6-10-Year Audi A8 Recorded MOT Outcomes

8.9%
historical failure rate from 18,716 tests in this age band
18.0 percentage points below the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: The source groups vehicles into broad age bands. It does not provide a model-year-specific result here, and it does not include an individual vehicle's condition, service history or current defects. This page is descriptive, not predictive or diagnostic.

Recorded Component-Category Rates

These percentages are sample-size-weighted historical rates for this model and age band.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Tyres1.8%
Brakes0.8%
Lamps & Electrics0.6%
Visibility0.5%
Suspension0.5%
Body & Chassis0.2%
Steering0.1%

A category rate does not show that a particular vehicle has a fault in that area.

Other Recorded Age Bands

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 5.9% 2,204 Tyres
3-5 years 6.9% 10,320 Tyres
6-10 years 8.9% 18,716 Tyres
11-15 years 17.5% 13,255 Lamps & Electrics
15+ years 26.4% 8,251 Lamps & Electrics

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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