Audi 90 MOT reliability

Audi 90s passed their MOT first time 77% of the time across 87 tests in 2025. 62 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 87 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

77%

MOTs analysed

87

Still licensed (GB)

62

Body type

Sedan

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

1991 petrol

18 MOTs

These figures come from only 18 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 83%. Typical mileage 111,851 (most between 94,315 and 153,480).

2005: 46% → 2006: 46% → 2007: 50% → 2008: 50% → 2009: 51% → 2010: 50% → 2011: 51% → 2012: 55% → 2013: 49% → 2014: 63% → 2015: 58% → 2016: 61% → 2017: 61% → 2018: 71% → 2019: 69% → 2020: 55% → 2021: 74% → 2022: 74% → 2023: 79% → 2024: 88% → 2025: 83%

Most common failures

Stop lamp: not working (5.6%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (5.6%)
Parking brake performance: inoperative on one side (5.6%)
Washers: jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (5.6%)

Where 1991 90s fail

Brakes

5.6%

Lights & electrics

5.6%

Visibility & wipers

5.6%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.