Pass rate
90.1%
Above average — 4.1 pts ahead of the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 171 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £39–£97
2017 Aston Martin Rapide MOT pass rate
- 2017
- typical 28,152 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
47.6% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2016 97.8% pass
- Avoid 2017 90.1% pass · this year
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 7.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 89.1%
- Typical mileage
- 28k mi
The 2017 Aston Martin Rapide MOT pass rate is 90.1% of its MOT tests — 4.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 47.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Aston Martin Rapide does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.4× the national share
Tyres make up 47.6% of everything recorded on the 2017 Aston Martin Rapide, against 19.8% nationally — 27.8 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 86.0% and this one manages 90.1% — 4.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 14% 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 2017 Aston Martin Rapide compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 4.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 89.1%. The median 2017 Aston Martin Rapide in this dataset had covered 28,152 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 91.6% of the time, April–September 88.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 2.92% of tests.
- 171 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.1% overall pass rate, 89.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Aston Martin Rapide, the average is 92.7% — best year 2016 (97.8%), worst 2017 (90.1%).
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
- 171
- Typical mileage (median)
- 28,152 mi
- Make and model
- Aston Martin Rapide
- 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 Rapide MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Rapide
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 35 | 85.7% |
| West Midlands | 22 | 81.8% |
| South West | 22 | 90.9% |
| London | 20 | 90.0% |
| Yorkshire | 16 | 100.0% |
| East of England | 15 | 93.3% |
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 2017 Rapide
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 2017 Rapide
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 2.9% 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 2.3% 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 1.2% of tests
“headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative”
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 2017 Rapide through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £39–£97 — and 14% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £39–£97
- 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
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 14%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 171 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 Rapide, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2010 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 90.1% to 97.8% — a spread of 7.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 93.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 90.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 90.8% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2013 92.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 91.6% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2015 94.0% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2016 97.8% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2017 90.1%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 91.0% all position lamps have a product…
- 2019 96.6% washers not working
- 2020 96.1% 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 2017 Aston Martin Rapide 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 2017 cars with a similar record
- Porsche Cayenne 90.1%
- Jaguar Xj 90.1%
- BMW X1 90.0%
- SEAT Ateca 90.2%
- BMW 1 Series 89.9%
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class 89.9%
Closest pass rates among 2017 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 2017 Aston Martin Rapide 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 105 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 | 50 | 47.60% | 19.76% | +27.84 |
| Brakes | 30 | 28.60% | 20.89% | +7.71 |
| Visibility | 8 | 7.60% | 4.97% | +2.63 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 5 | 4.80% | 1.76% | +3.04 |
| Suspension | 4 | 3.80% | 20.98% | −17.18 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3 | 2.90% | 12.21% | −9.31 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 2.90% | 4.18% | −1.28 |
| Steering | 1 | 1.00% | 2.57% | −1.57 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 1.00% | 0.75% | +0.25 |
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 | 2.9% | £80–200 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.3% | £25–65 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.3% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.2% | £5–25 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.58% | £18–45 |
| Flexible brake hoses ferrule excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 0.58% | £25–70 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.58% | £45–95 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.58% | £5–20 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.58% | £20–80 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 0.58% | £18–45 |
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 | 11.7% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.8% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.5% | £45–110 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 2.9% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.9% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 96 | 92.7% | 20,795 mi |
| 30-60k | 72 | 87.5% | 39,598 mi |
| 60-90k | 3 | 66.7% | 65,897 mi |
Source: 171 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.
2017 Rapide MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 Aston Martin Rapide?
90.1% of the 171 2017 Aston Martin Rapide tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 89.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 Aston Martin Rapide?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.92%), coil spring fractured or broken (2.34%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.34%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 Aston Martin Rapide MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.7% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Aston Martin Rapide in this dataset had covered 28,152 mi.
Does the season affect the 2017 Aston Martin Rapide MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 91.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 88.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.