Audi A1 MOT pass rate and common failures
What the MOTs of 223,577 Audi A1 cars in 2025 show. These are patterns across all tests recorded by DVSA, not a verdict on any one car.
How often does a Audi A1 pass its MOT first time?
In 2025, 75.9% of the 223,577 Audi A1 cars tested passed their MOT first time. Cars of all makes from the same registration years passed 75.4% of the time, so the Audi A1 was about level with them.
Pass rate by registration year
First-time pass rate in 2025 for each year the car was first registered, next to all cars registered in the same year. Older cars fail more often, so compare like with like. Years with fewer than 1,000 cars tested are not shown.
Compared with all cars registered in the same year, the Audi A1 did best for 2010 registrations (5.3 points above all cars of that year) and worst for 2018 registrations (2.1 points below all cars of that year).
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| Registered | Audi A1 | All cars | Cars tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 89.8% | 89.1% | 12,312 |
| 2021 | 89.5% | 88.2% | 13,504 |
| 2020 | 87.5% | 86.8% | 12,814 |
| 2019 | 84.0% | 84.2% | 19,545 |
| 2018 | 79.6% | 81.7% | 19,030 |
| 2017 | 77.0% | 78.9% | 21,991 |
| 2016 | 73.9% | 75.5% | 24,427 |
| 2015 | 73.9% | 72.4% | 22,636 |
| 2014 | 71.3% | 68.9% | 22,045 |
| 2013 | 66.7% | 65.9% | 21,298 |
| 2012 | 66.3% | 63.5% | 17,494 |
| 2011 | 63.7% | 61.3% | 15,033 |
| 2010 | 64.4% | 59.1% | 1,274 |
What the Audi A1 failed on most
Of the 53,887 Audi A1 cars that failed first time in 2025, the share with each fault on the MOT. One car can fail on several faults.
- 1.Worn suspension joint or bush17.2%
- 2.Broken or weak suspension spring14.3%
- 3.Badly damaged tyre12.3%
- 4.Tyre tread below the legal limit11.1%
- 5.Headlight aim out of line10.0%
By area of the car: suspension 38.5%, tyres 29.9%, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 22.5%, brakes 18.8%, visibility 11.1%.
Typical mileage by age
The median odometer reading at the MOT, by the car's age at the test to the nearest year, up to 20 years. Half the cars had covered more and half less. A rough guide when a car's mileage looks high or low for its age.
| Age | Audi A1 | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 20,900 | 23,200 |
| 4 years | 28,100 | 30,600 |
| 5 years | 33,500 | 36,100 |
| 6 years | 40,000 | 42,400 |
| 7 years | 45,100 | 50,100 |
| 8 years | 52,700 | 58,200 |
| 9 years | 61,200 | 65,200 |
| 10 years | 68,800 | 72,100 |
| 11 years | 74,800 | 78,800 |
| 12 years | 82,800 | 84,700 |
| 13 years | 91,000 | 90,400 |
| 14 years | 97,800 | 95,900 |
| 15 years | 102,600 | 97,900 |
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Source
Calculated by Carhealth from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2025: 28,468,316 cars. How we worked it out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).