17.7%fail rate
Audi A8 MOT pass rate by year
How the Audi A8's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1995 to 2020, across the DVSA record.
What is the Audi A8 MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Audi A8 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 A8 averages 17.7% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 68.3% | 31.7% | 2,678 |
| 1996 | 68.8% | 31.2% | 4,038 |
| 1997 | 69.0% | 31.0% | 7,203 |
| 1998 | 67.7% | 32.3% | 8,132 |
| 1999 | 68.0% | 32.0% | 9,166 |
| 2000 | 68.9% | 31.1% | 8,184 |
| 2001 | 71.9% | 28.1% | 9,355 |
| 2002 | 72.4% | 27.6% | 9,205 |
| 2003 | 79.6% | 20.4% | 11,307 |
| 2004 | 80.6% | 19.4% | 17,232 |
| 2005 | 81.4% | 18.6% | 21,202 |
| 2006 | 81.8% | 18.2% | 17,641 |
| 2007 | 81.5% | 18.5% | 20,004 |
| 2008 | 83.7% | 16.3% | 19,662 |
| 2009 | 84.8% | 15.2% | 9,213 |
| 2010 | 87.1% | 12.9% | 9,645 |
| 2011 | 89.1% | 10.9% | 13,680 |
| 2012 | 89.7% | 10.3% | 11,255 |
| 2013 | 90.6% | 9.4% | 9,875 |
| 2014 | 92.0% | 8.0% | 10,141 |
| 2015 | 91.4% | 8.6% | 9,879 |
| 2016 | 92.1% | 7.9% | 7,900 |
| 2017 | 92.7% | 7.3% | 5,220 |
| 2018 | 93.1% | 6.9% | 6,096 |
| 2019 | 93.6% | 6.4% | 3,867 |
| 2020 | 92.7% | 7.3% | 1,614 |
Does age change how often a Audi A8 fails?
Older Audi A8s fail more often, as expected. The 1995 cars fail 31.7% of tests against 7.3% for the 2020. Across every year the model averages 17.7%. The 1998 is the weakest year at 32.3%, and the 2019 the strongest at 6.4%.
More on the Audi A8
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Audi A8: 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