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Audi 80 MOT pass rate by year

How the Audi 80's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1984 to 1999, across the DVSA record.

What is the Audi 80 MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Audi 80 model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Audi 80 averages 36.7% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
198469.0%31.0%1,356
198569.4%30.6%1,361
198666.8%33.2%1,580
198763.9%36.1%2,949
198864.2%35.8%5,172
198962.7%37.3%7,532
199062.7%37.3%13,644
199163.9%36.1%12,784
199262.5%37.5%30,686
199362.4%37.6%54,294
199463.2%36.8%79,096
199563.6%36.4%27,222
199662.6%37.4%1,334
199768.7%31.3%1,945
199869.3%30.7%1,897
199970.8%29.2%1,693

Does age change how often a Audi 80 fails?

Older Audi 80s fail more often, as expected. The 1984 cars fail 31.0% of tests against 29.2% for the 1999. Across every year the model averages 36.7%. The 1993 is the weakest year at 37.6%, and the 1999 the strongest at 29.2%.

More on the Audi 80

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
Audi 80: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them
All Audi models compared by MOT failure rate
MOT failure rates across Britain

Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain