2019 Audi A4: MOT pass rate and common faults
Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 83.1% to 84.3% (±0.7 points).
That is about average: the difference from the average for all vehicles first used in 2019 (83.5%) is within the margin of error. These cars were about 6 years old at the test.
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Failure areas compared with all 2019 vehicles
Compared with all vehicles first used in 2019, failures are more common in tyres (1.5×) and suspension (2.1×), and less common in brakes (0.6×), windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.6×) and lights and electrics (0.3×). Other differences are within the margin of error.
- Tyres7.9 in 100 tests1.5× compared with 5.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Suspension4.7 in 100 tests2.1× compared with 2.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Brakes1.7 in 100 tests0.6× compared with 3.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Windscreen, wipers, mirrors1.6 in 100 tests0.6× compared with 2.9 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Lights and electrics1.3 in 100 tests0.3× compared with 4.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2019
- Noise, emissions, leaks1.1 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2019
All vehicles first used in 2019: the 248 models in our data, 2,411,315 tests (97.7% of all 2,466,996 tests on vehicles first used in 2019). 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 –.
After an MOT advisory
Tyres
Of 2019 Audi A4 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 9.6% failed on tyres, against 7.1% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,925 and 6,570 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 11.3% of those with a tyre advisory and 11.0% of the others.
Not enough 2019 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 dataWhat MOT data can't tell you about any 2019 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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