2013 Aston Martin Vantage: MOT pass rate and reliability

94.3% of 2013 Aston Martin Vantages pass the MOT first time, measured across 335 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 28,490 miles.

How the 2013 compares

  • Against all Aston Martin Vantages (94.5%, 4,646 tests): -0.2 points
  • Against all 2013 cars (72.9%): +21.4 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Aston Martin Vantage model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2013 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Aston Martin Vantage:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2006 94.9% 292 48,343
2007 91.9% 209 45,243
2012 93.3% 209 29,922
2013 94.3% 335 28,490
2014 93.3% 360 26,044
2015 95.9% 363 22,275
2016 95.8% 384 19,137
2017 94.6% 298 15,115
2018 94.1% 475 16,919
2019 95.8% 712 17,440

What this means if you are buying a 2013 Vantage

The 2013 sits close to the Aston Martin 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 13-year-old car fails on

A 2013 car is 13 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 low mileage, which usually means light urban use. Short journeys are harder on batteries, brakes and exhausts than motorway miles, so do not assume low miles means low wear. On a 2013 Aston Martin Vantage the average at test was 28,490 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 2015 at 95.9%, and the weakest in our data is 2007 at 91.9%. That 4.0 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2013 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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