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Audi SQ5, Buying guide, MOT record and UK numbers

13,687 Audi SQ5s are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 90.9% of initial MOT tests, 18.6 points above the 72.3% UK average.

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Audi SQ5 at the MOT

90.9% of 2,128 initial tests passed in 2025, ranking the SQ5 27th of 575 models. Audi SQ5s aged 3 to 5 years passed 93.2% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 80.1%.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

  • Audi SQ590.9%
  • All Audi modelsThe SQ5 is 12.4 pts ahead78.5%
  • All cars72.3%

Pass rate by age at test

Audi SQ5 tests in 2025.

  • 3 to 5 years1,197 tests93.2%
  • 6 to 10 years308 tests87.7%
  • 11 years and over266 tests80.1%

Where SQ5s fail

Share of all failure items recorded on Audi SQ5 tests in 2025.

  • Tyres34.1%
  • Suspension19.6%
  • Brakes12.9%
  • Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment11.4%
  • Identification of the vehicle6.8%

The items testers recorded most often were tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (11.4%), condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (9.2%) and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (8%).

The MOT page lists every common SQ5 MOT failure. For one car's own results and advisories, run a free MOT history check.

Full Audi SQ5 MOT record

What to look at on a viewing

The SQ5's most common failure areas, and what a tester checks in each.

  1. Tyres

    Check tread depth across the full width of every tyre (the legal minimum is 1.6mm), and look for cuts, bulges and uneven wear.34.1% of SQ5 failure items

  2. Suspension

    Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters.19.6% of SQ5 failure items

  3. Brakes

    Make sure the pedal feels firm, the car stops in a straight line, the handbrake holds on a slope and no brake warning light is showing.12.9% of SQ5 failure items

Audi SQ5s in the UK

13,687 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has grown 181% since the end of 2015.

Change since 2015
+181%from 4,866 licensed
Typical year of first use
2017half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2017 or earlier
First registered in 2025
740against 2,483 in 2015
Declared off the road
3312.4% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Audi SQ5s since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

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DateLicensed
End of 20142,655
End of 20154,866
End of 20167,028
End of 20178,230
End of 201810,246
End of 201910,520
End of 202011,626
End of 202112,044
End of 202212,562
End of 202312,817
End of 202413,135
End of 202513,687
End of June 202613,687

How old they are

Licensed Audi SQ5s by year of first use.

  • Licensed at the end of 2025
  • First registered that year
Show the figures
First usedLicensed, end 2025First registered that year
2025713740
2024365380
2023454481
2022456484
2021532574
20201,1921,266
2019451491
20181,9562,224
20171,1981,402
20161,9912,321
20152,0452,483
20141,672
2013630

2,045 SQ5s first used in 2015 were still licensed at the end of 2025, roughly 82% of the 2,483 first registered that year.

SQ5 engines and fuel

3.0 litre engines made up 100% of Audi SQ5 MOT tests in 2025. Diesel accounts for 73% of licensed SQ5s and petrol for 27%.

Fuel type, licensed SQ5s

DfT licensing statistics, June 2026.

FuelLicensedShare
Petrol3,76327%
Diesel9,92473%

Other Audi models

The most-tested Audi models in 2025, against the SQ5's 90.9% MOT pass rate.

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Audi SQ5 FAQs

How many Audi SQ5s are there in the UK?

13,687 Audi SQ5s were licensed in the UK at the end of June 2026, with a further 331 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT vehicle licensing statistics.

Is the Audi SQ5 reliable?

MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 90.9% first-time pass rate for the Audi SQ5 across 2,128 tests in 2025, above the 72.3% average for all cars.

What should I check before buying a used Audi SQ5?

On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: tyres, suspension and brakes. Then check the individual car's own records. Outstanding finance, insurance write-offs and police stolen markers are not part of the MOT record, so they take a history check.

How do I check an Audi SQ5's history?

Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.

Already found an SQ5?

Check its finance, write-off, theft, mileage and keeper history with a £15 vehicle history report.

Across the 1,389 vehicles of every make Carpeep has checked since November 2025, 19% had outstanding finance recorded and 13% an insurance write-off. More on the Audi history check. To confirm a car's identity, see the Audi VIN check.

  • Outstanding finance
  • Write-off records
  • Stolen markers
  • Mileage history
  • Previous keepers

MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), which also gives the engine sizes. Licensed, SORN, fuel and registration figures are from the Department for Transport vehicle licensing statistics (VEH0120, VEH0124, VEH0160). Government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability. History-check findings are anonymous counts from reports bought on Carpeep, each vehicle counted once, and are published only where at least 100 vehicles returned an answer.