2009 Aston Martin Dbs: MOT pass rate and reliability
92.1% of 2009 Aston Martin Dbs pass the MOT first time, measured across 202 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 30,422 miles.
How the 2009 compares
- Against all Aston Martin Dbs (95.4%, 1,509 tests): -3.3 points
- Against all 2009 cars (66.1%): +26 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Aston Martin Dbs model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2009 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Aston Martin Dbs:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 92.1% | 202 | 30,422 |
| 2019 | 96.6% | 320 | 13,085 |
| 2020 | 97% | 202 | 10,612 |
What this means if you are buying a 2009 Dbs
The 2009 is a weaker year for this model, passing 3.3 points less often than the Aston Martin Dbs average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2009 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.
What a 17-year-old car fails on
A 2009 car is 17 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:
- Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
- Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
- Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
- Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
- Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
- Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested
That is below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2009 Aston Martin Dbs the average at test was 30,422 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.
The strongest year for this model is 2020 at 97%, and the weakest in our data is 2009 at 92.1%. That 4.9 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2009 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
- 2019 Aston Martin Dbs - 96.6%
- 2020 Aston Martin Dbs - 97%