Aston Martin Db9 Reliability by Year

Based on 2M+ real complaints filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

14 NHTSA complaints (2007–2015).Complaint rate: 47.5 per 1,000 vehicles.

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Should I buy a Aston Martin Db9?

Quick answer from 14 NHTSA complaints · 2007–2015

Aston Martin Db9 shows elevated crash or fire rates — buy with caution. 0.0% of reported complaints involved a crash — above the ~4% mainstream average. Most complaints relate to electrical faults. Inspect carefully or consider a different model in the same class.

Best years to buy
Most common Aston Martin Db9 problem: Electrical Faults4 complaints (0.0% crash-involvement rate).

Keep scrolling for year-by-year complaint trends, recall campaigns, and component breakdowns — or click any year above for a full report.

Severity Score
1491.5
Complaints
14
Crash Rate
0.0%
Fire Rate
14.3%
Injuries
2
Fatalities

Which Years to Buy & Avoid

Years auto-clustered by complaint volume relative to this model's median.

Rankings based on raw NHTSA complaint counts. Sales volume data not yet available for this model.

Bottom line: The Aston Martin Db9 has consistently lower complaint volume in 2014 compared to other years.

Avoid These Years

No years with significant complaint spikes.

Average

2007
~5/yr complaints
2009
~3/yr complaints
2015
~4/yr complaints

Better Years

2014
~2/yr complaints
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Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA complaint count per model year

Common Aston Martin Db9 Problems

Most reported component complaints to NHTSA. Bar length = volume; color = crash-involvement rate.

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ComponentComplaintsCrash %
Electrical Faults40.0%
Engine And Engine Cooling:Exhaust System20.0%
Headlight/Taillight Failures20.0%
Gasoline Fuel System20.0%
Data Sources & Methodology

Complaints: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation consumer complaint database (14 records for this model). Public domain data, updated monthly.

Sales data: Not yet available for this model. Complaint counts are shown as raw numbers.

Rate calculation: Complaints per 10,000 vehicles sold = (complaint count / US annual sales) x 10,000. This normalizes for sales volume so high-volume models like Civic or Camry aren't unfairly penalized.

Year classifications: AVOID = 1.5x+ the model's median complaint count. GOOD = 0.6x or below. Years less than 3 years old are marked TOO NEW (insufficient data).

See also: Aston Martin Db9accident & safety statistics from our vehicle history database.

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