21.3%fail rate
Audi A6 MOT pass rate by year
How the Audi A6's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1994 to 2023, across the DVSA record.
What is the Audi A6 MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Audi A6 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 A6 averages 21.3% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 65.3% | 34.7% | 10,003 |
| 1995 | 66.0% | 34.0% | 28,014 |
| 1996 | 66.8% | 33.2% | 34,005 |
| 1997 | 66.1% | 33.9% | 41,819 |
| 1998 | 65.1% | 34.9% | 70,396 |
| 1999 | 66.0% | 34.0% | 90,401 |
| 2000 | 68.2% | 31.8% | 93,690 |
| 2001 | 70.0% | 30.0% | 96,869 |
| 2002 | 71.0% | 29.0% | 127,908 |
| 2003 | 72.2% | 27.8% | 122,259 |
| 2004 | 73.6% | 26.4% | 122,386 |
| 2005 | 76.5% | 23.5% | 148,472 |
| 2006 | 78.0% | 22.0% | 166,422 |
| 2007 | 78.0% | 22.0% | 218,748 |
| 2008 | 77.8% | 22.2% | 177,327 |
| 2009 | 78.9% | 21.1% | 104,217 |
| 2010 | 80.4% | 19.6% | 133,760 |
| 2011 | 82.1% | 17.9% | 124,128 |
| 2012 | 85.1% | 14.9% | 127,449 |
| 2013 | 85.7% | 14.3% | 142,617 |
| 2014 | 85.9% | 14.1% | 130,638 |
| 2015 | 87.5% | 12.5% | 119,956 |
| 2016 | 87.8% | 12.2% | 122,572 |
| 2017 | 89.1% | 10.9% | 77,491 |
| 2018 | 89.2% | 10.8% | 54,711 |
| 2019 | 90.1% | 9.9% | 48,294 |
| 2020 | 91.4% | 8.6% | 14,977 |
| 2021 | 91.3% | 8.7% | 13,890 |
| 2022 | 92.4% | 7.6% | 7,326 |
| 2023 | 93.2% | 6.8% | 2,770 |
Does age change how often a Audi A6 fails?
Older Audi A6s fail more often, as expected. The 1994 cars fail 34.7% of tests against 6.8% for the 2023. Across every year the model averages 21.3%. The 1998 is the weakest year at 34.9%, and the 2023 the strongest at 6.8%.
More on the Audi A6
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Audi A6: 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