Audi A7 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on an Audi A7 in Great Britain in 2025 — 16,921 tests. Figures cover every A7 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the A7 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
84.5%
12.2 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
16,921
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
6.5%
of A7 first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
88,750
middle half: 71,250–108,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Audi A7 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 17,815 Audi A7 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 16,712 taxed and 1,103 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 A7 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
16,712
93.8% of the 17,815 A7 cars taxed or on SORN; 69 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
1,103
declared off the road by their keepers — 6.2% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed A7 cars peaked at 17,570 at the end of 2022 and has since fallen by 858 (4.9%) to 16,712 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 71 at the end of 2014 to 1,103 at the end of 2025, up 1453.5%. 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 A7 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 A7 cars, year 2014: 8kTaxed A7 cars, year 2015: 10kTaxed A7 cars, year 2016: 13kTaxed A7 cars, year 2017: 14kTaxed A7 cars, year 2018: 15kTaxed A7 cars, year 2019: 17kTaxed A7 cars, year 2020: 17kTaxed A7 cars, year 2021: 17kTaxed A7 cars, year 2022: 18kTaxed A7 cars, year 2023: 17kTaxed A7 cars, year 2024: 17kTaxed A7 cars, year 2025: 17k17k
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YearTaxed A7 cars
20148,323
201510,355
201612,825
201714,188
201815,399
201916,556
202016,757
202117,427
202217,570
202317,379
202417,132
202516,712

A7 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.

05001k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)A7 cars on SORN, year 2014: 71A7 cars on SORN, year 2015: 92A7 cars on SORN, year 2016: 117A7 cars on SORN, year 2017: 155A7 cars on SORN, year 2018: 193A7 cars on SORN, year 2019: 322A7 cars on SORN, year 2020: 409A7 cars on SORN, year 2021: 445A7 cars on SORN, year 2022: 518A7 cars on SORN, year 2023: 681A7 cars on SORN, year 2024: 913A7 cars on SORN, year 2025: 1k1k
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YearA7 cars on SORN
201471
201592
2016117
2017155
2018193
2019322
2020409
2021445
2022518
2023681
2024913
20251,103

Which model years survive

Taxed A7 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 16,712 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 A7 cars
20243712.2%
20234752.8%
20224402.6%
20216413.8%
20206133.7%
20191,4248.5%
20181,3548.1%
20171,5059.0%
20162,12412.7%
20151,74910.5%
20141,71910.3%
20131,70110.2%
20121,1036.6%
20111,3017.8%
All other build years (two years, each under 1%)1921.1%

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 A7 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 A7 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, A7 vs all cars, 2025.

Audi A7All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Audi A7, vehicle age 4: 89.1%Audi A7, vehicle age 5: 89.6%Audi A7, vehicle age 6: 88.2%Audi A7, vehicle age 7: 87.9%Audi A7, vehicle age 8: 86.8%Audi A7, vehicle age 9: 84.1%Audi A7, vehicle age 10: 85.3%Audi A7, vehicle age 11: 81.7%Audi A7, vehicle age 12: 81.9%Audi A7, vehicle age 13: 81.4%Audi A7, vehicle age 14: 79.3%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 A7 79.3%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)A7 testsA7 pass rateAll cars
468689.1%87.2%
563289.6%86.0%
61,44088.2%83.5%
71,38287.9%80.9%
81,62586.8%78.2%
92,32184.1%74.9%
101,97785.3%71.9%
111,84981.7%68.6%
121,82481.9%65.8%
131,18081.4%63.5%
141,41079.3%61.2%

Better or worse than the average car?

The A7's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the A7 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

A7 ahead
-20-10+0+10+20Age 4: +1.9 points vs the average carAge 5: +3.6 points vs the average car5Age 6: +4.7 points vs the average carAge 7: +7.0 points vs the average car7Age 8: +8.6 points vs the average carAge 9: +9.2 points vs the average car9Age 10: +13.4 points vs the average carAge 11: +13.1 points vs the average car11Age 12: +16.1 points vs the average carAge 13: +17.9 points vs the average car13Age 14: +18.1 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
4+1.9
5+3.6
6+4.7
7+7.0
8+8.6
9+9.2
10+13.4
11+13.1
12+16.1
13+17.9
14+18.1

The A7 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the A7 fleet still in use.

07501k2k3kAge 4: 6864Age 5: 632Age 6: 1k6Age 7: 1kAge 8: 1k8Age 9: 2kAge 10: 1k10Age 11: 1kAge 12: 1k12Age 13: 1kAge 14: 1k14Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
4686
5632
61,440
71,382
81,625
92,321
101,977
111,849
121,824
131,180
141,410

What an A7 fails on

Where the failure items land when an A7 fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Tyres37.4%
Suspension18.4%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.2%
Brakes8.0%
Visibility6.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.8%
Body, chassis, structure3.3%
Identification of the vehicle2.9%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (94.9% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a A7, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 40.8% of advisories40.8%Brakes: 22.9% of advisories22.9%Suspension: 22.9% of advisories22.9%Non-component advisories: 5.5% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 4.2% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 1.7% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaksIdentification of the vehicle
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres40.8%
Brakes22.9%
Suspension22.9%
Non-component advisories5.5%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.2%
Identification of the vehicle1.7%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid A7?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested A7 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: 83.9% of 14,757 tests83.9%Diesel14,757 testsPetrol: 88.8% of 1,955 tests88.8%Petrol1,955 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel14,75783.9%
Petrol1,95588.8%

What mileage is normal for an A7?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) A7; 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 A7 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k468101214Vehicle age (years)Age 4: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 28,750–48,750)Age 5: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 33,750–56,250)Age 6: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 43,750–71,250)Age 7: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 48,750–78,750)Age 8: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 56,250–88,750)Age 9: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 63,750–98,750)Age 10: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 71,250–108,750)Age 11: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 78,750–118,750)Age 12: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 88,750–131,250)Age 13: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 98,750–141,250)Age 14: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 101,250–146,250)123k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
428,75038,75048,750
533,75043,75056,250
643,75056,25071,250
748,75063,75078,750
856,25071,25088,750
963,75078,75098,750
1071,25088,750108,750
1178,75096,250118,750
1288,750108,750131,250
1398,750118,750141,250
14101,250123,750146,250

What fails at each age

The A7'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.

TyresBrakesVisibilityNoise, emissions and leaksIdentification of the vehicleSuspensionLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres56.2%
3-5 yrsBrakes8.0%
3-5 yrsVisibility8.0%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks7.2%
3-5 yrsIdentification of the vehicle6.2%
3-5 yrsEverything else14.4%
6-9 yrsTyres48.7%
6-9 yrsSuspension13.5%
6-9 yrsBrakes9.7%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks7.9%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5.8%
6-9 yrsEverything else14.4%
10-13 yrsTyres36.7%
10-13 yrsSuspension23.0%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment10.5%
10-13 yrsBrakes9.1%
10-13 yrsVisibility5.4%
10-13 yrsEverything else15.3%
14+ yrsSuspension35.2%
14+ yrsTyres26.9%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment11.8%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure6.5%
14+ yrsBrakes4.9%
14+ yrsEverything else14.7%

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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.