Pass rate
97.3%
Above average — 13.3 pts ahead of the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 331 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £38–£100
2016 Aston Martin DB11 MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 22,260 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
72.1% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 97.6% pass
- Avoid 2019 94.7% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 2.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 97.2%
- Typical mileage
- 22k mi
The 2016 Aston Martin DB11 MOT pass rate is 97.3% of its MOT tests — 13.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 72.1% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Aston Martin DB11 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 3.6× the national share
Tyres make up 72.1% of everything recorded on the 2016 Aston Martin Db11, against 19.8% nationally — 52.3 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 84.0% and this one manages 97.3% — 13.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 31% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2016 Aston Martin DB11 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 13.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 97.2%. The median 2016 Aston Martin DB11 in this dataset had covered 22,260 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 97.5% of the time, April–September 96.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 0.91% of tests.
- 331 recorded tests behind this page.
- 97.3% overall pass rate, 97.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Aston Martin DB11, the average is 95.8% — best year 2021 (97.6%), worst 2019 (94.7%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 331
- Typical mileage (median)
- 22,260 mi
- Make and model
- Aston Martin DB11
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the DB11 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 89% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the DB11
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 104 | 97.1% |
| East of England | 46 | 97.8% |
| West Midlands | 32 | 100.0% |
| East Midlands | 31 | 90.3% |
| South West | 27 | 100.0% |
| North West | 26 | 100.0% |
| Yorkshire | 23 | 95.7% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2016 DB11
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2016 DB11
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the windscreen 0.6% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the coil springs 0.3% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the lights 0.3% of tests
“mirrors slightly damaged”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2016 DB11 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £38–£100 — and 31% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £38–£100
- Cheapest common item: mirrors slightly damaged
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: other leaks leak harmful to the environment…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 31%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 331 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the DB11, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2016 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 94.7% to 97.6% — a spread of 2.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2016 97.3%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2017 95.5% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2018 95.8% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2019 94.7% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2020 96.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 97.6% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 97.1% headlamp aim too high
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2016 Aston Martin DB11 with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2016 cars with a similar record
- Porsche 911 95.7%
- Bentley Continental 95.2%
- Porsche Cayman 94.8%
- Porsche Boxster 94.6%
- Lexus Rx 94.4%
- Jaguar F-Type 93.9%
Closest pass rates among 2016 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2016 Aston Martin DB11 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 86 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 62 | 72.10% | 19.76% | +52.34 |
| Brakes | 7 | 8.10% | 20.89% | −12.79 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 5 | 5.80% | 12.21% | −6.41 |
| Suspension | 3 | 3.50% | 20.98% | −17.48 |
| Visibility | 3 | 3.50% | 4.97% | −1.47 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 3.50% | 4.18% | −0.68 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 1.20% | 5.52% | −4.32 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 1.20% | 1.76% | −0.56 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 1.20% | 0.75% | +0.45 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.91% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.60% | £80–200 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Major | 0.30% | £20–55 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 0.30% | £25–65 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 0.30% | £3–15 |
| Other leaks leak harmful to the environment or a risk to other road users Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.30% | £60–250 |
| Rear fog lamp missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.30% | £3–15 |
| Reversing lamps does not face the rear Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.30% | £3–15 |
| Reversing lamps insecure Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.30% | £3–15 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 0.30% | £80–180 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 8.8% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.2% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 2.1% | £45–95 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 0.91% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 246 | 97.2% | 18,244 mi |
| 30-60k | 83 | 97.6% | 39,592 mi |
| 60-90k | 2 | 100.0% | 67,750 mi |
Source: 331 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2016 DB11 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Aston Martin DB11?
97.3% of the 331 2016 Aston Martin DB11 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 97.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Aston Martin DB11?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (0.91%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (0.60%), badly distorted (0.30%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Aston Martin DB11 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 97.2% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Aston Martin DB11 in this dataset had covered 22,260 mi.
Does the season affect the 2016 Aston Martin DB11 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 97.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 96.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.