Audi S7 MOT reliability

Audi S7s passed their MOT first time 91% of the time across 223 tests in 2025. 615 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

91%

MOTs analysed

223

Still licensed (GB)

615

Body type

Hatchback

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

2020 diesel

63 MOTs

These figures come from 63 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 94%. Typical mileage 45,367 (most between 35,714 and 60,338).

2022: 100% → 2023: 88% → 2024: 92% → 2025: 94%

Most common failures

Registration plates: does not conform to the specified requirements (1.6%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (1.6%)
Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (1.6%)
Side repeaters: not working (1.6%)
Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.6%)

Where 2020 S7s fail

Wheels & tyres

4.8%

Lights & electrics

1.6%

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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.