Audi A1 MOT pass rate and common failures

80% of Audi A1 MOTs passed first time, above the 76% for all cars at the same ages.

80%passed first time (cars its age: 76%)
1.6mAudi A1 MOTs counted since May 2018
5,500typical miles a year at 10 years old

First-time pass rate by year registered

Each year's Audi A1s against every car first registered the same year, at the same ages. Newer cars have only had their first few MOTs, so they look better. Years with fewer than 5,000 MOTs are left out.

Share of MOTs passed first time, by year first registered. All cars: every car first registered that year, at the same ages.
Registered	A1	All cars	MOTs
2023	90%	88%	9k
2022	91%	88%	27k
2021	89%	86%	41k
2020	88%	86%	52k
2019	86%	85%	101k
2018	84%	83%	119k
2017	83%	83%	164k
2016	82%	80%	204k
2015	82%	78%	205k
2014	78%	74%	197k
2013	74%	71%	191k
2012	72%	68%	159k
2011	69%	65%	140k
2010	67%	63%	12k

Compare two years of the A1, age for age.

First-time pass rate by age

Share of MOTs at each age that passed first time. Ages with fewer than 10,000 Audi A1 MOTs are left out.

Commonest reasons for failure

Tyre tread below the legal limitOther cars its age: 2.32.5
Coil spring fractured or brokenOther cars its age: 2.02.4
Suspension arm pin or bush excessively wornOther cars its age: 0.82.2
Brake pads less than 1.5mm thickOther cars its age: 1.91.7
Tyre cut deep enough to reach the plyOther cars its age: 1.21.6
Tyre has ply or cords exposedOther cars its age: 1.11.3
Headlamp aim too lowOther cars its age: 1.11.0
Headlamp aim too highOther cars its age: 0.90.9

Out of every 100 Audi A1 MOTs, against other cars at the same ages.

Where it comes up more than other cars its age

Tyre has a cutAdvisory. Other cars its age: 1.22.3
Tyre slightly damagedAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.51.3
Reversing lamp inoperativeFail. Other cars its age: 0.10.4
Suspension arm pin or bush likely to become detachedFail. Other cars its age: 0.00.3
Driver's view Items removed from driver's view prior to testAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.10.1
Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limitsFail. Other cars its age: 0.00.1

Out of every 100 Audi A1 MOTs. Only items noted well above other cars of the same ages.

Miles a year

Typical miles a year between one MOT and the next: 5,500 at 3 years old, 5,500 at 15. Rounded to the nearest 1,000.

Counted from DVSA records of 286,058,652 MOTs, 20 May 2018 to 18 October 2026. A test and its retests count as one MOT, and a fail put right at the test counts as a first-time fail, as the DVSA counts it. About Audi A1s in general, not a prediction for any one car. Spotted a mistake? Email fuzzyreguk@gmail.com.

Check a Audi A1's MOT history

Every test and advisory, free, from the registration.