4,694 tests in 2025
Aston Martin Vantage reliability and MOT pass rate
95% passed first time. The 5% fail rate is 17.6 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 9 years old with 21,001 miles.
Pass rate
95%
22.6% of all cars failed; 5% of these did.
Fixed on the day
1.3%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
21,001 mi
9 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 839 | 3% |
| 6-9 years | 1,672 | 4.4% |
| 10-13 years | 1,114 | 5.6% |
| 14+ years | 1,059 | 7.2% |
What the Vantage fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment1 dangerous30.9%
- Tyres40 dangerous26.7%
- Visibility16.5%
- Noise, emissions and leaks14%
- Brakes11 dangerous13.6%
- Suspension10.2%
- Identification of the vehicle4.7%
- Body, chassis, structure3.4%
Is the Vantage getting worse?
The fail rate fell 0.1 points to 5.3% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 3 years. Ageing alone would predict about 7.7 points, so it is holding up better than the fleet average for its age.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4,367 | 7 | 5.4% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 4,495 | 8 | 5.6% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 3,811 | 9 | 5.5% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 4,261 | 10 | 5.3% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Vantage at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Vantage in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords26 tests
- 2Washers: not working26 tests
- 3Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction21 tests
- 4Coil spring: fractured or broken17 tests
- 5Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm17 tests
- 6Position lamp: not working16 tests
- 7Headlamp aim: too high12 tests
- 8Catalyst emissions: Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits10 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Vantage collects 2.21 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure275 tests
- 2Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm201 tests
- 3Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick100 tests
- 4Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre69 tests
- 5Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened62 tests
- 6Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded56 tests
- 7Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine43 tests
- 8Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm42 tests
Questions
What is the Aston Martin Vantage MOT pass rate?
95% of the 4,694 Aston Martin Vantage first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 5% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 1.3% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Aston Martin Vantage usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", recorded on 26 failed tests, followed by "Washers: not working" and "Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction". By section, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 30.9% of failures, tyres appears in 26.7% of failures, visibility appears in 16.5% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 3%; at 14+ years it was 7.2%. The median Aston Martin Vantage tested in 2025 was 9 years old with 21,001 miles.
Is the Aston Martin Vantage getting less reliable?
The fail rate fell 0.1 points to 5.3% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 3 years. Ageing alone would predict about 7.7 points, so it is holding up better than the fleet average for its age.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Vantage trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
DVSA has published 15 safety recalls naming the Aston Martin Vantage: Aston Martin Vantage recalls.
Other Aston Martin models
Checking a particular Vantage?
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