Does the Audi e-tron fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?
The Audi e-tron records 0.77 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.27 expected for a ev of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+0.50, 95% interval +0.39 to +0.62). It ranks 60 of 636 models on vehicle identification (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on vehicle identification?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Audi e-tron is “Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements”, recorded 136 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements | 136 | 0.64 |
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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