Does the Aston Martin Vantage fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?

The Aston Martin Vantage records 1.05 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 9.66 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−8.61, 95% interval −9.01 to −8.20). It ranks 635 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on brakes?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Aston Martin Vantage is “Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake”, recorded 44 times in 2019–2024.

Aston Martin Vantage: most frequent brakes defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake	44	0.19

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 22,819 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

If a Aston Martin Vantage gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

3.0% of Aston Martin Vantage MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 1,590 miles later (868 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 868 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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Does the Aston Martin Vantage fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?

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