Audi R8 Recorded MOT Outcomes

8.1%
historical failure rate from 22,219 tests
18.8 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 7.1% 480 Tyres
3-5 years 6.5% 4,040 Lamps & Electrics
6-10 years 5.9% 8,932 Suspension
11-15 years 11.2% 7,527 Lamps & Electrics
15+ years 10.7% 1,240 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
Lamps & Electrics1.7%
Suspension1.1%
Tyres0.9%
Brakes0.6%
Visibility0.4%
Body & Chassis0.1%
Steering0.0%

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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