Audi MOT pass rates and reliability
We have 1,663,771 MOT tests on Audi cars from 2023, covering 24 models with enough tests to compare. Choose a model to see what it fails on most often, how its pass rate changes with age and how far it is typically driven.
Across 1,663,771 MOT tests on Audi cars in 2023, 78% passed first time, above the national average of 71% for all cars. Of the Audi models with enough tests, the SQ5 did best at 91% and the A2 did least well at 55%. Newer models pass more often whatever the make, so compare cars of a similar age.
Audi models
| Model | Tests | First-time pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| A3 | 422,882 | 75% |
| A4 | 267,800 | 73% |
| A1 | 209,408 | 78% |
| A6 | 129,379 | 79% |
| A5 | 124,139 | 79% |
| Q3 | 119,886 | 84% |
| TT | 115,744 | 76% |
| Q5 | 100,754 | 84% |
| Q2 | 59,697 | 91% |
| Q7 | 47,539 | 82% |
| A7 | 16,847 | 84% |
| A8 | 12,084 | 86% |
| A2 | 7,337 | 55% |
| E Tron | 6,596 | 91% |
| S3 | 4,268 | 81% |
| R8 | 3,815 | 90% |
| Q8 | 3,293 | 91% |
| RS | 2,583 | 90% |
| S4 | 2,368 | 83% |
| Allroad | 1,933 | 71% |
| S5 | 1,767 | 81% |
| RS4 | 1,423 | 82% |
| Cabriolet | 1,161 | 65% |
| SQ5 | 1,068 | 91% |
What Audi cars fail on
Share of tests with at least one failure in each area, across all models, against the figure for all cars.
- Tyres7.0% (all cars 6.4%)
- Suspension6.7% (all cars 9.0%)
- Lights and electrics6.5% (all cars 11.3%)
- Brakes4.3% (all cars 6.8%)
- Visibility2.7% (all cars 4.8%)
- Exhaust and emissions2.5% (all cars 3.1%)
- Body and structure2.4% (all cars 3.5%)
- Seat belts and airbags0.9% (all cars 1.0%)
Most common Audi failure items
Share of tests on which each item was recorded.
- Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm 2.8%
- Coil spring: fractured or broken 2.7%
- Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction 1.5%
- Tyres, condition: has ply or cords exposed 1.4%
- Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick 1.4%
- Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt 1.2%
- Suspension arms, pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn 0.9%
- Tyres, condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords 0.8%
Check a particular Audi
Model figures tell you what to look out for. To see one car's own MOT history, mileage and tax, enter its registration.
Source: Department for Transport, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023, cars and light vans, normal tests only. Pass rates are first-time passes; a pass after repair at the test station counts as a fail. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.