Common Aston Martin Cygnet MOT failures
Based on 1,231 Aston Martin Cygnet tests on record carrying an official DVSA defect code, so every category below is counted from real failures rather than estimated.
Real DVSA defect codes
Every category comes from the official MOT Inspection Manual section code DVSA attaches to each defect, not guessed from keywords.
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Where MOT tests find problems: Aston Martin Cygnet
A test can find problems in more than one category, so the figures above do not sum to 100%. Each percentage is the share of classifiable tests that found at least one defect in that category. Based on 1,231 classifiable tests for Aston Martin Cygnet.
What Aston Martin Cygnet failures look like
1,231 Aston Martin Cygnet tests on record carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 228 tests (18.5%), with brakes on 158 tests (12.8%) and with visibility on 72 tests (5.8%). A test can fail on more than one thing, and an MOT can be failed on one defect while another is only advised, so these counts do not add up to the number of tests.
Narrowed down from the categories to the individual defects themselves, three come up on more than one test:
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Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge
MOT inspection manual reference 5.2.3, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension
Recorded on 194 of the 1,231 tests: 18 failures and 176 advisories or minors.
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Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened
MOT inspection manual reference 1.1.14, in brakes
Recorded on 62 of the 1,231 tests: one failure and 61 advisories or minors.
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Brake pad(s) wearing thin
MOT inspection manual reference 1.1.13, in brakes
Recorded on 56 of the 1,231 tests: 7 failures and 49 advisories or minors.
Where there is enough data to compare: Aston Martin Db9 (40,638 tests), Aston Martin Vantage (36,843 tests), Aston Martin V8 Vantage (29,415 tests), Aston Martin Db7 (18,634 tests), every Aston Martin model (189,309 tests).
Clauses are read from the manual reference at the end of every defect on the cached test records, and a defect shown here has to appear on at least two of them before it is named. The site-wide breakdown explains how that works and compares every make.