limousine | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Arnage RL | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turbo RL | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Brooklands LWB | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
Campaigns by year
Complaints by year
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Bentley complaints.
Questions and answers
How many recalls has Bentley had?
57 NHTSA recall campaigns name Bentley vehicles (model years 1980–2026). Units potentially affected across those campaigns total about 58,134, a figure that includes other makes where a campaign is shared (Takata air bag inflators, for example). Campaigns naming several model lines count once.
Which Bentley model line has the most complaints?
Continental Flying Spur: 8 complaints over 11 model years (0.7 per model year). Larger-selling lines draw more complaints; the per-model-year column controls for the number of years, not for sales.
What components are reported most for Bentley?
air bags (147.1 per 1,000 mentions), unknown or other (88.2 per 1,000 mentions), service brakes (88.2 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 (recalls) and 15 May 2019 (complaints).
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Make names are as NHTSA records them. Comparisons are within this make; see the methodology for why makes are not ranked against each other.