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Aston Martin MOT failure rates by model

Aston Martin cars fail 10.5% of MOT tests. Here is every Aston Martin model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.

What is the MOT failure rate for Aston Martin cars?

Across 358,818 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 10.5% of Aston Martin cars fail. That is 15.2 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Aston Martin models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.

ModelFailure rateTestsTop failure area
Aston Martin Lagonda16.5%1,441Brakes
Aston Martin Db714.8%56,165Brakes
Aston Martin Virage13.0%6,172Brakes
Aston Martin V810.8%74,347Lamps & electrical
Aston Martin Db610.8%6,446Brakes
Aston Martin Db910.6%82,741Lamps & electrical
Aston Martin Db510.5%4,085Lamps & electrical
Aston Martin Db410.5%3,239Brakes
Aston Martin Vanquish9.4%22,330Suspension
Aston Martin Rapide9.3%9,687Tyres
Aston Martin Dbs8.9%18,214Lamps & electrical
Aston Martin Cygnet8.7%1,779Lamps & electrical
Aston Martin Vantage8.0%51,734Lamps & electrical
Aston Martin Dbx5.4%2,445Tyres
Aston Martin Db114.7%14,783Tyres

Which Aston Martin fails its MOT most, and which least?

The Aston Martin Lagonda has the highest failure rate at 16.5%, and the Aston Martin Db11 the lowest at 4.7%. A higher rate reflects how old and how hard a model tends to be used as much as how it was built, so the oldest models in the range usually sit near the top.

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Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain