56.4%
Audi A2
Audi A2 MOT pass rate and common problems
The Audi A2 passed 56.4% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 15.9 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the A2 compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
78.5%
Audi average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The A2 runs 22.1 points behind the Audi average. It is 24th of the 24 Audi models in the data. The average A2 arrived at its test 22.1 years old with 132,537 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
A2 MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 to 10 years (small sample) | 2 | 100% | 27.7 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 5,760 | 56.4% | 15.9 pts below |
Too few tests fall into some age groups to compare them reliably. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where A2 failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Audi A2 cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes together account for 45% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common A2 MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Audi A2 cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 32.2% of everything testers recorded against failed Audi A2 cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a A2
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect, stop lamp not working and individual direction indicators incorrect colour. 10% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken and ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 8.2% of failure items.
3
Brakes
Recorded most often: rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements, service brake performance excessively binding and service brake imbalance across an axle. 7.9% of failure items.
4
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 3.1% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific A2 has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Audi A2 buying guide.
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Audi A2 MOT FAQs
What is the Audi A2 MOT pass rate?
56.4% of Audi A2 cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 5,762 tests. That is 15.9 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 522nd of 575 models.
What does an Audi A2 most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Audi A2 cars failing their 2025 MOT was headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect, on 5% of failure items. Next were coil spring fractured or broken (4.8%) and ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (3.4%).
Which area causes the most Audi A2 MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 23%, followed by brakes at 22%.
Does this mean every Audi A2 has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Audi A2 that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Audi A2's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.