Pass rate
87.7%
Above average — 7.1 pts behind the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 73 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £32–£79
2023 Audi A4 Technik MOT pass rate
- 2023
- typical 25,311 mi
Only 73 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Tyres
34.4% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 91.5% pass
- Avoid 2023 87.7% pass · this year
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 3.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 86.2%
- Typical mileage
- 25k mi
The 2023 Audi A4 Technik MOT pass rate is 87.7% of its MOT tests — 7.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 34.4% of what testers record.
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Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.7× the national share
Tyres make up 34.4% of everything recorded on the 2023 Audi A4 Technik, against 19.8% nationally — 14.6 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 94.8%; this one manages 87.7% — 7.1 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 12% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2023 Audi A4 Technik compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 7.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 86.2%. The median 2023 Audi A4 Technik in this dataset had covered 25,311 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak", noted on 8.22% of tests.
- 73 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.7% overall pass rate, 86.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Audi A4 Technik, the average is 91.0% — best year 2020 (91.5%), worst 2023 (87.7%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 73
- Typical mileage (median)
- 25,311 mi
- Make and model
- Audi A4 Technik
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Shock Absorber
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the A4 Technik MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 78% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2023 A4 Technik
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2023 A4 Technik
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the shock absorbers 8.2% of tests
“shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
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Check the lights 4.1% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the wipers and washers 1.4% of tests
“washers jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2023 A4 Technik through its MOT
Across the 9 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £32–£79 — and 12% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 9 common items
- £32–£79
- Cheapest common item: srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 78%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 12%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 73 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the A4 Technik, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2019 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 87.7% to 91.5% — a spread of 3.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 91.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 91.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 90.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 90.1% shock absorbers has a serious…
- 2023 87.7%shock absorbers has a serious…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2023 Audi A4 Technik with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2023 cars with a similar record
- Tesla Model Y 92.9%
- Polestar Polestar 94.6%
- Kia Niro 95.5%
- Toyota Corolla 95.7%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqe 96.5%
- Ford Puma 96.5%
Closest pass rates among 2023 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2023 Audi A4 Technik 9 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 32 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 11 | 34.40% | 19.76% | +14.64 |
| Suspension | 9 | 28.10% | 20.98% | +7.12 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3 | 9.40% | 12.21% | −2.81 |
| Brakes | 2 | 6.20% | 20.89% | −14.69 |
| Visibility | 2 | 6.20% | 4.97% | +1.23 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 6.20% | 4.18% | +2.02 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 3.10% | 1.76% | +1.34 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 3.10% | 0.82% | +2.28 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 3.10% | 0.75% | +2.35 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 8.2% | £30–75 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 4.1% | £30–80 |
| Fixing missing Road Wheels | Major | 1.4% | £20–55 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 1.4% | £3–12 |
| Washers jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen Visibility | Rectified | 1.4% | £5–15 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.4% | £80–200 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 6.8% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 4.1% | £30–75 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 2.7% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.7% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.4% | £20–80 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.4% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 45 | 86.7% | 19,339 mi |
| 30-60k | 25 | 88.0% | 39,648 mi |
| 90-120k | 3 | 100.0% | 93,447 mi |
Source: 73 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2023 A4 Technik MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 Audi A4 Technik?
87.7% of the 73 2023 Audi A4 Technik tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 86.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 Audi A4 Technik?
The three most recorded items are shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (8.22%), headlamp aim too high (4.11%), fixing missing (1.37%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 Audi A4 Technik MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 86.7% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 Audi A4 Technik in this dataset had covered 25,311 mi.