Flexible brake hoses excessively deteriorated on the Audi A6
Flexible brake hoses excessively deteriorated on the Audi A6 is recorded on 3,987 tests — 0.9% of all its MOT tests, against 0.4% 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 | 0.4% of tests record it — this model is 2.3× that share |
| The 159 models compared | 46 of 159, highest first |
| The model's own record | 428,117 tests · every year of the A6 → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Audi A6 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 2002, 3.3% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2011, 0.9%. The share has fallen 2.4 points over that time. Worst year 2002 at 3.3%; best 2011 at 0.9%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 105 | 3,214 | 3.3% |
| 2003 | 145 | 5,432 | 2.7% |
| 2004 | 178 | 7,978 | 2.2% |
| 2005 | 317 | 13,516 | 2.4% |
| 2006 | 457 | 23,768 | 1.9% |
| 2007 | 609 | 40,684 | 1.5% |
| 2008 | 639 | 41,386 | 1.5% |
| 2009 | 391 | 30,624 | 1.3% |
| 2010 | 561 | 47,976 | 1.2% |
| 2011 | 429 | 49,904 | 0.9% |
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 £25–£70 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
- Flexible brake hoses excessively deteriorated: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Audi A6 MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Audi model →