Audi A3: 74% pass.

370,008 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 74% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 69% would be expected: 5 points better than that.

How it does as it ages.

01 / By age

Source: Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) Checked 4 Nov 2026, 13:37

Diesel
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
3 years	81%	88%	3%	15%	59
4 years	86%	86%	3%	11%	308
5 years	85%	84%	2%	13%	2,536
6 years	84%	82%	3%	14%	3,831
7 years	84%	79%	3%	13%	7,348
8 years	82%	76%	3%	14%	14,788
9 years	80%	73%	4%	16%	18,553
10 years	76%	70%	5%	18%	22,376
11 years	74%	67%	5%	22%	20,303
12 years	67%	64%	5%	28%	17,946
13 years	64%	62%	5%	31%	17,167
14 years	63%	60%	6%	32%	13,441
15 years	61%	58%	6%	33%	13,477
16 years	61%	57%	7%	33%	10,917
17 years	58%	57%	7%	34%	8,886
18 years	56%	57%	8%	36%	6,236
19 years	54%	57%	7%	38%	4,181
20 years	53%	57%	8%	39%	2,266

Hybrid
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
6 years	89%	82%	1%	10%	288
7 years	86%	79%	3%	11%	522
8 years	85%	76%	2%	14%	465
9 years	85%	73%	2%	13%	899
10 years	83%	70%	2%	15%	541

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
3 years	92%	88%	3%	5%	78
4 years	90%	86%	1%	9%	2,244
5 years	88%	84%	2%	11%	11,833
6 years	87%	82%	2%	11%	20,636
7 years	87%	79%	2%	11%	21,149
8 years	85%	76%	2%	13%	21,911
9 years	84%	73%	3%	14%	18,995
10 years	81%	70%	3%	16%	17,383
11 years	78%	67%	4%	18%	11,781
12 years	74%	64%	5%	21%	6,644
13 years	69%	62%	5%	26%	5,979
14 years	64%	60%	5%	30%	7,906
15 years	64%	58%	6%	30%	8,436
16 years	62%	57%	7%	31%	6,784
17 years	60%	57%	8%	32%	5,583
18 years	58%	57%	8%	34%	4,489
19 years	58%	57%	8%	33%	3,720
20 years	58%	57%	8%	34%	2,230

Ages with fewer than 30 tests are left out. "All cars this age" is every make and model at that age, so you can see whether this one does better or worse than most.

A pass rate is the share of normal MOT tests a car passed first time, with no repair needed at the test station. A car that failed and was fixed on the spot is counted separately. Retests, aborted tests and other vehicles are left out.
The figures say how often cars of a kind pass, not how reliable or safe they are. Cars that are looked after better, or that are driven fewer miles, pass more often, and that differs by model. Groups of fewer than 30 tests are left out.
Make and model names are as DVSA records them, and a model can appear under more than one name.

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Data sources

Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT test results for cars, counted by make, model and age from DVSA's anonymised data. The counts are ours; DVSA does not endorse them.