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2018 Audi A4: MOT pass rate and common faults

13,518 initial MOT tests in 2025 on cars first used in 2018 · DVSA data · For guidance only · How we count

79.9%passed first time

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 79.2% to 80.6% (±0.7 points).

That is 1.0 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2018 (80.9%). These cars were about 7 years old at the test.

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Failure areas compared with all 2018 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2018, failures are more common in suspension (2.5×) and tyres (1.3×), and less common in windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.8×), brakes (0.6×) and lights and electrics (0.3×). 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 2018.

  1. Suspension8.8 in 100 tests2.5× compared with 3.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
  2. Tyres7.0 in 100 tests1.3× compared with 5.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
  3. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors2.4 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 3.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
  4. Brakes2.1 in 100 tests0.6× compared with 3.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
  5. Lights and electrics1.8 in 100 tests0.3× compared with 5.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
  6. Noise, emissions, leaks0.9 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
  7. Body, chassis, structure0.8 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
  8. Wheels0.4 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018

All vehicles first used in 2018: the 245 models in our data, 2,409,788 tests (97.5% of all 2,471,792 tests on vehicles first used in 2018). 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 test62,000

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

After an MOT advisory

2018 Audi A4 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 2018.

Tyres

Of 2018 Audi A4 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 5.9% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,953 and 7,036 cars.

  • With a tyre advisory10.2%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted5.9%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 9.7% of those with a tyre advisory and 9.9% of the others.

Not enough 2018 Audi A4 cars with a brake or suspension advisory to show figures for this year alone.

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 A4, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the data

What MOT data can't tell you about any 2018 Audi A4

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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