Pass rate
96.1%
Above average — 18.9 pts ahead of the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 76 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £41–£147
2012 Lamborghini Aventador MOT pass rate
- 2012
- 2 trims combined
- typical 16,865 mi
Only 76 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Emissions & leaks
33.3% of faults · 5.5% nationally
Which year to buy
- Best 2016 99.3% pass
- Avoid 2015 94.9% pass
Across the 9 years on record, a spread of 4.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 96.0%
- Typical mileage
- 17k mi
The 2012 Lamborghini Aventador MOT pass rate is 96.1% of its MOT tests — 18.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Emissions & leaks is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Lamborghini Aventador does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 6.0× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 33.3% of everything recorded on the 2012 Lamborghini Aventador, against 5.5% nationally — 27.8 points above. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- 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 77.2% and this one manages 96.1% — 18.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 10% 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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Every Lamborghini Aventador first registered in 2012 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2012 Lamborghini Aventador compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 18.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 96.0%. The median 2012 Lamborghini Aventador in this dataset had covered 16,865 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 91.9% of the time, April–September 100.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Brake performance not tested unable to be tested", noted on 1.32% of tests.
- 76 recorded tests behind this page.
- 96.1% overall pass rate, 96.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Lamborghini Aventador, the average is 97.5% — best year 2016 (99.3%), worst 2015 (94.9%).
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
- 76
- Typical mileage (median)
- 16,865 mi
- Make and model
- Lamborghini Aventador
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Servicing
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Aventador MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 69% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Aventador
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 27 | 92.6% |
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 2012 Aventador
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 2012 Aventador
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 exhaust and emissions 1.3% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the lights 1.3% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
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 1.3% 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 2012 Aventador through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £41–£147 — and 10% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £41–£147
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 10%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 76 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 Aventador, side by side
9 model years on record, from 2012 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 94.9% to 99.3% — a spread of 4.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2012 96.1%brake performance not tested…
- 2013 98.0% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2014 98.6% registration plates missing
- 2015 94.9% registration plates missing
- 2016 99.3% headlamp aim too high
- 2017 99.0% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2018 95.5% registration plates missing
- 2019 97.5% registration plates missing
- 2020 98.5% registration plates missing
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 2012 Lamborghini Aventador 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 2012 cars with a similar record
- Porsche 911 93.4%
- Bentley Continental 93.4%
- Porsche Boxster 91.6%
- Audi A8 90.2%
- Honda Fit 89.3%
- Toyota Estima 88.3%
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 Lamborghini Aventador 10 failure items · 2 advisories · 6 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5 | 33.30% | 5.52% | +27.78 |
| Tyres | 4 | 26.70% | 19.76% | +6.94 |
| Suspension | 2 | 13.30% | 20.98% | −7.68 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 13.30% | 1.76% | +11.54 |
| Brakes | 1 | 6.70% | 20.89% | −14.19 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 6.70% | 0.75% | +5.95 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake performance not tested unable to be tested Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £60–150 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.3% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.3% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.3% | £60–250 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.3% | £60–250 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.3% | £3–12 |
| More than one fixing missing Road Wheels | Major | 1.3% | £20–55 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 1.3% | £20–80 |
| Registration plates insecure Identification of the vehicle | Major | 1.3% | £20–80 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
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 | 4.0% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 2.6% | £30–75 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 67 | 98.5% | 16,856 mi |
| 30-60k | 9 | 77.8% | 31,338 mi |
Source: 76 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.
2012 Aventador MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 Lamborghini Aventador?
96.1% of the 76 2012 Lamborghini Aventador tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 96.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 Lamborghini Aventador?
The three most recorded items are brake performance not tested unable to be tested (1.32%), catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (1.32%), catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits (1.32%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 Lamborghini Aventador MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 98.5% of the time, falling to 77.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 Lamborghini Aventador in this dataset had covered 16,865 mi.
Does the season affect the 2012 Lamborghini Aventador MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 91.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 100.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.