Pass rate
97.0%
Above average — 5.8 pts ahead of the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 271 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £29–£74
2021 Aston Martin Dbs MOT pass rate
- 2021
- typical 7,694 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
65.2% 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
- 97.0%
- Typical mileage
- 8k mi
The 2021 Aston Martin Dbs MOT pass rate is 97.0% of its MOT tests — 5.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 65.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Aston Martin Dbs does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 3.3× the national share
Tyres make up 65.2% of everything recorded on the 2021 Aston Martin Dbs, against 19.8% nationally — 45.4 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 91.2% and this one manages 97.0% — 5.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 271 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2021 Aston Martin Dbs compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 5.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 97.0%. The median 2021 Aston Martin Dbs in this dataset had covered 7,694 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 96.2% of the time, April–September 97.8%.
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 1.11% of tests.
- 271 recorded tests behind this page.
- 97.0% overall pass rate, 97.0% 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
- 271
- Typical mileage (median)
- 7,694 mi
- Make and model
- Aston Martin Dbs
- 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 Dbs MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 89% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Dbs
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 80 | 93.8% |
| East of England | 38 | 94.7% |
| Yorkshire | 31 | 100.0% |
| East Midlands | 30 | 100.0% |
| South West | 27 | 100.0% |
| West Midlands | 23 | 95.7% |
| North West | 19 | 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 2021 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 2021 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 0.4% of tests
“individual direction indicators 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 number plates 0.4% 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.
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Check the wipers and washers 0.4% of tests
“washers not working”
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 2021 Dbs through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £29–£74 — and 42% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £29–£74
- Cheapest common item: individual direction indicators not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: door condition cannot be opened from outside…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 42%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 271 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 2021 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- Lexus Rx 96.9%
- Lexus Ux 96.7%
- Suzuki Ignis 96.4%
- Toyota YARIS Cross 96.4%
- Lexus Nx 96.3%
- Levc Tx 96.3%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Aston Martin Dbs 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 46 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 | 30 | 65.20% | 19.76% | +45.44 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 10.90% | 4.18% | +6.72 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 4 | 8.70% | 12.21% | −3.51 |
| Suspension | 2 | 4.30% | 20.98% | −16.68 |
| Visibility | 2 | 4.30% | 4.97% | −0.67 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 4.30% | 1.76% | +2.54 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 2.20% | 5.57% | −3.37 |
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 | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Door condition cannot be opened from outside the vehicle Body, chassis, structure | Major | 0.37% | £80–250 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.37% | £45–95 |
| Has a lump, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.37% | £45–95 |
| Individual direction indicators not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.37% | £3–12 |
| Lamp inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.37% | £3–15 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.37% | £5–25 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.37% | £20–80 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.37% | £3–12 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 0.37% | £5–15 |
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 | 4.4% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 2.6% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 0.74% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 0.74% | £30–75 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 268 | 97.0% | 9,264 mi |
| 30-60k | 3 | 100.0% | 32,182 mi |
Source: 271 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.
2021 Dbs MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Aston Martin Dbs?
97.0% of the 271 2021 Aston Martin Dbs tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 97.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Aston Martin Dbs?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.11%), door condition cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (0.37%), has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (0.37%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Aston Martin Dbs MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 97.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Aston Martin Dbs in this dataset had covered 7,694 mi.
Does the season affect the 2021 Aston Martin Dbs MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 96.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 97.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.