Pass rate
84.0%
Around average — 10.2 pts ahead of the 73.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 50 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £51–£143
2000 Audi S6 MOT pass rate
- 2000
- 2 trims combined
- typical 152,545 mi
Only 50 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
Emissions & leaks
19.8% of faults · 5.5% nationally
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 95.6% pass
- Avoid 2008 78.5% pass
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 17.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 81.4%
- Typical mileage
- 153k mi
The 2000 Audi S6 MOT pass rate is 84.0% of its MOT tests — 10.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Emissions & leaks is the biggest single reason it fails, at 19.8% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 3.6× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 19.8% of everything recorded on the 2000 Audi S6, against 5.5% nationally — 14.3 points above. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 73.8% and this one manages 84.0% — 10.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 26% 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.
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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Every Audi S6 first registered in 2000 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2000 Audi S6 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.8%, so this figure is 10.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 81.4%. The median 2000 Audi S6 in this dataset had covered 152,545 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 10.00% of tests.
- 50 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.0% overall pass rate, 81.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Audi S6, the average is 88.3% — best year 2021 (95.6%), worst 2008 (78.5%).
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
- 50
- Typical mileage (median)
- 152,545 mi
- Make and model
- Audi S6
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the S6 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2000 S6
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 2000 S6
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 steering 6.0% of tests
“steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated,”
With the wheels straight, rock the steering wheel gently with the engine off — more than about an inch of free play before the wheels move is worth investigating. Split rack gaiters are cheap to replace and commonly recorded.
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Check the windscreen 6.0% 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 4.0% 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.
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 2000 S6 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £51–£143 — and 26% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £51–£143
- Cheapest common item: srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated,
- £120–£300
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 26%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 50 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 S6, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2000 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 78.5% to 95.6% — a spread of 17.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 84.0%joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 79.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 79.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2008 78.5% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2012 89.2% mirrors slightly damaged
- 2013 94.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 93.2% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2020 88.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 95.6% has a bulge, caused by separation…
- 2022 93.9% 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 2000 Audi S6 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 2000 cars with a similar record
- Porsche 911 85.5%
- Subaru Impreza 82.3%
- Porsche Boxster 80.4%
- Mercedes-Benz Slk 80.3%
- Land Rover Range Rover 80.0%
- Rover Mini 79.4%
Closest pass rates among 2000 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 2000 Audi S6 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 114 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 23 | 19.80% | 5.52% | +14.28 |
| Brakes | 21 | 18.10% | 20.89% | −2.79 |
| Suspension | 19 | 16.40% | 20.98% | −4.58 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 16 | 13.80% | 12.21% | +1.59 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 10 | 8.60% | 5.57% | +3.03 |
| Tyres | 8 | 6.90% | 19.76% | −12.86 |
| Steering | 7 | 6.00% | 2.57% | +3.43 |
| Visibility | 4 | 3.40% | 4.97% | −1.57 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 2.60% | 4.18% | −1.58 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 2.60% | 1.76% | +0.84 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 10.0% | £80–250 |
| Steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 6.0% | £120–300 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 6.0% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 4.0% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.0% | £30–80 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.0% | £5–25 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.0% | £3–15 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 4.0% | £3–12 |
| Bonnet cannot be secured in the closed position Visibility | Major | 2.0% | £20–80 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 2.0% | £45–110 |
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 | 38.0% | £200–700 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 16.0% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 14.0% | £45–110 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 12.0% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.0% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 6.0% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60-90k | 2 | 50.0% | 75,571 mi |
| 90-120k | 4 | 75.0% | 97,695 mi |
| 120k+ | 44 | 86.4% | 166,222 mi |
Source: 50 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.
2000 S6 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2000 Audi S6?
84.0% of the 50 2000 Audi S6 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.8% for cars first used in 2000. First-attempt pass rate: 81.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2000 Audi S6?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (10.00%), steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (6.00%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (6.00%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2000 Audi S6 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 50.0% of the time, falling to 86.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2000 Audi S6 in this dataset had covered 152,545 mi.