Pass rate
91.8%
Above average — 5.8 pts ahead of the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 110 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £31–£80
2017 Morgan Aero MOT pass rate
- 2017
- typical 7,109 mi
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Most common fault
Visibility
33.3% of faults · 5.0% nationally
mostly wipers, washers and chips in the driver’s view.
Which year to buy
- Best 2017 91.8% pass · this year
- Avoid 2008 85.0% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 6.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 91.4%
- Typical mileage
- 7k mi
The 2017 Morgan Aero MOT pass rate is 91.8% of its MOT tests — 5.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Visibility is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Visibility: 6.7× the national share
Visibility accounts for 33.3% of everything recorded on the 2017 Morgan Aero, against 5.0% nationally — 28.3 points above. Wipers, washers and a chip in the driver’s eyeline are the three quickest ways to fail a test that the car otherwise deserves to pass.
- 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 91.8% — 5.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 110 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 2017 Morgan Aero compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, 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 91.4%. The median 2017 Morgan Aero in this dataset had covered 7,109 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.7% of the time, April–September 93.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 3.64% of tests.
- 110 recorded tests behind this page.
- 91.8% overall pass rate, 91.4% 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
- 110
- Typical mileage (median)
- 7,109 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
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Aero MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 83% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Aero
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 28 | 85.7% |
| East of England | 15 | 86.7% |
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 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 2017 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 windscreen 3.6% 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 2.7% 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 coil springs 1.8% 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.
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 Aero through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £31–£80 — and 50% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £31–£80
- Cheapest common item: individual direction indicators not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 50%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 110 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 2017 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 2017 cars with a similar record
- Suzuki Celerio 91.7%
- Porsche Panamera 92.0%
- Honda Cr-V 91.4%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 92.2%
- Audi Tt 91.3%
- Honda Hr-V 91.3%
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 Morgan Aero 10 failure items · 5 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visibility | 9 | 33.30% | 4.97% | +28.33 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 5 | 18.50% | 12.21% | +6.29 |
| Brakes | 3 | 11.10% | 20.89% | −9.79 |
| Tyres | 3 | 11.10% | 19.76% | −8.66 |
| Suspension | 2 | 7.40% | 20.98% | −13.58 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 7.40% | 5.52% | +1.88 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 3.70% | 5.57% | −1.87 |
| Steering | 1 | 3.70% | 2.57% | +1.13 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 3.70% | 1.76% | +1.94 |
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 | 3.6% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.7% | £8–22 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.8% | £25–65 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.91% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.91% | £5–25 |
| Horn not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.91% | £8–25 |
| Individual direction indicators not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.91% | £3–12 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.91% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.91% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 0.91% | £45–110 |
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 | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Flexible couplings excessively deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 0.91% | £80–250 |
| Service brake performance excessively fluctuating Brakes | Advisory | 0.91% | £60–150 |
| Transmission oil leaks leaking excessively from transmission Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 0.91% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 0.91% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 108 | 91.7% | 7,382 mi |
| 30-60k | 2 | 100.0% | 32,608 mi |
Source: 110 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 Aero MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 Morgan Aero?
91.8% of the 110 2017 Morgan Aero tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 91.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 Morgan Aero?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.64%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.73%), coil spring fractured or broken (1.82%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 Morgan Aero MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.7% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Morgan Aero in this dataset had covered 7,109 mi.
Does the season affect the 2017 Morgan Aero MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 93.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.