Pass rate
91.9%
Above average — 0.1 pts behind the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 236 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £54–£131
2022 Audi SQ7 MOT pass rate
- 2022
- typical 28,944 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
51.7% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 91.9% pass · this year
- Avoid 2019 89.9% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 91.2%
- Typical mileage
- 29k mi
The 2022 Audi SQ7 MOT pass rate is 91.9% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 51.7% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.6× the national share
Tyres make up 51.7% of everything recorded on the 2022 Audi Sq7, against 19.8% nationally — 31.9 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 0% 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. 236 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 2022 Audi SQ7 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 0.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 91.2%. The median 2022 Audi SQ7 in this dataset had covered 28,944 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 91.5% of the time, April–September 92.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has ply or cords exposed", noted on 3.81% of tests.
- 236 recorded tests behind this page.
- 91.9% overall pass rate, 91.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Audi SQ7, the average is 90.9% — best year 2022 (91.9%), worst 2019 (89.9%).
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
- 236
- Typical mileage (median)
- 28,944 mi
- Make and model
- Audi SQ7
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
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 SQ7 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 83% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the SQ7
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 59 | 88.1% |
| North West | 34 | 91.2% |
| Scotland | 26 | 84.6% |
| Yorkshire | 20 | 95.0% |
| South West | 20 | 95.0% |
| East of England | 18 | 100.0% |
| East Midlands | 16 | 93.8% |
| West Midlands | 15 | 93.3% |
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 2022 SQ7
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 2022 SQ7
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 3.4% 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 lights 0.8% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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 suspension joints 0.4% of tests
“ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
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 2022 SQ7 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £54–£131 — and 0% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £54–£131
- Cheapest common item: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the…
- £18–£45
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 0%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 236 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 SQ7, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2019 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 89.9% to 91.9% — a spread of 2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 89.9% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2020 90.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 91.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 91.9%has ply or cords exposed
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 2022 Audi SQ7 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 2022 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Mokka 91.9%
- Renault Zoe 91.9%
- MG 3 91.9%
- Mercedes-Benz E 91.9%
- Vauxhall Grandland Gs 91.9%
- BMW X3 XDRIVE20D 91.9%
Closest pass rates among 2022 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 2022 Audi SQ7 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 116 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 | 60 | 51.70% | 19.76% | +31.94 |
| Non-component advisories | 17 | 14.70% | 4.18% | +10.52 |
| Brakes | 16 | 13.80% | 20.89% | −7.09 |
| Visibility | 11 | 9.50% | 4.97% | +4.53 |
| Suspension | 3 | 2.60% | 20.98% | −18.38 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3 | 2.60% | 5.52% | −2.92 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2 | 1.70% | 12.21% | −10.51 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 1.70% | 1.76% | −0.06 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 0.90% | 5.57% | −4.67 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 0.90% | 0.75% | +0.15 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 3.8% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.4% | £80–200 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.1% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.85% | £30–80 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 0.42% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.42% | £18–45 |
| Brake performance not tested unable to be tested Brakes | Major | 0.42% | £60–150 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.42% | £60–250 |
| Door condition cannot be opened from inside the vehicle Body, chassis, structure | Major | 0.42% | £80–250 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.42% | £45–95 |
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 | 10.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.1% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.2% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 3.4% | £45–95 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.1% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.1% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 125 | 92.0% | 22,321 mi |
| 30-60k | 104 | 91.3% | 39,606 mi |
| 60-90k | 6 | 100.0% | 66,794 mi |
| 90-120k | 1 | 100.0% | 91,617 mi |
Source: 236 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.
2022 SQ7 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 Audi SQ7?
91.9% of the 236 2022 Audi SQ7 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 91.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 Audi SQ7?
The three most recorded items are has ply or cords exposed (3.81%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.39%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.12%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 Audi SQ7 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 Audi SQ7 in this dataset had covered 28,944 mi.
Does the season affect the 2022 Audi SQ7 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 91.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 92.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.