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

The Aston Martin Vantage records 0.20 steering failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 2.30 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−2.10, 95% interval −2.30 to −1.91). It ranks 492 of 640 models on steering (1 = most failures above expected).

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

No single steering defect wording reaches 30 items on the Aston Martin Vantage; the failures are spread across several.