16.3%fail rate
Audi A1 MOT pass rate by year
How the Audi A1's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 2010 to 2023, across the DVSA record.
What is the Audi A1 MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Audi A1 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 A1 averages 16.3% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 79.4% | 20.6% | 25,019 |
| 2011 | 80.0% | 20.0% | 268,226 |
| 2012 | 80.8% | 19.2% | 273,888 |
| 2013 | 81.6% | 18.4% | 296,561 |
| 2014 | 83.3% | 16.7% | 271,131 |
| 2015 | 84.6% | 15.4% | 246,051 |
| 2016 | 84.4% | 15.6% | 234,170 |
| 2017 | 85.7% | 14.3% | 187,202 |
| 2018 | 86.4% | 13.6% | 133,522 |
| 2019 | 88.1% | 11.9% | 110,838 |
| 2020 | 89.5% | 10.5% | 55,691 |
| 2021 | 90.3% | 9.7% | 44,396 |
| 2022 | 91.4% | 8.6% | 27,623 |
| 2023 | 90.9% | 9.1% | 8,863 |
Does age change how often a Audi A1 fails?
Older Audi A1s fail more often, as expected. The 2010 cars fail 20.6% of tests against 9.1% for the 2023. Across every year the model averages 16.3%. The 2010 is the weakest year at 20.6%, and the 2022 the strongest at 8.6%.
More on the Audi A1
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Audi A1: 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