Audi A5 - 2015
142.5 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2015 is 174.5 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Audi A5, model year 2015.
Sample size: 11,991 cars, 27,738 tests and 39,520 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 11,991 cars
The 2015 Audi A5 exhibits a lower overall defect rate compared to the average car of the same year, with 142 defects per 100 vehicles compared to 170. This represents a 16% improvement over the average. Notably, the A5 performs significantly better in categories such as brakes, steering, and lights and electrics, with defects in these areas being much lower than the average rates. While mileage-related trends show an increase in defects with higher mileages, the A5 maintains a relatively consistent performance across all mileage ranges. Overall, this model stands out for its reliability, particularly in critical safety components.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 11,991 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 30.0% better
59.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 84.7 / 100 tests
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 92.9% better
0.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.9 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- Excessive wear or play in a universal joint or a flexible coupling excessively deteriorated
Visibility
▲ 28.0% better
11.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 16.1 / 100 tests
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 65.2% better
10.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 31.0 / 100 tests
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Beam image obviously incorrect
- Headlamp levelling device inoperative
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 5.6% worse
188.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 178.3 / 100 tests
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
Body/Structure
▲ 36.8% better
7.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.7 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
Equipment
▲ 72.5% better
1.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.0 / 100 tests
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt:
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▲ 56.8% better
5.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.2 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 8,921
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,394
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,212
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,926
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,520
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,258
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,265
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,052
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 987
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 933
Serious faults (Top 10)
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,265
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 933
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 695
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 515
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 499
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 370
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 337
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 225
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 208
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 147