Pass rate
94.1%
Above average — 2.9 pts ahead of the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 51 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £43–£114
2021 Audi Q5 Sln MOT pass rate
- 2021
- typical 42,695 mi
Only 51 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
56.5% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 94.1% pass · this year
- Avoid 2020 91.6% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 2.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 93.8%
- Typical mileage
- 43k mi
The 2021 Audi Q5 Sln MOT pass rate is 94.1% of its MOT tests — 2.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 56.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Audi Q5 Sln does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.9× the national share
Tyres make up 56.5% of everything recorded on the 2021 Audi Q5 Sln, against 19.8% nationally — 36.7 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.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 25% 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. 51 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 2021 Audi Q5 Sln compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 2.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 93.8%. The median 2021 Audi Q5 Sln in this dataset had covered 42,695 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 1.96% of tests.
- 51 recorded tests behind this page.
- 94.1% overall pass rate, 93.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Audi Q5 Sln, the average is 91.7% — best year 2021 (94.1%), worst 2020 (91.6%).
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
- 51
- Typical mileage (median)
- 42,695 mi
- Make and model
- Audi Q5 Sln
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Q5 Sln MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 81% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Q5 Sln
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 17 | 88.2% |
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 2021 Q5 Sln
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 2021 Q5 Sln
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 lights 2.0% of tests
“rear fog lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning”
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.
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 2021 Q5 Sln through its MOT
Across the 4 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £43–£114 — and 25% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 4 common items
- £43–£114
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp with a multiple light source up…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 75%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 25%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 51 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 Q5 Sln, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2020 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 91.6% to 94.1% — a spread of 2.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 91.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 94.1%has a cut in excess of the…
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 2021 Audi Q5 Sln 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- Land Rover Defender Hard Top 94.1%
- Toyota Aygo 94.0%
- Jaguar I-Pace 94.0%
- Toyota Corolla Gr 94.0%
- Volvo XC40 R-Design T4 94.0%
- Volvo XC60 R-Design B5 94.0%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Audi Q5 Sln 4 failure items · 6 advisories · 5 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 23 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 | 13 | 56.50% | 19.76% | +36.74 |
| Brakes | 4 | 17.40% | 20.89% | −3.49 |
| Non-component advisories | 4 | 17.40% | 4.18% | +13.22 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1 | 4.30% | 12.21% | −7.91 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 4.30% | 5.57% | −1.27 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.0% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 2.0% | £45–95 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.0% | £80–250 |
| Rear fog lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.0% | £3–15 |
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 | 17.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.9% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.9% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 3.9% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.9% | £20–80 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.9% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 15 | 100.0% | 16,911 mi |
| 30-60k | 19 | 89.5% | 41,893 mi |
| 60-90k | 14 | 92.9% | 71,647 mi |
| 90-120k | 3 | 100.0% | 96,107 mi |
Source: 51 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.
2021 Q5 Sln MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Audi Q5 Sln?
94.1% of the 51 2021 Audi Q5 Sln tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 93.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Audi Q5 Sln?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.96%), has ply or cords exposed (1.96%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (1.96%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Audi Q5 Sln MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Audi Q5 Sln in this dataset had covered 42,695 mi.