Audi A1 Citycarver 30 Tfsi S-A: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Audi A1 Citycarver 30 Tfsi S-A passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 16 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 524 individual Audi A1 Citycarver 30 Tfsi S-A tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

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What this means if you are buying one

A 92.7% first-time pass rate means roughly 7 in every 100 Audi A1 Citycarver 30 Tfsi S-As presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Audi A1 Citycarver 30 Tfsi S-A tested had covered 23,058 miles and was built around 2020.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Audi A1 Citycarver 30 Tfsi S-A bought as a repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Most common MOT failures on a Audi A1 Citycarver 30 Tfsi S-A

1. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 2.1% of tests (1.38x the national rate for this defect)
2. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.4% of tests
3. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 0.8% of tests
4. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 0.6% of tests
5. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 0.5% of tests
6. A tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative, 0.5% of tests (2.47x the national rate for this defect)
7. A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened, 0.2% of tests
8. Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type, 0.2% of tests (3.98x the national rate for this defect)
9. Tyres on the same axle or on twin wheels are different sizes, 0.1% of tests (1.33x the national rate for this defect)
10. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 0.1% of tests

From 845 DVSA-tracked Audi A1 Citycarver 30 Tfsi S-A tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 6.55% of these flagged Audi A1 Citycarver 30 Tfsi S-A defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Other Audi models

• Audi A3 - 78.1%
• Audi A4 - 76.3%
• Audi A1 - 79.5%
• Audi A6 - 81.9%
• Audi A5 - 80.4%
• Audi Tt - 78.8%
• Audi Q3 - 83.5%
• Audi Q5 - 84.8%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Land Rover Defender S D Auto - 92.7%
• Volkswagen Tiguan Se Navigation Tsi Evo - 92.7%
• Abarth 124 Spider Multiair Auto - 92.7%
• Volkswagen Golf Match Edition Tsi Evo - 92.6%
• Nissan Juke N-Connecta Dig-T S-A - 92.6%
• Volkswagen Polo Match Tsi S-A - 92.6%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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