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2016 Audi A1: MOT pass rate and common faults

25,390 initial MOT tests in 2025 on cars first used in 2016 · DVSA data · For guidance only · How we count

74.1%passed first time

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 73.5% to 74.6% (±0.6 points).

That is 0.8 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2016 (74.9%). These cars were about 9 years old at the test.

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Failure areas compared with all 2016 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2016, failures are more common in suspension (1.6×) and tyres (1.2×), and less common in lights and electrics (0.7×), brakes (0.9×), windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.6×) and noise, emissions, leaks (0.6×). Other differences are within the margin of error.

Failed tests with a fault in each area, per 100 tests. The right-hand column shows how many times as often as all vehicles first used in 2016.

  1. Suspension12.2 in 100 tests1.6× compared with 7.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2016
  2. Tyres7.8 in 100 tests1.2× compared with 6.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2016
  3. Lights and electrics5.1 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 7.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2016
  4. Brakes4.5 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 5.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2016
  5. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors1.9 in 100 tests0.6× compared with 3.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2016
  6. Noise, emissions, leaks1.5 in 100 tests0.6× compared with 2.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2016
  7. Body, chassis, structure1.3 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2016
  8. Seat belts and airbags0.7 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2016
  9. Number plates and VIN0.3 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2016
  10. Steering0.2 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2016

All vehicles first used in 2016: the 245 models in our data, 2,632,483 tests (98.1% of all 2,684,065 tests on vehicles first used in 2016). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.

Typical mileage at test61,100

Median odometer reading at the 2025 MOT test, in miles. Half had more and half had less.

After an MOT advisory

2016 Audi A1 cars that passed their 2024 MOT first time with an advisory, and what their next MOT found, against similar cars that passed with nothing noted in that area. Only cars first used in 2016.

Tyres

Of 2016 Audi A1 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 10.2% failed on tyres, against 6.3% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 3,752 and 11,245 cars.

  • With a tyre advisory10.2%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted6.3%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 9.3% of those with a tyre advisory and 8.7% of the others.

Brakes

Of 2016 Audi A1 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 8.9% failed on brakes, against 2.9% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 2,802 and 12,197 cars.

  • With a brake advisory8.9%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted2.9%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 9.3% of those with a brake advisory and 8.7% of the others.

Suspension

Of 2016 Audi A1 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a suspension advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 19.4% failed on suspension, against 10.8% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,817 and 13,091 cars.

  • With a suspension advisory19.4%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted10.8%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 9.4% of those with a suspension advisory and 8.7% of the others.

Similar cars are the same model, first-use year and mileage band. Areas are the DVSA's top-level groups, so the later fail may not be the fault that was advised. These figures describe what happened to these cars. They don't show what a repair would have changed.

Audi A1, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the data

What MOT data can't tell you about any 2016 Audi A1

Outstanding finance, write-offs, theft and plate changes aren't in MOT records. For a particular car, you need a history check.

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