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Audi A5 2012: MOT failure rate for its age

23.1% of 58,657 MOT tests of the Audi A5 first registered in 2012 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 99.1 (95% CI 97.5–100.8; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2012 build year is no different from other years of the same model at the same age.

Audi A5 built in 2012 at a glance
MeasureValueUnitCompared withYearsTests
Failed first time23.1%all ages tested2019–202458657
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 97.5–100.8)99.1index100 = normal for this model at that age2019–202458657
Rank among this model's 14 build years4of 141 = fails least for its age2019–202458657
Tested in 20249226testsmedian 103,723 miles20249226
line · Audi A5 built 2012 · first-time MOT failure share by age · built 2012 20% vs model normal 20.6% at age 7 · 2019–2024
Built 2012 against Audi A5 normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 7: 20% vs 20.6%; age 8: 21% vs 20.8%; age 9: 22.5% vs 22.5%; age 10: 24.3% vs 23.8%; age 11: 25.5% vs 25.7%; age 12: 25.8% vs 26.8%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.
Check a 2012 Audi A5 by registration · All Audi A5 MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2012 Audi A5 fail at each age?

Cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Audi A5 built 2012: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
AgeTestsFailed, %95% intervalNormal for this model at that age, %Index (100 = normal)
710,5082019.3–20.820.697.3
89,6782120.2–21.820.8100.9
99,90722.521.7–23.322.599.7
109,77524.323.4–25.123.8101.9
119,56325.524.6–26.425.799
129,22625.824.9–26.726.896.3

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 58,657 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2012 Audi A5?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2012 is tyres: 13.1 items per 100 first tests, against 12.1 across all build years of the Audi A5. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Audi A5 built 2012 against the Audi A5 in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure groupBuilt 2012, per 100All build years, per 100Items
Tyres13.112.17,666
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment96.35,255
Suspension7.16.84,151
Visibility6.55.63,814
Brakes54.32,960

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 58,657 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2012 compare with the years around it?

Among the 14 published build years of the Audi A5, 2012 ranks 4 (1 = fails least for its age). 2011: index 100.7. 2013: index 101.3.

Audi A5 build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build yearIndex (100 = normal)95% intervalVerdictTests
200792.088.5–95.5better9,994
2008106.2104.0–108.4worse29,193
2009102.1100.2–104.0worse40,056
2010102.7101.2–104.2worse65,904
2011100.799.1–102.3no different61,416
201299.197.5–100.8no different58,657
2013101.399.7–103.0no different66,297
2014100.498.7–102.2no different65,894
2015102.1100.2–104.0worse64,121
2016104.2102.0–106.4worse51,920
201791.289.4–93.0better77,277
201895.793.2–98.1better47,329
2019101.798.4–104.9no different30,320
2020113.5107.3–119.7worse9,896

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 678,274 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Audi A5 2012 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/audi-a5/2012/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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