Does the Aston Martin Vantage fail the MOT on lamps, reflectors and electrics more than it should?

The Aston Martin Vantage records 3.44 lamps, reflectors and electrics failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 14.09 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−10.65, 95% interval −11.14 to −10.16). It ranks 617 of 729 models on lamps, reflectors and electrics (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on lamps, reflectors and electrics · check a Aston Martin Vantage by registration

What exactly fails on lamps, reflectors and electrics?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Aston Martin Vantage is “The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements”, recorded 212 times in 2019–2024.

Aston Martin Vantage: most frequent lamps, reflectors and electrics defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements	212	0.93
A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning	111	0.49
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources	69	0.30
A headlamp cleaning device inoperative in the case of LED or gas discharge systems (HID)	50	0.22
A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning	45	0.20

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

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