Audi A2 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on an Audi A2 in Great Britain in 2025 — 5,762 tests. Figures cover every A2 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the A2 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
56.4%
15.9 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
5,762
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
9.3%
of A2 first tests; national 7.3%

How many Audi A2 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 7,702 Audi A2 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 5,301 taxed and 2,401 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Audi A2 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
5,301
68.8% of the 7,702 A2 cars taxed or on SORN; 12 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
2,401
declared off the road by their keepers — 31.2% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed A2 cars peaked at 16,579 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 11,278 (68.0%) to 5,301 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 412 at the end of 2014 to 2,401 at the end of 2025, up 482.8%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed A2 cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

05k10k15k20k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed A2 cars, year 2014: 17kTaxed A2 cars, year 2015: 16kTaxed A2 cars, year 2016: 15kTaxed A2 cars, year 2017: 14kTaxed A2 cars, year 2018: 12kTaxed A2 cars, year 2019: 11kTaxed A2 cars, year 2020: 10kTaxed A2 cars, year 2021: 8kTaxed A2 cars, year 2022: 8kTaxed A2 cars, year 2023: 7kTaxed A2 cars, year 2024: 6kTaxed A2 cars, year 2025: 5k5k
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YearTaxed A2 cars
201416,579
201515,678
201614,763
201713,508
201812,085
201910,773
20209,568
20218,367
20227,598
20236,753
20245,879
20255,301

A2 cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

05001k2k2k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)A2 cars on SORN, year 2014: 412A2 cars on SORN, year 2015: 704A2 cars on SORN, year 2016: 1kA2 cars on SORN, year 2017: 1kA2 cars on SORN, year 2018: 2kA2 cars on SORN, year 2019: 2kA2 cars on SORN, year 2020: 2kA2 cars on SORN, year 2021: 2kA2 cars on SORN, year 2022: 2kA2 cars on SORN, year 2023: 2kA2 cars on SORN, year 2024: 2kA2 cars on SORN, year 2025: 2k2k
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YearA2 cars on SORN
2014412
2015704
20161,025
20171,315
20181,545
20191,718
20201,922
20212,029
20222,005
20232,131
20242,280
20252,401

Which model years survive

Taxed A2 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 5,301 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed A2 cars
200583115.7%
20041,28524.2%
200399718.8%
20021,21122.8%
200191217.2%
2000641.2%
All other build years (two years, each under 1%)10.0%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name A2 under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the A2 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, A2 vs all cars, 2025.

Audi A2All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Audi A2, vehicle age 20: 58.2%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%Audi A2 58.2%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)A2 testsA2 pass rateAll cars
2086258.2%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

The A2's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the A2 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

A2 ahead
-2-1+0+1+2Age 20: +0.6 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
20+0.6

The A2 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the A2 fleet still in use.

0225450675900Age 20: 86220Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
20862

What an A2 fails on

Where the failure items land when an A2 fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.0%
Brakes22.0%
Suspension21.2%
Noise, emissions and leaks8.8%
Tyres7.1%
Body, chassis, structure6.0%
Visibility5.2%
Steering4.8%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.1% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a A2, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Suspension: 26.5% of advisories26.5%Brakes: 25.0% of advisories25.0%Tyres: 20.0% of advisories20.0%Noise, emissions and leaks: 8.7% of advisories8.7%Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 5.3% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 3.8% of advisories
SuspensionBrakesTyresNoise, emissions and leaksLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentIdentification of the vehicle
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension26.5%
Brakes25.0%
Tyres20.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks8.7%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5.3%
Identification of the vehicle3.8%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid A2?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested A2 fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Diesel: 57.3% of 3,437 tests57.3%Diesel3,437 testsPetrol: 55.1% of 2,325 tests55.1%Petrol2,325 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel3,43757.3%
Petrol2,32555.1%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.