2018 Audi Q2: MOT pass rate and reliability
90.8% of 2018 Audi Q2s pass the MOT first time, measured across 14,517 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 44,968 miles.
How the 2018 compares
- Against all Audi Q2s (92.2%, 70,103 tests): -1.4 points
- Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): +4.9 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 2018 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 2018 Q2
The 2018 sits close to the Audi Q2 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 an 8-year-old car fails on
A 2018 car is 8 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 below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2018 Audi Q2 the average at test was 44,968 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 2018 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
- 2016 Audi Q2 - 90.1%
- 2017 Audi Q2 - 90.2%
- 2019 Audi Q2 - 92.5%
- 2020 Audi Q2 - 93.2%
- 2021 Audi Q2 - 94.3%