Audi A8 MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 88.1% of 11,848 MOT tests on the Audi A8 ended in a pass, 11.6 points above the 76.5% average for all cars. Comparing like for like at ages 3 to 10, it passed 92.1% against 82.0%.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the Audi A8 MOT tests at that age. Mileage shows the median and the middle half of odometer readings, from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
| Age | Pass rate | Mileage |
|---|---|---|
| 3496 tests | 95.0% | 33,000 · 23k to 43k |
| 4919 tests | 93.4% | 43,000 · 31k to 59k |
| 5721 tests | 93.1% | 49,000 · 35k to 65k |
| 6816 tests | 91.5% | 61,000 · 43k to 83k |
| 7963 tests | 91.4% | 69,000 · 51k to 93k |
| 8914 tests | 91.2% | 81,000 · 63k to 105k |
| 9872 tests | 91.7% | 91,000 · 69k to 117k |
| 10768 tests | 89.1% | 103,000 · 77k to 131k |
| 11748 tests | 88.5% | 111,000 · 83k to 139k |
| 12649 tests | 88.9% | 117,000 · 91k to 149k |
| 13477 tests | 87.2% | 127,000 · 99k to 151k |
| 14516 tests | 84.1% | 137,000 · 111k to 169k |
| 15825 tests | 84.5% | 141,000 · 117k to 169k |
| 16491 tests | 81.1% | 141,000 · 111k to 173k |
| 17449 tests | 81.1% | 143,000 · 115k to 179k |
| 18365 tests | 78.9% | 137,000 · 107k to 169k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the Audi A8. Advisories are things the tester noted that did not fail the car, often wear that will need attention soon. Follow an item to see what it means and how serious it is.
Failures
Advisories and minor defects
What to check on a used A8
The parts that come up most often in Audi A8 MOTs, and how to look at them on a viewing.
- Brake discs and padsAsk when the discs and pads were last replaced, and look through the wheel for a raised lip on the edge of the disc.
- Oil leaksLook under the engine and gearbox, and at the ground where the car was parked, for fresh oil.
- Wipers, washers and windscreenRun the wipers and washers, and look for chips or cracks in the windscreen, above all in front of the driver.
- TyresCheck the tread across the full width of every tyre, including the inner edge, and look for cuts and bulges in the sidewalls.
- LightsWalk round with every light on, and ask someone to press the brake pedal so you can see both brake lights.
Check a specific A8
Fleet averages only go so far. Enter the registration to see that car's own MOT history, mileage record and current condition, free.
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Other Audi models
Overall MOT pass rate in 2023. Compare all Audi models or see every make.
How these figures are made. We counted every initial MOT test (not retests) of cars and light vans in Great Britain in 2023 from the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 33,842,940 tests in all. Pass rate is the share of initial tests that ended in a pass, counting faults fixed during the test. Age is whole years from first registration to the test, so a car having its first MOT a few weeks early counts as 2.
Like-for-like pass rates average each model's pass rate at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix for every model, so a model is not flattered by a young fleet or penalised by an old one. Models are grouped by the first word of the DVSA model name, and names that cover several models are left out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RegTail's analysis of the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 2023 tests.