Common Aston Martin Db9 MOT failures
Based on 40,638 Aston Martin Db9 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 Db9
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 40,638 classifiable tests for Aston Martin Db9.
What Aston Martin Db9 failures look like
40,638 Aston Martin Db9 tests on record carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 7,692 tests (18.9%), with brakes on 5,279 tests (13.0%) and with lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment on 2,235 tests (5.5%). 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 5,824 of the 40,638 tests: 572 failures and 5,252 advisories or minors.
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Brake pad(s) wearing thin
MOT inspection manual reference 1.1.13, in brakes
Recorded on 1,883 of the 40,638 tests: 171 failures and 1,712 advisories or minors.
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Shock absorbers has light misting of oil
MOT inspection manual reference 5.3.2, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension
Recorded on 1,175 of the 40,638 tests: 149 failures and 1,026 advisories or minors.
Where there is enough data to compare: Aston Martin Vantage (36,843 tests), Aston Martin V8 Vantage (29,415 tests), Aston Martin Db7 (18,634 tests), Aston Martin Db11 (15,168 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.