Pass rate
80.3%
Around average — 6.3 pts ahead of the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 21,418 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £33–£87
2009 Audi Tt MOT pass rate
- 2009
- 2 trims combined
- typical 97,079 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
31.1% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 97.2% pass
- Avoid 2002 71.9% pass
Across the 24 years on record, a spread of 25.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 76.0%
- Typical mileage
- 97k mi
The 2009 Audi Tt MOT pass rate is 80.3% of its MOT tests — 6.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 31.1% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.5× the national share
Suspension accounts for 31.1% of everything recorded on the 2009 Audi Tt, against 21.0% nationally — 10.1 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- 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 74.0% and this one manages 80.3% — 6.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 27% 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 Tt first registered in 2009 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2009 Audi Tt compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 6.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.0%. The median 2009 Audi Tt in this dataset had covered 97,079 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 64% of tests, with a 81.3% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 80.3% of the time, April–September 80.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 3.39% of tests.
- 21,418 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.3% overall pass rate, 76.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Audi Tt, the average is 82.7% — best year 2023 (97.2%), worst 2002 (71.9%).
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
- 21,418
- Typical mileage (median)
- 97,079 mi
- Make and model
- Audi Tt
- 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 Tt MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 69% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (64% of tests).
Where the Audi Tt is most common
Across all Tt model years on record (2000–2023): 178,394 Audi Tt cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 393,652 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 5,490 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) | 5,490 | 86.8% |
| 2 | Sheffield (S) | 3,529 | 85.4% |
| 3 | Nottingham (NG) | 3,442 | 83.2% |
| 4 | Peterborough (PE) | 3,421 | 83.8% |
| 5 | Leicester (LE) | 3,291 | 82.3% |
| 6 | Derby (DE) | 3,080 | 84.4% |
| 7 | Reading (RG) | 3,067 | 84.2% |
| 8 | Guildford (GU) | 2,944 | 82.8% |
| 9 | Chelmsford (CM) | 2,821 | 84.2% |
| 10 | Coventry (CV) | 2,819 | 84.4% |
| 11 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 2,812 | 84.9% |
| 12 | Glasgow (G) | 2,700 | 83.2% |
| 13 | Bristol (BS) | 2,648 | 78.0% |
| 14 | Cardiff (CF) | 2,544 | 80.7% |
| 15 | Northampton (NN) | 2,457 | 81.1% |
| 16 | Ashford (TN) | 2,433 | 80.1% |
| 17 | Milton Keynes (MK) | 2,430 | 84.2% |
| 18 | Norwich (NR) | 2,416 | 80.7% |
| 19 | Gloucester (GL) | 2,335 | 80.5% |
| 20 | Portsmouth (PO) | 2,308 | 78.8% |
The twenty areas with the most Audi Tt 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 Tt
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 4,418 | 81.4% |
| South West | 2,521 | 77.8% |
| East of England | 2,510 | 81.7% |
| West Midlands | 2,208 | 80.6% |
| North West | 2,091 | 80.6% |
| Yorkshire | 2,007 | 81.0% |
| East Midlands | 1,683 | 79.3% |
| Scotland | 1,367 | 76.4% |
| Wales | 1,014 | 77.7% |
| North East | 853 | 81.4% |
| London | 746 | 86.2% |
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 2009 Tt
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 2009 Tt
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 coil springs 3.3% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the suspension joints 3.0% of tests
“linkage ball joint dust cover 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 2009 Tt through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £33–£87 — and 27% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £33–£87
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 27%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 21,418 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 Tt, side by side
24 model years on record, from 2000 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.9% to 97.2% — a spread of 25.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 72.2% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2001 72.2% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2002 71.9% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2003 72.4% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2004 73.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2005 73.6% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 74.6% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2007 77.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2008 78.3% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2009 80.3%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 80.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 82.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 86.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 87.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 87.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 88.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 90.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 91.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 92.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 93.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 93.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 92.6% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2022 93.3% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2023 97.2% headlamp aim too high
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 2009 Audi Tt 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 2009 cars with a similar record
- Volvo XC70 80.2%
- Lexus IS220 80.4%
- Mazda Mx-5 80.5%
- Toyota Prius 80.6%
- BMW X5 80.8%
- Toyota Verso 79.8%
Closest pass rates among 2009 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 2009 Audi Tt 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 33,760 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 | 10,583 | 31.10% | 20.98% | +10.12 |
| Tyres | 7,540 | 22.20% | 19.76% | +2.44 |
| Brakes | 5,658 | 16.60% | 20.89% | −4.29 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3,678 | 10.80% | 12.21% | −1.41 |
| Visibility | 1,829 | 5.40% | 4.97% | +0.43 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,710 | 5.00% | 5.52% | −0.52 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1,329 | 3.90% | 5.57% | −1.67 |
| Non-component advisories | 803 | 2.40% | 4.18% | −1.78 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 414 | 1.20% | 1.76% | −0.56 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 216 | 0.60% | 0.82% | −0.22 |
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 | 3.4% | £80–200 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.3% | £25–65 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 3.0% | £18–45 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.0% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £5–25 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Stop lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.7% | £3–12 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 1.6% | £60–150 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 1.3% | £80–250 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £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 | 17.0% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.8% | £45–110 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 7.3% | £180–450 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 7.0% | £25–65 |
| Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 6.2% | £35–85 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 276 | 89.9% | 21,688 mi |
| 30-60k | 2,294 | 84.7% | 48,871 mi |
| 60-90k | 6,251 | 81.9% | 76,496 mi |
| 90-120k | 7,197 | 79.2% | 104,256 mi |
| 120k+ | 5,374 | 77.7% | 144,349 mi |
Source: 21,418 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.
2009 Tt MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Audi Tt?
80.3% of the 21,418 2009 Audi Tt tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 76.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Audi Tt?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.39%), coil spring fractured or broken (3.29%), linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (3.01%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Audi Tt MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.9% of the time, falling to 77.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Audi Tt in this dataset had covered 97,079 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2009 Audi Tt?
Petrol: 81.3% pass rate across 13,758 tests. Diesel: 78.6% pass rate across 7,660 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2009 Audi Tt MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 80.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 80.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.