Audi A5 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on an Audi A5 in Great Britain in 2025 — 126,379 tests. Figures cover every A5 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the A5 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
77.5%
5.2 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
126,379
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
8.2%
of A5 first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
86,250
middle half: 66,250–108,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Audi A5 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 138,122 Audi A5 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 130,464 taxed and 7,658 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 A5 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
130,464
94.5% of the 138,122 A5 cars taxed or on SORN; 262 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
7,658
declared off the road by their keepers — 5.5% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed A5 cars is still rising: 130,464 at the end of 2025, up 2,855 (2.2%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 572 at the end of 2014 to 7,658 at the end of 2025, up 1238.8%. 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 A5 cars, year by year

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

050k100k150k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed A5 cars, year 2014: 76kTaxed A5 cars, year 2015: 86kTaxed A5 cars, year 2016: 93kTaxed A5 cars, year 2017: 102kTaxed A5 cars, year 2018: 110kTaxed A5 cars, year 2019: 117kTaxed A5 cars, year 2020: 119kTaxed A5 cars, year 2021: 123kTaxed A5 cars, year 2022: 125kTaxed A5 cars, year 2023: 127kTaxed A5 cars, year 2024: 128kTaxed A5 cars, year 2025: 130k130k
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YearTaxed A5 cars
201476,256
201585,690
201692,742
2017102,344
2018110,171
2019116,894
2020118,714
2021122,733
2022125,298
2023127,189
2024127,609
2025130,464

A5 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.

02k4k6k8k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)A5 cars on SORN, year 2014: 572A5 cars on SORN, year 2015: 802A5 cars on SORN, year 2016: 982A5 cars on SORN, year 2017: 2kA5 cars on SORN, year 2018: 2kA5 cars on SORN, year 2019: 3kA5 cars on SORN, year 2020: 3kA5 cars on SORN, year 2021: 3kA5 cars on SORN, year 2022: 4kA5 cars on SORN, year 2023: 5kA5 cars on SORN, year 2024: 6kA5 cars on SORN, year 2025: 8k8k
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YearA5 cars on SORN
2014572
2015802
2016982
20171,745
20181,748
20192,530
20203,315
20213,411
20223,967
20234,940
20246,276
20257,658

Which model years survive

Taxed A5 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 130,464 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 1 taxed A5 car has no recorded year of manufacture and is not in the table, so the rows add up to 130,463. 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 A5 cars
20257,3665.6%
20244,3473.3%
20234,8853.7%
20224,1143.2%
20215,2774.0%
20204,7983.7%
20199,2087.1%
20188,8866.8%
201710,6998.2%
20167,6155.8%
20159,4647.3%
201410,0667.7%
201310,0457.7%
20128,6766.7%
20118,1696.3%
20108,4566.5%
20094,8493.7%
20082,7462.1%
All other build years (six years, each under 1%)7970.6%

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 A5 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 A5 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, A5 vs all cars, 2025.

Audi A5All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Audi A5, vehicle age 3: 89%Audi A5, vehicle age 4: 87.8%Audi A5, vehicle age 5: 86.9%Audi A5, vehicle age 6: 84%Audi A5, vehicle age 7: 81.4%Audi A5, vehicle age 8: 79.9%Audi A5, vehicle age 9: 78.7%Audi A5, vehicle age 10: 77.9%Audi A5, vehicle age 11: 76.3%Audi A5, vehicle age 12: 73.7%Audi A5, vehicle age 13: 73.5%Audi A5, vehicle age 14: 70%Audi A5, vehicle age 15: 69.3%Audi A5, vehicle age 16: 69.8%Audi A5, vehicle age 17: 68.2%Audi A5, vehicle age 18: 70.9%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 A5 70.9%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)A5 testsA5 pass rateAll cars
34,42089.0%88.5%
45,29387.8%87.2%
54,81186.9%86.0%
69,85184.0%83.5%
711,39181.4%80.9%
813,77679.9%78.2%
98,26178.7%74.9%
1010,18977.9%71.9%
1110,45076.3%68.6%
1210,34873.7%65.8%
138,89873.5%63.5%
149,18070.0%61.2%
159,37069.3%59.3%
165,30569.8%58.3%
173,45668.2%57.2%
181,15770.9%57.4%

Better or worse than the average car?

