Pass rate
94.0%
Above average — 18.1 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 434 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £16–£52
2011 Aston Martin Dbs MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 25,497 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
43.1% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 97.0% pass
- Avoid 2012 93.8% pass
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 3.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 93.6%
- Typical mileage
- 25k mi
The 2011 Aston Martin Dbs MOT pass rate is 94.0% of its MOT tests — 18.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 43.1% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.2× the national share
Tyres make up 43.1% of everything recorded on the 2011 Aston Martin Dbs, against 19.8% nationally — 23.3 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 75.9% and this one manages 94.0% — 18.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 65% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2011 Aston Martin Dbs compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 18.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 93.6%. The median 2011 Aston Martin Dbs in this dataset had covered 25,497 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 94.3% of the time, April–September 93.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Position lamp not working", noted on 2.07% of tests.
- 434 recorded tests behind this page.
- 94.0% overall pass rate, 93.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Aston Martin Dbs, the average is 95.4% — best year 2020 (97.0%), worst 2012 (93.8%).
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
- 434
- Typical mileage (median)
- 25,497 mi
- Make and model
- Aston Martin Dbs
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Dbs MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 82% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Aston Martin Dbs is most common
Across all Dbs model years on record (2008–2022): 2,477 Aston Martin Dbs cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 4,361 tests. Milton Keynes (MK) has the most, with 161 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milton Keynes (MK) | 161 | 87.5% |
| 2 | Nottingham (NG) | 115 | 96.3% |
| 3 | Bristol (BS) | 106 | 92.8% |
| 4 | Stockport (SK) | 101 | 96.0% |
| 5 | Kingston upon Thames (KT) | 100 | 94.4% |
| 6 | Coventry (CV) | 100 | 94.8% |
| 7 | St Albans (AL) | 94 | 95.2% |
| 8 | Leeds (LS) | 93 | 96.4% |
| 9 | Reading (RG) | 88 | 98.8% |
| 10 | Chelmsford (CM) | 88 | 92.7% |
| 11 | Ashford (TN) | 85 | 95.6% |
| 12 | Gloucester (GL) | 83 | 98.1% |
| 13 | London (NW) | 82 | 94.3% |
| 14 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 64 | 98.2% |
| 15 | Bradford (BD) | 57 | 97.4% |
| 16 | Birmingham (B) | 57 | 100.0% |
| 17 | Derby (DE) | 50 | 98.4% |
| 18 | Edinburgh (EH) | 44 | 94.5% |
| 19 | Portsmouth (PO) | 44 | 93.0% |
| 20 | High Wycombe (HP) | 41 | 98.6% |
The twenty areas with the most Aston Martin Dbs cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Dbs
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 116 | 92.2% |
| East of England | 77 | 92.2% |
| Yorkshire | 58 | 93.1% |
| London | 45 | 95.6% |
| West Midlands | 38 | 100.0% |
| North West | 26 | 96.2% |
| South West | 23 | 95.7% |
| East Midlands | 16 | 87.5% |
| North East | 15 | 100.0% |
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 2011 Dbs
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 2011 Dbs
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 lights 2.1% 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 1.1% 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.
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Check the number plates 0.7% of tests
“registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements”
Check both plates are present, legible and correctly spaced, with the postcode of the supplier and the BS AU 145e mark. A private plate in the wrong style is a fail before the car is even looked at.
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 2011 Dbs through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £16–£52 — and 65% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £16–£52
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: driver's seat fore
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 65%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 434 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 Dbs, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2008 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 93.8% to 97.0% — a spread of 3.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2008 94.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2009 94.2% position lamp not working
- 2010 94.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 94.0%position lamp not working
- 2012 93.8% headlamp aim too low
- 2018 97.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 96.3% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2020 97.0% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 97.0% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 95.9% windscreen damaged but not…
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 2011 Aston Martin Dbs 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 2011 cars with a similar record
- Porsche 911 93.4%
- Porsche Boxster 91.5%
- BMW M3 90.9%
- Audi A8 90.3%
- Honda Fit 86.9%
- Porsche Cayenne 86.8%
Closest pass rates among 2011 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 2011 Aston Martin Dbs 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 201 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 | 87 | 43.10% | 19.76% | +23.34 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 30 | 14.90% | 12.21% | +2.69 |
| Brakes | 23 | 11.40% | 20.89% | −9.49 |
| Suspension | 16 | 7.90% | 20.98% | −13.08 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 10 | 5.00% | 5.52% | −0.52 |
| Visibility | 10 | 5.00% | 4.97% | +0.03 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 8 | 4.00% | 0.82% | +3.18 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 3.50% | 4.18% | −0.68 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 6 | 3.00% | 5.57% | −2.57 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 4 | 2.00% | 1.76% | +0.24 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.1% | £5–25 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.92% | £3–12 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.69% | £30–80 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.69% | £20–80 |
| Driver's seat fore and aft adjustment mechanism not functioning as intended. Body, chassis, structure | Major | 0.46% | £80–250 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.46% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.46% | £30–80 |
| Position lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.46% | £5–25 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.46% | £5–25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 12.9% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.5% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 1.8% | £80–180 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 1.6% | £30–75 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 1.4% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 283 | 94.3% | 18,221 mi |
| 30-60k | 129 | 93.8% | 40,225 mi |
| 60-90k | 20 | 90.0% | 70,919 mi |
| 90-120k | 2 | 100.0% | 94,031 mi |
Source: 434 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.
2011 Dbs MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 Aston Martin Dbs?
94.0% of the 434 2011 Aston Martin Dbs tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 93.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 Aston Martin Dbs?
The three most recorded items are position lamp not working (2.07%), wipers blade defective (1.15%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (0.92%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 Aston Martin Dbs MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.3% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 Aston Martin Dbs in this dataset had covered 25,497 mi.
Does the season affect the 2011 Aston Martin Dbs MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 94.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 93.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.