Audi A6 Recorded MOT Outcomes

19.4%
historical failure rate from 576,853 tests
7.5 percentage points below the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: This page summarises past outcomes for a make/model group. It does not use the condition, service history or current defects of a particular vehicle, so it is not a pass prediction, diagnosis or buying recommendation.

Recorded Failure Rate by Age Band

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 8.7% 23,176 Tyres
3-5 years 10.1% 116,994 Tyres
6-10 years 16.1% 236,540 Tyres
11-15 years 28.0% 145,455 Lamps & Electrics
15+ years 35.6% 54,688 Lamps & Electrics

Recorded Component-Category Rates

Each percentage is a sample-size-weighted historical category rate across the included age and mileage groups.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Tyres3.3%
Lamps & Electrics3.2%
Suspension2.6%
Brakes1.5%
Visibility1.2%
Body & Chassis1.1%
Steering0.2%

These categories describe aggregate records. They do not show that a specific vehicle has a component fault.

Other Audi Model Groups

Groups With Similar Recorded Rates

Method: Failure and component-category rates are sample-size weighted. Only age/mileage groups with at least 100 tests are included. The checked-in source contains 148,509,908 tests and 39,969,903 failures.

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.

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