2009 Aston Martin V8 Vantage: MOT pass rate and reliability

94.5% of 2009 Aston Martin V8 Vantages pass the MOT first time, measured across 361 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 38,346 miles.

How the 2009 compares

  • Against all Aston Martin V8 Vantages (92.6%, 3,169 tests): +1.9 points
  • Against all 2009 cars (66.1%): +28.4 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Aston Martin V8 Vantage 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 V8 Vantage:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2006 91.4% 914 50,399
2007 92.3% 730 45,663
2008 93.3% 466 41,477
2009 94.5% 361 38,346
2010 94.4% 213 34,957

What this means if you are buying a 2009 V8 Vantage

The 2009 sits close to the Aston Martin V8 Vantage average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. 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 V8 Vantage the average at test was 38,346 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.

2009 is the strongest year on record for this model at 94.5%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.

Nearby model years

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