Audi Q5 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on an Audi Q5 in Great Britain in 2025 — 118,078 tests. Figures cover every Q5 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Q5 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
83.7%
11.4 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
118,078
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
4.1%
of Q5 first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
86,250
middle half: 71,250–106,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Audi Q5 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 136,276 Audi Q5 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 133,906 taxed and 2,370 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 Q5 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
133,906
98.3% of the 136,276 Q5 cars taxed or on SORN; 86 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
2,370
declared off the road by their keepers — 1.7% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Q5 cars is still rising: 133,906 at the end of 2025, up 3,900 (3.0%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 155 at the end of 2014 to 2,370 at the end of 2025, up 1429.0%. 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 Q5 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 Q5 cars, year 2014: 34kTaxed Q5 cars, year 2015: 43kTaxed Q5 cars, year 2016: 53kTaxed Q5 cars, year 2017: 62kTaxed Q5 cars, year 2018: 73kTaxed Q5 cars, year 2019: 84kTaxed Q5 cars, year 2020: 92kTaxed Q5 cars, year 2021: 103kTaxed Q5 cars, year 2022: 113kTaxed Q5 cars, year 2023: 123kTaxed Q5 cars, year 2024: 130kTaxed Q5 cars, year 2025: 134k134k
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YearTaxed Q5 cars
201434,186
201542,892
201653,009
201761,839
201872,925
201984,451
202092,065
2021103,303
2022112,682
2023122,507
2024130,006
2025133,906

Q5 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)Q5 cars on SORN, year 2014: 155Q5 cars on SORN, year 2015: 248Q5 cars on SORN, year 2016: 288Q5 cars on SORN, year 2017: 671Q5 cars on SORN, year 2018: 454Q5 cars on SORN, year 2019: 841Q5 cars on SORN, year 2020: 1kQ5 cars on SORN, year 2021: 844Q5 cars on SORN, year 2022: 1kQ5 cars on SORN, year 2023: 1kQ5 cars on SORN, year 2024: 2kQ5 cars on SORN, year 2025: 2k2k
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YearQ5 cars on SORN
2014155
2015248
2016288
2017671
2018454
2019841
20201,004
2021844
20221,044
20231,310
20241,906
20252,370

Which model years survive

Taxed Q5 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 133,906 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 1 taxed Q5 car has no recorded year of manufacture and is not in the table, so the rows add up to 133,905. 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 Q5 cars
20255,6254.2%
20249,3237.0%
202310,6538.0%
20229,1696.8%
202111,3128.4%
20208,1846.1%
201911,9038.9%
201811,2698.4%
20179,0986.8%
20169,6317.2%
20158,6906.5%
20147,3785.5%
20135,4454.1%
20124,4473.3%
20115,1003.8%
20103,2602.4%
20093,2852.5%
All other build years (two years, each under 1%)1330.1%

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 Q5 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 Q5 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Q5 vs all cars, 2025.

Audi Q5All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Audi Q5, vehicle age 3: 92.7%Audi Q5, vehicle age 4: 90.8%Audi Q5, vehicle age 5: 90.7%Audi Q5, vehicle age 6: 89.2%Audi Q5, vehicle age 7: 86.6%Audi Q5, vehicle age 8: 82.4%Audi Q5, vehicle age 9: 82.7%Audi Q5, vehicle age 10: 81.9%Audi Q5, vehicle age 11: 79.7%Audi Q5, vehicle age 12: 77.1%Audi Q5, vehicle age 13: 74.9%Audi Q5, vehicle age 14: 71.6%Audi Q5, vehicle age 15: 68.8%Audi Q5, vehicle age 16: 66.6%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 Q5 66.6%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Q5 testsQ5 pass rateAll cars
39,57892.7%88.5%
411,39890.8%87.2%
58,76690.7%86.0%
611,96689.2%83.5%
713,09186.6%80.9%
89,95582.4%78.2%
911,15882.7%74.9%
1010,35781.9%71.9%
118,53679.7%68.6%
126,00677.1%65.8%
134,43974.9%63.5%
145,25471.6%61.2%
153,44768.8%59.3%
163,54166.6%58.3%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Q5's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Q5 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Q5 ahead
-12-6+0+6+12Age 3: +4.2 points vs the average car3Age 4: +3.6 points vs the average carAge 5: +4.7 points vs the average car5Age 6: +5.7 points vs the average carAge 7: +5.7 points vs the average car7Age 8: +4.2 points vs the average carAge 9: +7.8 points vs the average car9Age 10: +10.0 points vs the average carAge 11: +11.1 points vs the average car11Age 12: +11.3 points vs the average carAge 13: +11.4 points vs the average car13Age 14: +10.4 points vs the average carAge 15: +9.5 points vs the average car15Age 16: +8.3 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+4.2
4+3.6
5+4.7
6+5.7
7+5.7
8+4.2
9+7.8
10+10.0
11+11.1
12+11.3
13+11.4
14+10.4
15+9.5
16+8.3

