Pass rate
90.6%
Above average — 15.9 pts ahead of the 74.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 588 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£78
2010 Aston Martin DB9 MOT pass rate
- 2010
- typical 35,457 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
28.7% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2017 99.0% pass
- Avoid 2006 90.3% pass
Across the 14 years on record, a spread of 8.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 90.2%
- Typical mileage
- 35k mi
The 2010 Aston Martin DB9 MOT pass rate is 90.6% of its MOT tests — 15.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Aston Martin DB9 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.4× the national share
Brakes make up 28.7% of everything recorded on the 2010 Aston Martin Db9, against 20.9% nationally — 7.8 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- 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 74.7% and this one manages 90.6% — 15.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
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 2010 Aston Martin DB9 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.7%, so this figure is 15.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 90.2%. The median 2010 Aston Martin DB9 in this dataset had covered 35,457 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.9% of the time, April–September 91.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 2.38% of tests.
- 588 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.6% overall pass rate, 90.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Aston Martin DB9, the average is 91.9% — best year 2017 (99.0%), worst 2006 (90.3%).
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
- 588
- Typical mileage (median)
- 35,457 mi
- Make and model
- Aston Martin DB9
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the DB9 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the DB9
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 186 | 87.6% |
| East of England | 89 | 94.4% |
| South West | 78 | 88.5% |
| West Midlands | 56 | 94.6% |
| London | 44 | 77.3% |
| North West | 35 | 97.1% |
| Yorkshire | 31 | 100.0% |
| Scotland | 31 | 93.5% |
| East Midlands | 26 | 92.3% |
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 2010 DB9
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 2010 DB9
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 2.4% 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 lights 2.0% of tests
“position lamp not working”
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.
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Check the wipers and washers 1.4% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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 2010 DB9 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£78 — and 54% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£78
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 54%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 588 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 DB9, side by side
14 model years on record, from 2004 to 2017. Across them the pass rate runs from 90.3% to 99.0% — a spread of 8.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2004 90.3% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2005 91.3% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2006 90.3% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2007 91.4% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2008 91.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2009 93.3% position lamp not working
- 2010 90.6%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 90.7% position lamp not working
- 2012 90.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 93.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 94.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 96.2% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2016 97.6% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2017 99.0% 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 2010 Aston Martin DB9 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 2010 cars with a similar record
- BMW M3 90.8%
- Porsche Boxster 91.8%
- Porsche 911 92.7%
- Nissan 370 Z 86.6%
- Porsche Cayenne 86.5%
- Toyota Estima 85.9%
Closest pass rates among 2010 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 2010 Aston Martin DB9 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 440 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 127 | 28.70% | 20.89% | +7.81 |
| Tyres | 104 | 23.50% | 19.76% | +3.74 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 71 | 16.00% | 12.21% | +3.79 |
| Suspension | 62 | 14.00% | 20.98% | −6.98 |
| Visibility | 37 | 8.40% | 4.97% | +3.43 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 13 | 2.90% | 1.76% | +1.14 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 9 | 2.00% | 0.82% | +1.18 |
| Non-component advisories | 8 | 1.80% | 4.18% | −2.38 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5 | 1.10% | 5.52% | −4.42 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4 | 0.90% | 5.57% | −4.67 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.4% | £80–200 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £5–25 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.4% | £8–22 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.2% | £5–20 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.0% | £8–22 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 0.85% | £25–65 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.85% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.85% | £5–25 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 0.85% | £60–150 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.68% | £30–80 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.8% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.0% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 6.6% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 4.3% | £30–75 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.6% | £45–110 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 2.0% | £80–180 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 199 | 93.0% | 21,135 mi |
| 30-60k | 320 | 90.9% | 41,188 mi |
| 60-90k | 48 | 85.4% | 72,539 mi |
| 90-120k | 11 | 90.9% | 99,034 mi |
| 120k+ | 6 | 66.7% | 140,907 mi |
Source: 588 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.
2010 DB9 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2010 Aston Martin DB9?
90.6% of the 588 2010 Aston Martin DB9 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.7% for cars first used in 2010. First-attempt pass rate: 90.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2010 Aston Martin DB9?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.38%), position lamp not working (2.04%), wipers blade defective (1.36%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2010 Aston Martin DB9 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.0% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2010 Aston Martin DB9 in this dataset had covered 35,457 mi.
Does the season affect the 2010 Aston Martin DB9 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 91.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.