# Audi S8 MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The Audi S8 passes its MOT first time 85% of the time, from 266 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 85%
- MOT tests analysed: 266 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Lights & electrics
- Licensed in Great Britain: 896 (2026 Q2)

## By year of first use and fuel

| Year | Fuel | MOT tests | First-time pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2022 | Petrol | 35 (few mots) | 91% |
| 2022 | Hybrid | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2021 | Petrol | 21 (few mots) | 86% |
| 2021 | Hybrid | 2 (very few mots) | 50% |
| 2020 | Petrol | 21 (few mots) | 100% |
| 2020 | Hybrid | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2017 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 50% |
| 2016 | Petrol | 3 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2015 | Petrol | 9 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2014 | Petrol | 12 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2013 | Petrol | 13 (very few mots) | 85% |
| 2012 | Petrol | 5 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2010 | Petrol | 3 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2009 | Petrol | 7 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2008 | Petrol | 24 (few mots) | 75% |
| 2007 | Petrol | 31 (few mots) | 74% |
| 2006 | Petrol | 24 (few mots) | 83% |
| 2003 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 50% |
| 2002 | Petrol | 23 (few mots) | 70% |
| 2001 | Petrol | 10 (very few mots) | 80% |
| 2000 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1999 | Petrol | 5 (very few mots) | 80% |
| 1998 | Petrol | 5 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1998 | LPG | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1997 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 50% |

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