Pass rate
78.2%
Around average — 1.0 pts ahead of the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 55 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £44–£126
2012 Audi Allroad MOT pass rate
- 2012
- typical 91,822 mi
Only 55 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.
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Most common fault
Suspension
18.8% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2011 81.6% pass
- Avoid 2002 68.9% pass
Across the 12 years on record, a spread of 12.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 74.5%
- Typical mileage
- 92k mi
The 2012 Audi Allroad MOT pass rate is 78.2% of its MOT tests — 1.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 18.8% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.5× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 18.8% of everything recorded on the 2012 Audi Allroad, against 12.2% nationally — 6.6 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 18.8%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 18% 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. 55 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 2012 Audi Allroad compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 1.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 74.5%. The median 2012 Audi Allroad in this dataset had covered 91,822 mi.
55% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 76.7% of the time.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 7.27% of tests.
- 55 recorded tests behind this page.
- 78.2% overall pass rate, 74.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Audi Allroad, the average is 79.5% — best year 2011 (81.6%), worst 2002 (68.9%).
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
- 55
- Typical mileage (median)
- 91,822 mi
- Make and model
- Audi Allroad
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Allroad MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (55% of tests).
Where the Audi Allroad is most common
Across all Allroad model years on record (2001–2012): 2,634 Audi Allroad cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 5,706 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 94 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham (B) | 94 | 89.9% |
| 2 | Peterborough (PE) | 71 | 84.9% |
| 3 | Reading (RG) | 57 | 78.9% |
| 4 | Gloucester (GL) | 56 | 73.0% |
| 5 | Nottingham (NG) | 52 | 75.6% |
| 6 | Guildford (GU) | 52 | 75.0% |
| 7 | Southampton (SO) | 49 | 82.0% |
| 8 | Exeter (EX) | 47 | 68.7% |
| 9 | Leicester (LE) | 46 | 79.3% |
| 10 | Northampton (NN) | 46 | 80.0% |
| 11 | Crawley (RH) | 44 | 77.1% |
| 12 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 44 | 82.4% |
| 13 | Sheffield (S) | 44 | 82.0% |
| 14 | Norwich (NR) | 41 | 74.8% |
| 15 | Ashford (TN) | 40 | 75.8% |
| 16 | Yeovil (BA) | 39 | 70.9% |
| 17 | Derby (DE) | 39 | 81.9% |
| 18 | Oxford (OX) | 38 | 80.0% |
| 19 | Plymouth (PL) | 38 | 79.5% |
| 20 | Bristol (BS) | 37 | 78.9% |
The twenty areas with the most Audi Allroad cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Allroad
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 16 | 68.8% |
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 2012 Allroad
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 2012 Allroad
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 windscreen 7.3% 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.
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Check the suspension joints 3.6% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
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 exhaust and emissions 3.6% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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 2012 Allroad through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £44–£126 — and 18% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £44–£126
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 18%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 55 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 Allroad, side by side
12 model years on record, from 2001 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.9% to 81.6% — a spread of 12.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2001 75.5% rear fog lamp not working
- 2002 68.9% ball joint excessively worn
- 2003 75.6% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2004 79.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2005 72.7% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 79.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 80.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 80.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 79.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 79.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 81.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 78.2%windscreen damaged but not…
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 2012 Audi Allroad 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 2012 cars with a similar record
- Volvo V60 78.2%
- SEAT Leon 78.3%
- BMW 118 78.3%
- Hyundai I10 78.1%
- Volkswagen Amarok 78.1%
- Nissan Micra 78.0%
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 Audi Allroad 10 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 80 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 | 15 | 18.80% | 20.98% | −2.18 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 15 | 18.80% | 12.21% | +6.59 |
| Brakes | 13 | 16.20% | 20.89% | −4.69 |
| Tyres | 10 | 12.50% | 19.76% | −7.26 |
| Visibility | 7 | 8.80% | 4.97% | +3.83 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 6 | 7.50% | 5.57% | +1.93 |
| Non-component advisories | 6 | 7.50% | 4.18% | +3.32 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5 | 6.20% | 5.52% | +0.68 |
| Steering | 3 | 3.80% | 2.57% | +1.23 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 7.3% | £80–200 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 5.5% | £80–250 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.6% | £18–45 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.6% | £60–250 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.6% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.6% | £30–80 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.6% | £5–20 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 3.6% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 3.6% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.8% | £18–45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.9% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.1% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.3% | £18–45 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 7.3% | £3–12 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.5% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 5.5% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 13 | 84.6% | 44,659 mi |
| 60-90k | 14 | 85.7% | 74,097 mi |
| 90-120k | 9 | 66.7% | 106,968 mi |
| 120k+ | 19 | 73.7% | 161,621 mi |
Source: 55 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.
2012 Allroad MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 Audi Allroad?
78.2% of the 55 2012 Audi Allroad tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 74.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 Audi Allroad?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (7.27%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (5.45%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (3.64%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 Audi Allroad MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 84.6% of the time, falling to 73.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 Audi Allroad in this dataset had covered 91,822 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2012 Audi Allroad?
Petrol: 76.7% pass rate across 30 tests. Diesel: 80.0% pass rate across 25 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.