Audi MOT failure rates by model
Audi cars fail 20.7% of MOT tests. Here is every Audi model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.
What is the MOT failure rate for Audi cars?
Across 28,963,866 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 20.7% of Audi cars fail. That is 5.0 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Audi models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.
| Model | Failure rate | Tests | Top failure area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audi 80 | 36.7% | 247,732 | Brakes |
| Audi 100 | 34.8% | 55,762 | Brakes |
| Audi 90 | 34.5% | 13,488 | Brakes |
| Audi Coupe | 34.2% | 60,323 | Lamps & electrical |
| Audi Cabriolet | 32.5% | 87,554 | Lamps & electrical |
| Audi 200 | 30.6% | 1,259 | Brakes |
| Audi A2 | 28.2% | 383,088 | Lamps & electrical |
| Audi Quattro | 24.4% | 21,086 | Lamps & electrical |
| Audi Convertible | 24.1% | 3,432 | Lamps & electrical |
| Audi A4 | 23.8% | 7,293,149 | Suspension |
| Audi All | 23.4% | 18,322 | Lamps & electrical |
| Audi Allroad | 23.2% | 68,626 | Lamps & electrical |
| Audi Tt | 21.8% | 2,358,820 | Lamps & electrical |
| Audi A3 | 21.7% | 7,701,105 | Tyres |
| Audi A6 | 21.3% | 2,817,455 | Tyres |
| Audi S8 | 20.9% | 6,325 | Lamps & electrical |
| Audi S3 | 19.6% | 94,528 | Suspension |
| Audi S6 | 19.5% | 7,396 | Lamps & electrical |
| Audi S4 | 17.9% | 42,072 | Tyres |
| Audi A8 | 17.7% | 267,965 | Tyres |
| Audi A5 | 16.7% | 1,569,300 | Tyres |
| Audi Rs6 | 16.7% | 16,073 | Tyres |
| Audi A1 | 16.3% | 2,205,748 | Tyres |
| Audi Rs4 | 15.7% | 31,870 | Suspension |
| Audi Q7 | 15.6% | 595,452 | Tyres |
| Audi S5 | 15.2% | 30,193 | Tyres |
| Audi Unknown | 13.4% | 1,601 | Suspension |
| Audi Q5 | 13.1% | 1,027,323 | Tyres |
| Audi A7 | 13.1% | 179,257 | Tyres |
| Audi S1 | 13.1% | 1,967 | Tyres |
| Audi Q3 | 12.8% | 1,123,017 | Tyres |
| Audi Q4 | 11.4% | 28,049 | Tyres |
| Audi R8 | 10.8% | 51,093 | Lamps & electrical |
| Audi Rs3 | 10.7% | 1,656 | Tyres |
| Audi Sq7 | 10.1% | 5,559 | Tyres |
| Audi Rs | 9.6% | 28,052 | Tyres |
| Audi E-Tron | 9.2% | 59,532 | Tyres |
| Audi Q8 | 8.8% | 23,138 | Tyres |
| Audi Q2 | 8.6% | 409,987 | Tyres |
| Audi Sq5 | 8.5% | 12,268 | Tyres |
| Audi Sq2 | 7.9% | 1,988 | Tyres |
| Audi Sq8 | 7.8% | 2,523 | Tyres |
Which Audi fails its MOT most, and which least?
The Audi 80 has the highest failure rate at 36.7%, and the Audi Sq8 the lowest at 7.8%. A higher rate reflects how old and how hard a model tends to be used as much as how it was built, so the oldest models in the range usually sit near the top.
Compare another make
Failure rates for other makes with a large MOT sample.
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Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain