Audi A6 Sport 50 Tfsi E Quattro S-A: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Audi A6 Sport 50 Tfsi E Quattro S-A passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 19.9 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 944 individual Audi A6 Sport 50 Tfsi E Quattro S-A tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 96.6% first-time pass rate means roughly 3 in every 100 Audi A6 Sport 50 Tfsi E Quattro 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 A6 Sport 50 Tfsi E Quattro S-A tested had covered 36,579 miles and was built around 2022.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. The Audi A6 Sport 50 Tfsi E Quattro S-A sits 19.9 points above the national average, ranked 12 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.

Before you bid: run the lot through the analyzer, check the car's own record, check the mileage, decode the VIN, and if it carries a marker use the write-off value calculator. Or compare it against another model.

Looking at a specific Audi A6 Sport 50 Tfsi E Quattro S-A rather than the model in general? The free check covers its MOT and mileage history, and the full HPI report confirms the insurance write-off category, outstanding finance and whether it is recorded stolen, from licensed data for 5 credits. Already own one that has been damaged? Work out whether fixing it beats selling it with the repair or scrap calculator, and see recorded closing bids for damaged Audi A6 Sport 50 Tfsi E Quattro S-As at UK salvage auction.

Common failure reasons

We hold no separate DVSA failure-reason breakdown for the Audi A6 Sport 50 Tfsi E Quattro S-A itself, which fails on much the same things as most cars. National car failure mix, DVSA latest quarter:

1. Lights and electrics, 10.36% of tests
2. Suspension, 8.65% of tests
3. Tyres, 6.23% of tests
4. Brakes, 6.1% of tests
5. Visibility (wipers, washers, glass), 4.65% of tests

Most common MOT advisories on a Audi A6 Sport 50 Tfsi E Quattro S-A

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 A6 Sport 50 Tfsi E Quattro S-A before it actually fails on it.

1. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 14.3% of tests
2. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.9% of tests
3. A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened, 1.5% of tests
4. Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured, 1.2% of tests
5. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 0.7% of tests
6. An obstruction significantly affecting the driver's view of the road through the swept area of the windscreen or an obligatory external mirror not visible, 0.6% of tests (7.75x the national rate for this advisory)
7. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 0.3% of tests
8. Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution., 0.3% of tests
9. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 0.2% of tests
10. A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage, 0.2% of tests

From 944 DVSA-tracked Audi A6 Sport 50 Tfsi E Quattro S-A tests, 2024.

Audi A6 Sport 50 Tfsi E Quattro S-A pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Audi A6 Sport 50 Tfsi E Quattro S-A year:

• 2020 Audi A6 Sport 50 Tfsi E Quattro S-A - 94.8% first-time pass, 210 tests
• 2021 Audi A6 Sport 50 Tfsi E Quattro S-A - 96.6% first-time pass, 264 tests
• 2023 Audi A6 Sport 50 Tfsi E Quattro S-A - 98.9% first-time pass, 364 tests

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

• Toyota Yaris Cross Design Hev Auto - 96.7%
• Subaru Xv I Se Prem E Boxer Awd Cvt - 96.7%
• Mclaren 720s V8 S-A - 96.7%
• Peugeot Expert S L1 Bluehdi - 96.5%
• Rolls Royce Phantom - 96.5%
• Suzuki Ignis Sz-T Dualjet Mhev - 96.4%

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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