23.8%fail rate
Audi A4 MOT pass rate by year
How the Audi A4's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1995 to 2023, across the DVSA record.
What is the Audi A4 MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Audi A4 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 A4 averages 23.8% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 61.9% | 38.1% | 77,755 |
| 1996 | 62.5% | 37.5% | 167,790 |
| 1997 | 63.6% | 36.4% | 189,692 |
| 1998 | 65.0% | 35.0% | 220,300 |
| 1999 | 66.2% | 33.8% | 226,179 |
| 2000 | 68.1% | 31.9% | 230,789 |
| 2001 | 71.5% | 28.5% | 268,994 |
| 2002 | 73.2% | 26.8% | 436,546 |
| 2003 | 74.1% | 25.9% | 535,418 |
| 2004 | 74.6% | 25.4% | 531,142 |
| 2005 | 76.5% | 23.5% | 512,897 |
| 2006 | 76.9% | 23.1% | 546,186 |
| 2007 | 77.1% | 22.9% | 519,993 |
| 2008 | 77.8% | 22.2% | 443,338 |
| 2009 | 79.2% | 20.8% | 303,337 |
| 2010 | 80.1% | 19.9% | 262,852 |
| 2011 | 80.7% | 19.3% | 247,803 |
| 2012 | 81.9% | 18.1% | 217,296 |
| 2013 | 82.6% | 17.4% | 225,909 |
| 2014 | 82.9% | 17.1% | 213,313 |
| 2015 | 83.3% | 16.7% | 182,840 |
| 2016 | 85.3% | 14.7% | 206,762 |
| 2017 | 86.7% | 13.3% | 176,706 |
| 2018 | 86.6% | 13.4% | 93,722 |
| 2019 | 87.5% | 12.5% | 72,869 |
| 2020 | 89.0% | 11.0% | 36,109 |
| 2021 | 88.7% | 11.3% | 22,484 |
| 2022 | 89.6% | 10.4% | 12,234 |
| 2023 | 88.2% | 11.8% | 3,527 |
Does age change how often a Audi A4 fails?
Older Audi A4s fail more often, as expected. The 1995 cars fail 38.1% of tests against 11.8% for the 2023. Across every year the model averages 23.8%. The 1995 is the weakest year at 38.1%, and the 2022 the strongest at 10.4%.
More on the Audi A4
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
|---|
| Audi A4: 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