Pass rate
89.5%
Above average — 5.5 pts ahead of the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 86 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £29–£74
2016 Morgan Aero MOT pass rate
- 2016
- 2 trims combined
- typical 12,915 mi
Only 86 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.
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Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
33.3% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Which year to buy
- Best 2017 91.8% pass
- Avoid 2008 85.0% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 6.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 88.6%
- Typical mileage
- 13k mi
The 2016 Morgan Aero MOT pass rate is 89.5% of its MOT tests — 5.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 2.7× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 33.3% of everything recorded on the 2016 Morgan Aero, against 12.2% nationally — 21.1 points above. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- 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 84.0% and this one manages 89.5% — 5.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 23% 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 Morgan Aero first registered in 2016 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2016 Morgan Aero compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 5.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.6%. The median 2016 Morgan Aero in this dataset had covered 12,915 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements", noted on 3.49% of tests.
- 86 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.5% overall pass rate, 88.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Morgan Aero, the average is 90.2% — best year 2017 (91.8%), worst 2008 (85.0%).
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
- 86
- Typical mileage (median)
- 12,915 mi
- Make and model
- Morgan Aero
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Discs and Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Aero MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 73% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Aero
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 34 | 91.2% |
| East of England | 16 | 87.5% |
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 2016 Aero
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 2016 Aero
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 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 brake pipes 1.2% of tests
“flexible brake hoses excessively chafed”
Brake pipes run under the car, usually in front of the rear wheels. Flaking or crusty metal is what fails; a light dusting of surface rust does not. Worth asking a garage to look while it is on a ramp.
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Check the lights 1.2% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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 2016 Aero through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £29–£74 — and 23% 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: rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements
- £45–£110
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 23%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 86 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 Aero, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2002 to 2017. Across them the pass rate runs from 85.0% to 91.8% — a spread of 6.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 91.7% wipers blade defective
- 2008 85.0% headlamp aim too low
- 2009 89.5% headlamp aim too low
- 2016 89.5%rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2017 91.8% 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 2016 Morgan Aero 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 2016 cars with a similar record
- Porsche Cayenne 89.5%
- BMW 530 89.5%
- BMW 535 89.5%
- BMW 335 89.5%
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class 89.4%
- BMW 440 89.6%
Closest pass rates among 2016 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 2016 Morgan Aero 10 failure items · 3 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 8 | 33.30% | 12.21% | +21.09 |
| Brakes | 5 | 20.80% | 20.89% | −0.09 |
| Tyres | 5 | 20.80% | 19.76% | +1.04 |
| Suspension | 2 | 8.30% | 20.98% | −12.68 |
| Visibility | 2 | 8.30% | 4.97% | +3.33 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 4.20% | 1.76% | +2.44 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 4.20% | 0.75% | +3.45 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.5% | £45–110 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.3% | £25–65 |
| Decelerometer (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.2% | £45–110 |
| Flexible brake hoses excessively chafed Brakes | Major | 1.2% | £25–70 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.2% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.2% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.2% | £5–25 |
| Horn not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.2% | £8–25 |
| Individual direction indicators not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.2% | £3–12 |
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 | 3.5% | £45–95 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 1.2% | £20–55 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.2% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 75 | 90.7% | 12,191 mi |
| 30-60k | 11 | 81.8% | 31,802 mi |
Source: 86 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.
2016 Aero MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Morgan Aero?
89.5% of the 86 2016 Morgan Aero tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 88.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Morgan Aero?
The three most recorded items are rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (3.49%), coil spring fractured or broken (2.33%), decelerometer (sp) efficiency below requirements (1.16%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Morgan Aero MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.7% of the time, falling to 81.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Morgan Aero in this dataset had covered 12,915 mi.