2012 Audi A1: MOT pass rate and reliability
72.7% of 2012 Audi A1s pass the MOT first time, measured across 18,408 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 88,240 miles.
How the 2012 compares
- Against all Audi A1s (79.8%, 212,324 tests): -7.1 points
- Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): +1.9 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Audi A1 model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2012 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Audi A1:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 67.7% | 1,396 | 96,236 |
| 2011 | 70% | 16,216 | 95,224 |
| 2012 | 72.7% | 18,408 | 88,240 |
| 2013 | 73.8% | 22,285 | 79,906 |
| 2014 | 76.8% | 22,939 | 71,910 |
| 2015 | 79.2% | 23,808 | 65,636 |
| 2016 | 79.4% | 25,674 | 57,155 |
| 2017 | 81.2% | 23,024 | 48,839 |
| 2018 | 84.5% | 19,969 | 41,079 |
| 2019 | 89.3% | 19,962 | 35,271 |
| 2020 | 90.9% | 9,740 | 28,587 |
| 2021 | 91.3% | 8,477 | 23,429 |
| 2022 | 95.5% | 404 | 20,017 |
What this means if you are buying a 2012 A1
The 2012 is a weaker year for this model, passing 7.1 points less often than the Audi A1 average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2012 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.
What a 14-year-old car fails on
A 2012 car is 14 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:
- Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
- Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
- Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
- Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
- Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
- Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested
That is above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2012 Audi A1 the average at test was 88,240 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.
The strongest year for this model is 2022 at 95.5%, and the weakest in our data is 2010 at 67.7%. That 27.8 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2012 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
- 2010 Audi A1 - 67.7%
- 2011 Audi A1 - 70%
- 2013 Audi A1 - 73.8%
- 2014 Audi A1 - 76.8%
- 2015 Audi A1 - 79.2%