Tyre has a bulge on the Audi A5

Tyre has a bulge on the Audi A5 is recorded on 9,035 tests — 2.1% of all its MOT tests, against 0.9% across every car in the data. That is 2.3× the national share.

Is this unusual for this model?

Compared with	What it says
Every car in the data	0.9% of tests record it — this model is 2.3× that share
The 361 models compared	15 of 361, highest first
The model's own record	434,507 tests · every year of the A5 →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Audi A5 tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.

Year by year

In 2007, 0.7% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2022, 0.7%. The share has barely moved over that time. Worst year 2012 at 1.2%; best 2017 at 0.4%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2007	64	9,304	0.7%
2008	281	41,898	0.7%
2009	426	62,886	0.7%
2010	785	109,080	0.7%
2011	792	103,689	0.8%
2012	780	65,944	1.2%
2013	919	113,652	0.8%
2014	868	112,422	0.8%
2015	938	107,511	0.9%
2016	702	86,532	0.8%
2017	631	142,887	0.4%
2018	579	115,338	0.5%
2019	671	98,028	0.7%
2020	281	31,868	0.9%
2021	223	23,356	0.9%
2022	91	13,332	0.7%

Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.

What it costs

A typical UK repair for this item is £45–£95 fitted. It is a job a careful owner can do at home. What the part is, and what to buy →

Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.

Where this sits

Tyre has a bulge: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
Audi A5 MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Audi model →