Does the Audi 80 fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Audi 80 records 26.05 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 20.74 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+5.31, 95% interval +4.08 to +6.53). It ranks 116 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Audi 80 is “Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement”, recorded 264 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 264 | 3.96 |
| Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. | 147 | 2.21 |
| A flexible brake hose excessively damaged, deteriorated, chafed, twisted or stretched | 123 | 1.85 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 112 | 1.68 |
| A brake hose ferrule excessively corroded | 108 | 1.62 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 6,661 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
If a Audi 80 gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
17.2% of Audi 80 MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.2 months and 1,338 miles later (1,337 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,337 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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