2009 Audi R8: MOT pass rate and reliability
88.5% of 2009 Audi R8s pass the MOT first time, measured across 286 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 46,813 miles.
How the 2009 compares
- Against all Audi R8s (91.4%, 3,831 tests): -2.9 points
- Against all 2009 cars (66.1%): +22.4 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Audi R8 model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2009 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Audi R8:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 88.7% | 266 | 55,803 |
| 2008 | 88.1% | 544 | 51,031 |
| 2009 | 88.5% | 286 | 46,813 |
| 2010 | 89.3% | 337 | 40,913 |
| 2011 | 90.1% | 303 | 37,659 |
| 2013 | 95.7% | 233 | 36,388 |
| 2014 | 95.1% | 244 | 32,711 |
| 2015 | 93% | 201 | 29,073 |
| 2016 | 94% | 336 | 29,584 |
| 2017 | 92.8% | 321 | 24,264 |
| 2018 | 94.9% | 257 | 20,696 |
What this means if you are buying a 2009 R8
The 2009 is a weaker year for this model, passing 2.9 points less often than the Audi R8 average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2009 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 17-year-old car fails on
A 2009 car is 17 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 2009 Audi R8 the average at test was 46,813 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 2013 at 95.7%, and the weakest in our data is 2008 at 88.1%. That 7.6 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2009 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
- 2007 Audi R8 - 88.7%
- 2008 Audi R8 - 88.1%
- 2010 Audi R8 - 89.3%
- 2011 Audi R8 - 90.1%
- 2013 Audi R8 - 95.7%