MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Aston Martin DB9 MOT pass rate
The Aston Martin DB9 passed 91.35% of its 4,209 initial MOT tests in 2025 — above the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 14.1 percentage points better than average.
How the Aston Martin DB9 holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the Aston Martin DB9 grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 6–10 years | 401 | 98% |
| 11 years and over | 3,808 | 90.65% |
Why the Aston Martin DB9 fails its MOT
Across every Aston Martin DB9 that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, accounting for 32.48% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 32.48% | 240 |
| Brakes | 18% | 133 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 12.58% | 93 |
| Visibility | 10.96% | 81 |
| Suspension | 9.34% | 69 |
| Tyres | 8.53% | 63 |
How the Aston Martin DB9 compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Aston Martin DB9 sits 50th of 651 models in this data , and 6th of the 7 Aston Martin models covered . Aston Martin as a whole averaged 93.21%, so this model runs 1.9 points behind its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Aston Martin DB9
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Aston Martin DB9 came to its 2025 test at 41,066 miles and 16.9 years old. Most examples tested were petrol.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific Aston Martin DB9
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other Aston Martin models
- Aston Martin Vantage 94.79% pass rate · 4,720 tests
- Aston Martin V8 92.97% pass rate · 3,144 tests
- Aston Martin DB11 95.71% pass rate · 2,611 tests
- Aston Martin DB7 87.3% pass rate · 1,827 tests
- Aston Martin DBS 94.97% pass rate · 1,630 tests
- Aston Martin Vanquish 94.73% pass rate · 1,612 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Kia Niro 91.13% pass rate
- Toyota C-HR 90.73% pass rate
- Volvo XC40 91.46% pass rate
- Audi Q2 92.02% pass rate
- Skoda Karoq 90.93% pass rate
- Hyundai Ioniq 90.39% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.