Aston Martin Cygnet MOT reliability

Aston Martin Cygnets passed their MOT first time 91% of the time across 129 tests in 2025. 120 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

91%

MOTs analysed

129

Still licensed (GB)

120

Body type

Hatchback

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2011 petrol

58 MOTs

These figures come from 58 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 93%. Typical mileage 27,845 (most between 19,690 and 42,077).

2014: 92% → 2015: 89% → 2016: 96% → 2017: 88% → 2018: 92% → 2019: 88% → 2020: 96% → 2021: 81% → 2022: 89% → 2023: 93% → 2024: 97% → 2025: 93%

Most common failures

Stop lamp: emits other than a steady red light (1.7%)
Position lamp: adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (1.7%)
Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (1.7%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (1.7%)
Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn (1.7%)

Where 2011 Cygnets fail

Lights & electrics

5.2%

Brakes

1.7%

Suspension & axles

1.7%

Visibility & wipers

1.7%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.