YouTuber spends six months rebuilding crashed DB12… but it still won’t start, so he takes it to AM dealer

This YouTuber spent six months rebuilding a crashed Aston Martin DB12, however it still wouldn’t start,

After all his hard work, he was confused as to why the car was still not starting.

After taking the luxury auto in to the dealer, it quickly became apparent why that was the case.

It was all down to one problem, which – luckily – had a simple solution.

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Aston Martin’s DB12 is famed among gearheads

The British car brand makes a whole load of powerhouses, and the fleet is popular among the rich and famous.

There’s the DB12 Goldfinger Edition, which is Aston Martin’s tribute to the James Bond saga, for example.

Plus, the DB-12 was unveiled as ‘world’s first super tourer’ – which is a big title, but it lives up to that moniker.

However, sometimes things go wrong with cars, like this DB-12 that crashed despite only having 39 miles on the clock.

YouTuber Mat Armstrong snapped it up with hopes of fixing it, but had to take it to Aston Martin itself.

This isn’t Mat Armstrong’s first rodeo with the DB-12

He previously vowed to fix the car by a tight deadline, but specialist parts not arriving on time made the job take longer than initially planned.

The car still wouldn’t start, and more parts were needed.

Now, after the specially made-to-order parts had arrived, it was time to see if the car would actually come to life.

The four-litre V8 engine needed radiators and oiling cooling, which were installed by Mat, with the rest of the car needing it be built up.

More parts were fitted and mended, including the seat, wing mirrors, airbags, and plugging cameras in.

However, it still wouldn’t work, and a new airbag module was needed as using tools to clear the crash data failed, meaning the car was still not starting.

So, the time came to take it back to Aston Martin itself

“This could be insanely expensive or just a five minute job for them, we can only hope,” said the YouTuber.

And, as would luck have it, the car worked.

After being taken, within just 10 minutes, the car was working after clearing crash data and the airbag being coded, which was best best-case scenario after all the work that had been done.

You can catch all the action below and watch Mat build the car back up to its former glory.