2014 Audi A5: MOT pass rate and reliability
80.3% of 2014 Audi A5s pass the MOT first time, measured across 10,700 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 93,083 miles.
How the 2014 compares
- Against all Audi A5s (80.8%, 117,864 tests): -0.5 points
- Against all 2014 cars (75.4%): +4.9 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Audi A5 model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2014 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Audi A5:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 76% | 1,320 | 140,205 |
| 2008 | 75.5% | 3,905 | 132,447 |
| 2009 | 75.3% | 5,794 | 125,331 |
| 2010 | 75.4% | 10,044 | 120,302 |
| 2011 | 76.3% | 9,590 | 113,293 |
| 2012 | 78.6% | 9,242 | 107,585 |
| 2013 | 78.6% | 10,566 | 100,694 |
| 2014 | 80.3% | 10,700 | 93,083 |
| 2015 | 81.6% | 10,346 | 83,374 |
| 2016 | 82.9% | 8,351 | 73,769 |
| 2017 | 83.8% | 14,038 | 63,836 |
| 2018 | 86.1% | 11,512 | 52,557 |
| 2019 | 87.1% | 9,961 | 42,788 |
| 2020 | 88.6% | 2,240 | 34,787 |
| 2021 | 86.4% | 250 | 28,307 |
What this means if you are buying a 2014 A5
The 2014 sits close to the Audi A5 average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. 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 12-year-old car fails on
A 2014 car is 12 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 2014 Audi A5 the average at test was 93,083 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 2020 at 88.6%, and the weakest in our data is 2009 at 75.3%. That 13.3 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2014 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
- 2011 Audi A5 - 76.3%
- 2012 Audi A5 - 78.6%
- 2013 Audi A5 - 78.6%
- 2015 Audi A5 - 81.6%
- 2016 Audi A5 - 82.9%
- 2017 Audi A5 - 83.8%