2016 Audi Q2: MOT pass rate and reliability

90.1% of 2016 Audi Q2s pass the MOT first time, measured across 688 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 59,528 miles.

How the 2016 compares

  • Against all Audi Q2s (92.2%, 70,103 tests): -2.1 points
  • Against all 2016 cars (80.9%): +9.2 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Audi Q2 model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2016 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Audi Q2:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2016 90.1% 688 59,528
2017 90.2% 12,124 51,660
2018 90.8% 14,517 44,968
2019 92.5% 16,298 38,092
2020 93.2% 13,382 31,662
2021 94.3% 12,636 25,002
2022 97.1% 444 21,248

What this means if you are buying a 2016 Q2

The 2016 is a weaker year for this model, passing 2.1 points less often than the Audi Q2 average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2016 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 10-year-old car fails on

A 2016 car is 10 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 around average, so condition and service history will tell you more than the odometer does. On a 2016 Audi Q2 the average at test was 59,528 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 97.1%, and the weakest in our data is 2016 at 90.1%. That 7.0 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2016 car against a newer one tells you very little.

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