MOT fail rates

Audi Q2 MOT fail rate by age

How often the Audi Q2 fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 261,047 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 22 September 2026

At 4 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 4 (n=60,380)8.3%

All cars at 4 years (n=8,699,937)13.4%

Median mileage at test28,689

All cars, median mileage29,800

33 of 348 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 4 years.

What stands out

At 3 years the Audi Q2 fails 7.7% of MOTs (58,793 tests), 4.3 points below the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 8 years it fails 12.7% (12,757 tests), 11.1 points below the 23.8% average.
The gap is widest at 8 years: 11.1 points below all cars.
Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 4 years: Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative, at 0.3 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Audi Q2: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
Age	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars	Difference	Median mileage
3 years	7.7%	58,793	12.1%	−4.3 pts	21,854 miles
4 years	8.3%	60,380	13.4%	−5.1 pts	28,689 miles
5 years	9.5%	57,991	15.3%	−5.8 pts	35,485 miles
6 years	11.1%	43,751	17.8%	−6.7 pts	42,600 miles
7 years	11.6%	27,375	20.6%	−9.0 pts	49,643 miles
8 years	12.7%	12,757	23.8%	−11.1 pts	56,441 miles

Most common fail items at 4 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Major	0.3

Out of 60,380 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major	2
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous	1.9
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous	1.2
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous	0.7
Headlight aimed too high Major	0.5
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid Major	0.5
Headlamp aim: too low Major	0.5
Tyre condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Dangerous	0.4
Wipers not clearing screen Major	0.3

Out of 60,380 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 4 years

Model	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
Audi A3	11.2%	86,657	13.4%
Audi A1	10.7%	68,542	13.4%
Audi Q3	8.4%	51,346	13.4%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated 28 September 2026.

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First used	Age at test	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
2017	8 years in 2025	12.7%	12,068	23.8%
2018	7 years in 2025	11.4%	14,510	20.6%
2019	6 years in 2025	10.8%	16,356	17.8%
2020	5 years in 2025	9.7%	14,701	15.3%
2021	4 years in 2025	7.5%	14,160	13.4%
2022	3 years in 2025	6.7%	12,242	12.1%

More on the Audi Q2

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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