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MOT History from tests of diesel AUDI A5s year 2008

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Pass percent:79.07%
(The average a diesel AUDI A5 year 2008 passes without issue)
Based on:51,189 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment2946
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively684
Registration plate issues646
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))451
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))387
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))353
Registration plate lamp issues275
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))232
Windscreen washer not working 161
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|158
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|149
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|148
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|139
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))135
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault134
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g||134
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))110
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h||99
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))99
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak95
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak94
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|91
Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a))82
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|81
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))78
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))77
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|73
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2|72
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))71
Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))70
Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|69
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|67
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||66
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))65
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))64
Brakes imbalanced across an axle64
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))63
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|63
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))62
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|61
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))60
Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))59
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))57
Offside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2|55
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||54
Windscreen has damage53
Offside Headlamp cleaning device obviously defective |1.7.2|53
Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))52
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened49
Headlamp levelling device obviously defective |1.7.2|48
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|47
Nearside Headlamp cleaning device obviously defective |1.7.2|47
Nearside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2|46
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|45
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))45
Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle |6.2.B.1b|43
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))43
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))43
Nearside Front Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a))43
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))41
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|40
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|40
Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2|39
Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a))38
Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))38
Headlamp levelling device inoperative |1.7.2|38
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|37
Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|36
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|36
Front brake excessively fluctuating35
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))35
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened35
Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))35
Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))33

We get to these numbers by trawling through over 1 billion MOT test results since 2004 and crunched the numbers. We remove anything to do with Tyres, as they are model independent and group together common non-model specific issues. We are trying to get to a picture of what models have what issues.

Please note: We take the data from the DVSA. This data is raw and can contain typos and spelling mistakes that garages may have entered while recording a MOT result. Specifically miss-match on names of models and makes. We are constantly cleaning the data so bear with the odd issue.

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