16.7%fail rate
Audi A5 MOT pass rate by year
How the Audi A5's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 2007 to 2023, across the DVSA record.
What is the Audi A5 MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Audi A5 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 A5 averages 16.7% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 81.7% | 18.3% | 38,152 |
| 2008 | 79.8% | 20.2% | 107,452 |
| 2009 | 80.6% | 19.4% | 130,645 |
| 2010 | 80.8% | 19.2% | 195,439 |
| 2011 | 81.4% | 18.6% | 166,059 |
| 2012 | 82.4% | 17.6% | 144,942 |
| 2013 | 83.0% | 17.0% | 146,643 |
| 2014 | 83.8% | 16.2% | 129,365 |
| 2015 | 84.5% | 15.5% | 110,823 |
| 2016 | 85.2% | 14.8% | 78,204 |
| 2017 | 87.3% | 12.7% | 115,679 |
| 2018 | 87.4% | 12.6% | 77,196 |
| 2019 | 87.7% | 12.3% | 54,012 |
| 2020 | 88.5% | 11.5% | 20,263 |
| 2021 | 89.0% | 11.0% | 16,669 |
| 2022 | 90.4% | 9.6% | 8,081 |
| 2023 | 88.8% | 11.2% | 2,612 |
Does age change how often a Audi A5 fails?
Older Audi A5s fail more often, as expected. The 2007 cars fail 18.3% of tests against 11.2% for the 2023. Across every year the model averages 16.7%. The 2008 is the weakest year at 20.2%, and the 2022 the strongest at 9.6%.
More on the Audi A5
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Audi A5: 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