Audi A4 S Line Blk Ed 35 Tfsi Mhev: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Audi A4 S Line Blk Ed 35 Tfsi Mhev passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 12.4 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 624 individual Audi A4 S Line Blk Ed 35 Tfsi Mhev tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 89.1% first-time pass rate means roughly 11 in every 100 Audi A4 S Line Blk Ed 35 Tfsi Mhevs 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 A4 S Line Blk Ed 35 Tfsi Mhev tested had covered 28,492 miles and was built around 2021.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. The Audi A4 S Line Blk Ed 35 Tfsi Mhev sits 12.4 points above the national average, ranked 852 of 2,005 models. On one bought as 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 A4 S Line Blk Ed 35 Tfsi Mhev

1. A tyre seriously damaged, 6.7% of tests (2.41x the national rate for this defect)
2. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 2.9% of tests (1.72x the national rate for this defect)
3. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 5% of tests (1.56x the national rate for this defect)
4. Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle., 0.3% of tests
5. Braking effort not recording at a wheel, 0.3% of tests (7.53x the national rate for this defect)
6. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 0.3% of tests
7. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 0.3% of tests
8. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 0.3% of tests
9. A suspension component excessively damaged or corroded, 0.3% of tests
10. Brake lining or pad worn down to wear indicator, 0.3% of tests (1.61x the national rate for this defect)

From 624 DVSA-tracked Audi A4 S Line Blk Ed 35 Tfsi Mhev tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 15.44% of these flagged Audi A4 S Line Blk Ed 35 Tfsi Mhev defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 5.11% nationally.

Most common MOT advisories on a Audi A4 S Line Blk Ed 35 Tfsi Mhev

An advisory doesn't fail the car - the tester flags it as worth watching, but it still passes. A different list from the failures above: what testers are noting on a Audi A4 S Line Blk Ed 35 Tfsi Mhev before it actually fails on it.

1. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 31.1% of tests (1.17x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
2. A tyre seriously damaged, 12.7% of tests, also fails
3. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 5.9% of tests, also fails
4. Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured, 4% of tests
5. A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened, 3.7% of tests
6. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 1.8% of tests
7. Number plate inscription missing or illegible, 0.6% of tests
8. A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage, 0.5% of tests
9. A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting, 0.3% of tests
10. Number plate missing or so insecure that it is likely to fall off, 0.3% of tests (4.47x the national rate for this advisory)

From 624 DVSA-tracked Audi A4 S Line Blk Ed 35 Tfsi Mhev tests, 2024.

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%

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• Audi Q7 Sln Blk Ed 45tdi Mhev Qto A - 89.1%
• Renault Zoe I Play Ze 50 - 89.1%

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
• Do you need an HPI check on a car you know is a write-off?

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