Pass rate
95.6%
Above average — 9.6 pts ahead of the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 634 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £39–£99
2017 Aston Martin Vanquish MOT pass rate
- 2017
- typical 13,581 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
53.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2018 98.3% pass
- Avoid 2001 86.2% pass
Across the 15 years on record, a spread of 12.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 95.4%
- Typical mileage
- 14k mi
The 2017 Aston Martin Vanquish MOT pass rate is 95.6% of its MOT tests — 9.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 53.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Aston Martin Vanquish does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.7× the national share
Tyres make up 53.0% of everything recorded on the 2017 Aston Martin Vanquish, against 19.8% nationally — 33.2 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 95.6% — 9.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 33% 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 Vanquish compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 9.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 95.4%. The median 2017 Aston Martin Vanquish in this dataset had covered 13,581 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 95.2% of the time, April–September 96.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 1.42% of tests.
- 634 recorded tests behind this page.
- 95.6% overall pass rate, 95.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Aston Martin Vanquish, the average is 94.1% — best year 2018 (98.3%), worst 2001 (86.2%).
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
- 634
- Typical mileage (median)
- 13,581 mi
- Make and model
- Aston Martin Vanquish
- 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 Vanquish MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 78% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Vanquish
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 209 | 92.3% |
| East of England | 93 | 97.8% |
| South West | 91 | 96.7% |
| West Midlands | 55 | 92.7% |
| Yorkshire | 41 | 97.6% |
| London | 35 | 100.0% |
| East Midlands | 33 | 100.0% |
| North West | 32 | 93.8% |
| North East | 22 | 100.0% |
| Scotland | 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 2017 Vanquish
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 Vanquish
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 1.4% 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 wipers and washers 0.8% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
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 horn 0.5% of tests
“horn not working”
Press it. That is the whole check, and a surprising number of cars fail on it.
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 Vanquish through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £39–£99 — and 33% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £39–£99
- Cheapest common item: washers provides insufficient washer liquid
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 33%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 634 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 Vanquish, side by side
15 model years on record, from 2001 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 86.2% to 98.3% — a spread of 12.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2001 86.2% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2002 90.5% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2003 89.4% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2004 90.0% linkage ball joint dust cover…
- 2005 92.3% ball joint dust cover no longer…
- 2006 87.4% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2007 89.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2012 91.9% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 95.6% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2014 95.5% rbt (sp) efficiency less than 50%…
- 2015 96.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 95.2% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2017 95.6%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 98.3% headlamp aim too high
- 2019 97.8% 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 Vanquish 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 911 95.2%
- Lexus Rx 94.9%
- Porsche Cayman 94.6%
- Porsche Boxster 94.3%
- Audi A8 93.8%
- Lexus Nx 93.5%
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 Vanquish 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 166 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 | 88 | 53.00% | 19.76% | +33.24 |
| Brakes | 25 | 15.10% | 20.89% | −5.79 |
| Visibility | 18 | 10.80% | 4.97% | +5.83 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 11 | 6.60% | 12.21% | −5.61 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 6 | 3.60% | 1.76% | +1.84 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 3.00% | 4.18% | −1.18 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4 | 2.40% | 5.52% | −3.12 |
| Suspension | 3 | 1.80% | 20.98% | −19.18 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 3 | 1.80% | 5.57% | −3.77 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 1.80% | 0.82% | +0.98 |
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 | 1.4% | £80–200 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.79% | £8–22 |
| Horn not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.47% | £8–25 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 0.47% | £20–80 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.32% | £30–80 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.32% | £5–25 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 0.32% | £45–95 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 0.32% | £5–15 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.16% | £60–250 |
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 | 6.0% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.9% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 1.4% | £80–180 |
| Flexible brake hoses ferrule excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 1.3% | £25–70 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 0.63% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 0.63% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 581 | 96.4% | 12,452 mi |
| 30-60k | 51 | 86.3% | 38,851 mi |
| 60-90k | 1 | 100.0% | 60,384 mi |
Source: 634 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 Vanquish MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 Aston Martin Vanquish?
95.6% of the 634 2017 Aston Martin Vanquish tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 95.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 Aston Martin Vanquish?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.42%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.10%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (0.79%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 Aston Martin Vanquish MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 96.4% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Aston Martin Vanquish in this dataset had covered 13,581 mi.
Does the season affect the 2017 Aston Martin Vanquish MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 95.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 96.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.