The A5's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the A5 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

A5 ahead
-14-7+0+7+14Age 3: +0.5 points vs the average car3Age 4: +0.6 points vs the average carAge 5: +0.9 points vs the average car5Age 6: +0.5 points vs the average carAge 7: +0.5 points vs the average car7Age 8: +1.7 points vs the average carAge 9: +3.8 points vs the average car9Age 10: +6.0 points vs the average carAge 11: +7.7 points vs the average car11Age 12: +7.9 points vs the average carAge 13: +10.0 points vs the average car13Age 14: +8.8 points vs the average carAge 15: +10.0 points vs the average car15Age 16: +11.5 points vs the average carAge 17: +11.0 points vs the average car17Age 18: +13.5 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+0.5
4+0.6
5+0.9
6+0.5
7+0.5
8+1.7
9+3.8
10+6.0
11+7.7
12+7.9
13+10.0
14+8.8
15+10.0
16+11.5
17+11.0
18+13.5

The A5 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the A5 fleet still in use.

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 4k3Age 4: 5kAge 5: 4k5Age 6: 9kAge 7: 11k7Age 8: 13kAge 9: 8k9Age 10: 10kAge 11: 10k11Age 12: 10kAge 13: 8k13Age 14: 9kAge 15: 9k15Age 16: 5kAge 17: 3k17Age 18: 1k18Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
34,420
45,293
54,811
69,851
711,391
813,776
98,261
1010,189
1110,450
1210,348
138,898
149,180
159,370
165,305
173,456
181,157

What an A5 fails on

Where the failure items land when an A5 fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Tyres25.9%
Suspension23.6%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.6%
Brakes9.5%
Visibility7.4%
Body, chassis, structure6.7%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.4%
Identification of the vehicle1.6%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (96.6% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a A5, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 35.6% of advisories35.6%Suspension: 32.1% of advisories32.1%Brakes: 20.7% of advisories20.7%Non-component advisories: 4.2% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 2.6% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 1.9% of advisories
TyresSuspensionBrakesNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaksIdentification of the vehicle
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres35.6%
Suspension32.1%
Brakes20.7%
Non-component advisories4.2%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.6%
Identification of the vehicle1.9%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid A5?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested A5 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: 74.6% of 71,979 tests74.6%Diesel71,979 testsPetrol: 81.3% of 54,329 tests81.3%Petrol54,329 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel71,97974.6%
Petrol54,32981.3%

What mileage is normal for an A5?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) A5; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical A5 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k35791113151718Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 26,250 miles (middle half 18,750–36,250)Age 4: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 26,250–43,750)Age 5: typical 41,250 miles (middle half 31,250–53,750)Age 6: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 36,250–61,250)Age 7: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 43,750–73,750)Age 8: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 53,750–86,250)Age 9: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 58,750–96,250)Age 10: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 66,250–108,750)Age 11: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 73,750–118,750)Age 12: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 78,750–128,750)Age 13: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 86,250–136,250)Age 14: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 88,750–143,750)Age 15: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 96,250–148,750)Age 16: typical 126,250 miles (middle half 98,750–156,250)Age 17: typical 133,750 miles (middle half 108,750–161,250)Age 18: typical 141,250 miles (middle half 116,250–166,250)141k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
318,75026,25036,250
426,25033,75043,750
531,25041,25053,750
636,25048,75061,250
743,75056,25073,750
853,75068,75086,250
958,75076,25096,250
1066,25086,250108,750
1173,75096,250118,750
1278,750103,750128,750
1386,250108,750136,250
1488,750113,750143,750
1596,250121,250148,750
1698,750126,250156,250
17108,750133,750161,250
18116,250141,250166,250

What fails at each age

The A5's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresSuspensionBrakesVisibilityLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres53.8%
3-5 yrsSuspension12.0%
3-5 yrsBrakes8.4%
3-5 yrsVisibility5.6%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5.5%
3-5 yrsEverything else14.7%
6-9 yrsTyres37.1%
6-9 yrsSuspension31.9%
6-9 yrsBrakes10.2%
6-9 yrsVisibility5.5%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks4.6%
6-9 yrsEverything else10.7%
10-13 yrsTyres28.1%
10-13 yrsSuspension21.1%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment15.0%
10-13 yrsBrakes11.1%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure10.8%
10-13 yrsEverything else13.9%
14+ yrsSuspension28.8%
14+ yrsTyres18.7%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.9%
14+ yrsBrakes9.9%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure7.7%
14+ yrsEverything else18.0%

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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.