Audi A4 MOT pass rate and common failures

73% of Audi A4 MOTs passed first time, above the 68% for all cars at the same ages.

73%passed first time (cars its age: 68%)
2.3mAudi A4 MOTs counted since May 2018
7,500typical miles a year at 10 years old

First-time pass rate by year registered

Each year's Audi A4s 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	A4	All cars	MOTs
2022	88%	88%	12k
2021	88%	86%	21k
2020	88%	86%	34k
2019	86%	85%	66k
2018	85%	83%	84k
2017	85%	83%	159k
2016	83%	80%	186k
2015	80%	78%	152k
2014	79%	74%	157k
2013	77%	71%	148k
2012	75%	68%	127k
2011	73%	65%	129k
2010	71%	62%	123k
2009	68%	61%	125k
2008	65%	59%	157k
2007	64%	58%	162k
2006	63%	56%	147k
2005	61%	56%	104k
2004	58%	55%	92k
2003	57%	55%	64k
2002	56%	55%	38k
2001	56%	57%	16k
2000	56%	59%	14k
1999	56%	62%	10k
1998	59%	64%	7k

Compare two years of the A4, 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 A4 MOTs are left out.

Commonest reasons for failure

Tyre tread below the legal limitOther cars its age: 2.73.3
Coil spring fractured or brokenOther cars its age: 2.63.0
Drive shaft CV boot splitOther cars its age: 1.62.2
Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrectOther cars its age: 1.51.7
Suspension arm pin or bush excessively wornOther cars its age: 1.31.7
Tyre has ply or cords exposedOther cars its age: 1.31.6
Brake pads less than 1.5mm thickOther cars its age: 1.91.6
Headlamp aim too lowOther cars its age: 1.41.4

Out of every 100 Audi A4 MOTs, against other cars at the same ages.

Where it comes up more than other cars its age

Brake hose slightly deterioratedAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.52.0
Brake hose excessively deterioratedFail. Other cars its age: 0.10.7
Coil spring mounting corroded but not seriously weakenedAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.00.4
Undertray not fully secureAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.00.1
Brake hose excessively damagedFail. Other cars its age: 0.00.1
Undertray likely to become detachedFail. Other cars its age: 0.00.1

Out of every 100 Audi A4 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: 8,500 at 3 years old, 3,500 at 20. 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 A4s in general, not a prediction for any one car. Spotted a mistake? Email fuzzyreguk@gmail.com.

Check a Audi A4's MOT history

Every test and advisory, free, from the registration.