Pass rate
74.6%
Below average — 2.4 pts ahead of the 72.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 63 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £50–£142
2004 Audi All Road MOT pass rate
- 2004
- typical 142,687 mi
Only 63 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
Suspension
23.1% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2006 85.6% pass
- Avoid 2004 74.6% pass · this year
Across the 8 years on record, a spread of 11 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 68.6%
- Typical mileage
- 143k mi
The 2004 Audi All Road MOT pass rate is 74.6% of its MOT tests — 2.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.1% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Audi All Road does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.1× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 11.8% of everything recorded on the 2004 Audi All Road, against 5.5% nationally — 6.3 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 23.1%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 7% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 63 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2004 Audi All Road compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.2%, so this figure is 2.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 68.6%. The median 2004 Audi All Road in this dataset had covered 142,687 mi.
68% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 79.1% of the time.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint excessively worn", noted on 7.94% of tests.
- 63 recorded tests behind this page.
- 74.6% overall pass rate, 68.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Audi All Road, the average is 82.1% — best year 2006 (85.6%), worst 2004 (74.6%).
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
- 63
- Typical mileage (median)
- 142,687 mi
- Make and model
- Audi All Road
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the All Road MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (68% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the All Road
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 19 | 63.2% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2004 All Road
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 2004 All Road
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 suspension joints 7.9% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the lights 4.8% of tests
“headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect”
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 windscreen 4.8% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new 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 2004 All Road through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £50–£142 — and 7% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £50–£142
- Cheapest common item: headlamp lens seriously defective
- £5–£25
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 7%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 63 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 All Road, side by side
8 model years on record, from 2003 to 2011. Across them the pass rate runs from 74.6% to 85.6% — a spread of 11 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 78.7% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2004 74.6%ball joint excessively worn
- 2006 85.6% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2007 81.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2008 82.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2009 84.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 82.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 81.2% position lamp not working
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 2004 Audi All Road 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 2004 cars with a similar record
- Saab 9-5 74.6%
- BMW X5 74.5%
- Smart Mcc City 74.7%
- Toyota Land Cruiser 74.8%
- Volkswagen Passat 74.3%
- Vauxhall Agila 74.9%
Closest pass rates among 2004 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 2004 Audi All Road 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 169 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 39 | 23.10% | 20.98% | +2.12 |
| Brakes | 35 | 20.70% | 20.89% | −0.19 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 20 | 11.80% | 5.57% | +6.23 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 20 | 11.80% | 5.52% | +6.28 |
| Tyres | 18 | 10.70% | 19.76% | −9.06 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 16 | 9.50% | 12.21% | −2.71 |
| Steering | 7 | 4.10% | 2.57% | +1.53 |
| Visibility | 6 | 3.60% | 4.97% | −1.37 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 6 | 3.60% | 1.76% | +1.84 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 1.20% | 4.18% | −2.98 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 7.9% | £18–45 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 6.3% | £80–250 |
| Catch deteriorated so the door cannot be readily opened or closed Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 4.8% | £80–250 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.8% | £30–80 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 4.8% | £80–250 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.8% | £80–200 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 3.2% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 3.2% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 3.2% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp lens seriously defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.2% | £5–25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 20.6% | £200–700 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 20.6% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 15.9% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 14.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 7.9% | £45–110 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 7.9% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 2 | 50.0% | 36,418 mi |
| 60-90k | 11 | 81.8% | 80,214 mi |
| 90-120k | 8 | 87.5% | 100,479 mi |
| 120k+ | 42 | 71.4% | 174,260 mi |
Source: 63 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.
2004 All Road MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2004 Audi All Road?
74.6% of the 63 2004 Audi All Road tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.2% for cars first used in 2004. First-attempt pass rate: 68.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2004 Audi All Road?
The three most recorded items are ball joint excessively worn (7.94%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.35%), catch deteriorated so the door cannot be readily opened or closed (4.76%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2004 Audi All Road MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 50.0% of the time, falling to 71.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2004 Audi All Road in this dataset had covered 142,687 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2004 Audi All Road?
Diesel: 79.1% pass rate across 43 tests. Petrol: 65.0% pass rate across 20 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.