Does the Audi e-tron fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?
The Audi e-tron records 0.25 seat belts and airbags failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.20 expected for a ev 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) (+0.05, 95% interval −0.02 to +0.11). It ranks 255 of 627 models on seat belts and airbags (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on seat belts and airbags · check a Audi e-tron by registration
What exactly fails on seat belts and airbags?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Audi e-tron is “An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction”, recorded 41 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction | 41 | 0.19 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 21,170 (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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