Audi S4 Recorded MOT Outcomes

15.7%
historical failure rate from 10,131 tests
11.3 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 7.7% 972 Tyres
3-5 years 7.0% 2,716 Tyres
6-10 years 12.5% 1,279 Tyres
11-15 years 19.2% 2,633 Suspension
15+ years 25.9% 2,531 Suspension

Recorded Component-Category Rates

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

Component categoryRecorded rate
Tyres2.4%
Suspension2.3%
Lamps & Electrics2.2%
Brakes1.4%
Body & Chassis0.9%
Visibility0.7%
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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