Aston MartinUsed-car reliability
At 7 years old, the average Aston Martin fails its MOT less often than the average UK car.
MOT fail rate · 7-year-old cars
Fails less often than the average 7-year-old car (about 1 in 6 MOTs, 16.6%)
Where to start
The Aston Martin models whose MOT tests at 7 years old most and least often ended in a fail.
Lowest fail rates
Aston Martin DB114.9%fail rate
Aston Martin Vantage5.4%fail rateWhat actually goes wrong
The most common MOT faults across the Aston Martin range, in plain English. Models with more MOT tests count for more. The percentage is the share of MOT tests on Aston Martin cars that recorded that defect.
A suspension spring is broken, cracked, corroded, or missing. This includes coil springs, leaf springs, and torsion bars. Springs support the car's weight — a broken one lowers one corner of the car and affects handling.
MOT wording: Coil spring corroded
The vehicle is leaking a fluid — oil, coolant, fuel or hydraulic. A slight seep is common on older cars; a continuous drip is both a road hazard and a sign of something failing.
MOT wording: Oil leak, but not excessive
A wheel bearing is worn or damaged. Wheel bearings let the wheels spin smoothly — when worn, they make a humming or grinding noise and can cause the wheel to wobble.
MOT wording: Wheel bearing has slight play
A tyre is worn, cut, damaged or otherwise not fit for the road. Tyres are the only thing connecting the car to the road, so this is always worth taking seriously.
MOT wording: Tyre slightly damaged, cracking or perishing
Across all Aston Martin models; models with more MOT tests count for more.
The whole range
For each model, one number: the share of its MOT tests at 7 years old that ended in a fail. Retests count as tests. Lower is better. Every model here fails less often than the UK average (about 1 in 6 MOTs, 16.6%). Only models with enough MOT data at 7 years old are ranked. The rest sit just below, unranked.
The lowest 7-year fail rate of any Aston Martin here.
Above the Aston Martin average, but below the UK average.
Above the Aston Martin average, but below the UK average.
Fail rates are the share of MOT tests on 7-year-old cars ending in a fail, retests included (DVSA MOT results, 2025). UK average across all makes at the same age: 16.6%. How we count fail rates
Shown unranked. These models don’t have enough MOT data at 7 years old yet. They’re either too new (few cars old enough) or too old (few still on the road). Each is shown at the age with the most tests, so the percentages aren’t directly comparable to the list above.
Too new to rank
Too new to rank
Too old to rank
Too old to rank
Too old to rankAverages tell you the odds across the range. Enter a number plate to see that car’s own MOT history, its risk rating, and what’s likely to need attention.