The Q5 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Q5 fleet still in use.

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 9k3Age 4: 11kAge 5: 8k5Age 6: 11kAge 7: 13k7Age 8: 9kAge 9: 11k9Age 10: 10kAge 11: 8k11Age 12: 6kAge 13: 4k13Age 14: 5kAge 15: 3k15Age 16: 3k16Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
39,578
411,398
58,766
611,966
713,091
89,955
911,158
1010,357
118,536
126,006
134,439
145,254
153,447
163,541

What a Q5 fails on

Where the failure items land when a Q5 fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Suspension21.1%
Tyres20.0%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.5%
Body, chassis, structure12.0%
Brakes9.4%
Visibility7.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.8%
Identification of the vehicle1.8%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.0% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Q5, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 37.0% of advisories37.0%Suspension: 24.5% of advisories24.5%Brakes: 24.2% of advisories24.2%Non-component advisories: 8.7% of advisories8.7%Identification of the vehicle: 2.3% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 1.2% of advisories
TyresSuspensionBrakesNon-component advisoriesIdentification of the vehicleNoise, emissions and leaks
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres37.0%
Suspension24.5%
Brakes24.2%
Non-component advisories8.7%
Identification of the vehicle2.3%
Noise, emissions and leaks1.2%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Q5?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested Q5 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: 82.0% of 85,691 tests82.0%Diesel85,691 testsPetrol: 87.7% of 27,006 tests87.7%Petrol27,006 testsHybrid electric: 90.9% of 5,362 tests90.9%Hybrid5,362 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel85,69182.0%
Petrol27,00687.7%
Hybrid electric5,36290.9%

What mileage is normal for a Q5?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Q5; 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 Q5 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k357911131516Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 21,250–36,250)Age 4: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 28,750–46,250)Age 5: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 33,750–56,250)Age 6: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 41,250–63,750)Age 7: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 46,250–73,750)Age 8: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 53,750–83,750)Age 9: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 63,750–96,250)Age 10: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 71,250–106,250)Age 11: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 76,250–116,250)Age 12: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 86,250–126,250)Age 13: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 91,250–131,250)Age 14: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 98,750–141,250)Age 15: typical 126,250 miles (middle half 103,750–151,250)Age 16: typical 133,750 miles (middle half 111,250–158,750)133k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
321,25028,75036,250
428,75036,25046,250
533,75043,75056,250
641,25051,25063,750
746,25058,75073,750
853,75068,75083,750
963,75078,75096,250
1071,25086,250106,250
1176,25096,250116,250
1286,250106,250126,250
1391,250111,250131,250
1498,750121,250141,250
15103,750126,250151,250
16111,250133,750158,750

What fails at each age

The Q5'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.

TyresBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilityNoise, emissions and leaksSuspensionBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres48.5%
3-5 yrsBrakes11.1%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment10.0%
3-5 yrsVisibility7.9%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks6.8%
3-5 yrsEverything else15.7%
6-9 yrsTyres27.2%
6-9 yrsSuspension23.9%
6-9 yrsBrakes12.1%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment10.8%
6-9 yrsBody, chassis, structure7.8%
6-9 yrsEverything else18.2%
10-13 yrsSuspension25.8%
10-13 yrsTyres18.0%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment15.9%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure15.0%
10-13 yrsBrakes10.9%
10-13 yrsEverything else14.4%
14+ yrsSuspension30.0%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure20.9%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.7%
14+ yrsTyres8.7%
14+ yrsBrakes7.4%
14+ yrsEverything else16.3%

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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.