1,342 tests in 2025
Audi Sq7 reliability and MOT pass rate
90.3% passed first time. The 9.7% fail rate is 12.9 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 4 years old with 41,471 miles.
Pass rate
90.3%
22.6% of all cars failed; 9.7% of these did.
Fixed on the day
1%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
41,471 mi
4 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 1,188 | 9.3% |
| 6-9 years | 150 | — |
| 10-13 years | 0 | — |
| 14+ years | 0 | — |
What the Sq7 fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Tyres79 dangerous70.8%
- Noise, emissions and leaks10.8%
- Brakes8 dangerous9.2%
- Identification of the vehicle7.7%
- Visibility3.8%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment3.1%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems3.1%
- Suspension3.1%
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Sq7 in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords41 tests
- 2Condition: has ply or cords exposed32 tests
- 3Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm17 tests
- 4Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction11 tests
- 5Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure10 tests
- 6Registration plates: does not conform to the specified requirements10 tests
- 7Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick7 tests
- 8Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure5 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Sq7 collects 2.03 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm179 tests
- 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick87 tests
- 3Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords49 tests
- 4Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre36 tests
- 5Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt35 tests
- 6Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure33 tests
- 7Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm31 tests
- 8Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened27 tests
Questions
What is the Audi Sq7 MOT pass rate?
90.3% of the 1,342 Audi Sq7 first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 9.7% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 1% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Audi Sq7 usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", recorded on 41 failed tests, followed by "Condition: has ply or cords exposed" and "Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm". By section, tyres appears in 70.8% of failures, noise, emissions and leaks appears in 10.8% of failures, brakes appears in 9.2% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 9.3%; at 3-5 years it was 9.3%. The median Audi Sq7 tested in 2025 was 4 years old with 41,471 miles.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Sq7 trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
Other Audi models
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