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Does the Audi A7 fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

The Audi A7 records 0.53 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.34 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (+0.19, 95% interval +0.14 to +0.24). It ranks 92 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on road wheels · check a Audi A7 by registration

What exactly fails on road wheels?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Audi A7 is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 322 times in 2019–2024.

Audi A7: most frequent road wheels defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wordingItemsPer 100 tests
A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud3220.35
Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel1460.16

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 92,675 (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

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