Audi Q5 - 2014
138.5 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2014 is 198.0 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Audi Q5, model year 2014.
Sample size: 10,190 cars, 23,239 tests and 32,184 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: 10,190 cars
The 2014 Audi Q5 has a significantly lower overall defect rate of 138 per 100 vehicles, which is 29% better than the average for its year at 194 per 100. When examined across different mileage segments, the Q5 shows a notable increase in defects with higher mileage, particularly at over 124,000 miles, where it reports 297 defects per 100. The model stands out positively in several categories, particularly brakes, where it is 42% better than average, and in steering, lights, and equipment, all showing considerably lower defect rates compared to similarly aged vehicles. Overall, the Q5 demonstrates a strong reliability profile, particularly in key safety-related categories.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 10,190 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 41.6% better
54.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 92.8 / 100 tests
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
Steering
▲ 93.3% better
0.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.9 / 100 tests
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
- Excessive wear or play in a universal joint or a flexible coupling excessively deteriorated
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
Visibility
▲ 18.0% better
14.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 17.2 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 66.1% better
13.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 39.5 / 100 tests
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Headlamp levelling device inoperative
- Reflector defective or damaged: by up to 50% of the reflecting surface
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 13.4% better
172.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 198.8 / 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
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▲ 9.6% better
14.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.6 / 100 tests
- 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
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
Equipment
▲ 73.3% better
1.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.5 / 100 tests
- A seat belt:
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
Other
▲ 54.8% better
7.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.7 / 100 tests
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- 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
- 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)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 7,526
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 6,866
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,339
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,861
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,562
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 950
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 871
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 865
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 643
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 591
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 871
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 643
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 410
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 373
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 277
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 270
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 266
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 150
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 148
Headlamp levelling device inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 140