Audi A4: 72% pass.

226,160 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 72% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 68% would be expected: 4 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
4 years	87%	86%	1%	11%	1,145
5 years	85%	84%	2%	13%	3,277
6 years	80%	82%	3%	17%	3,834
7 years	78%	79%	2%	20%	7,448
8 years	77%	76%	3%	20%	14,224
9 years	74%	73%	4%	22%	13,159
10 years	72%	70%	5%	24%	14,162
11 years	71%	67%	5%	24%	13,378
12 years	71%	64%	5%	24%	11,917
13 years	69%	62%	5%	26%	11,003
14 years	66%	60%	6%	28%	10,271
15 years	64%	58%	6%	30%	9,779
16 years	63%	57%	7%	31%	9,755
17 years	63%	57%	7%	30%	8,709
18 years	61%	57%	7%	31%	7,140
19 years	60%	57%	7%	32%	4,374
20 years	60%	57%	7%	33%	2,801

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
3 years	89%	88%	1%	10%	114
4 years	88%	86%	1%	11%	2,539
5 years	85%	84%	2%	13%	6,661
6 years	82%	82%	2%	17%	8,259
7 years	80%	79%	2%	17%	10,437
8 years	81%	76%	3%	16%	7,730
9 years	82%	73%	2%	15%	4,201
10 years	81%	70%	3%	16%	2,376
11 years	80%	67%	3%	17%	2,545
12 years	79%	64%	4%	17%	2,184
13 years	75%	62%	5%	20%	1,842
14 years	75%	60%	5%	20%	2,021
15 years	69%	58%	5%	26%	2,141
16 years	67%	57%	7%	26%	2,770
17 years	65%	57%	7%	28%	3,493
18 years	66%	57%	7%	28%	4,797
19 years	66%	57%	7%	28%	3,642
20 years	65%	57%	7%	27%	2,473

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.