Audi Q5 2015: MOT failure rate for its age

13.8% of 64,429 MOT tests of the Audi Q5 first registered in 2015 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 95.6 (95% CI 93.6–97.6; 100 = normal for this model at that age): close to other build years of the same model at the same age (within 5 points of normal).

Audi Q5 built in 2015 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	13.8	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	64429
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 93.6–97.6)	95.6	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	64429
Rank among this model's 13 build years	4	of 13	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	64429
Tested in 2024	10483	tests	median 79,554 miles	2024	10483

Built 2015 against Audi Q5 normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 4: 9.6% vs 11%; age 5: 11% vs 11.5%; age 6: 13.1% vs 13.9%; age 7: 15% vs 15.5%; age 8: 16.6% vs 16.7%; age 9: 17.8% vs 18.2%. Axis from 0% to 20%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2015 Audi Q5 by registration · All Audi Q5 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 2015 Audi Q5 fail at each age?

Cars built in 2015 were tested at ages 4 to 9 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 Q5 built 2015: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
4	11,235	9.6	9–10.1	11	86.5
5	10,541	11	10.4–11.6	11.5	95.4
6	10,765	13.1	12.4–13.7	13.9	94.2
7	10,744	15	14.3–15.7	15.5	96.7
8	10,661	16.6	15.9–17.3	16.7	99.6
9	10,483	17.8	17.1–18.6	18.2	98.2

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 64,429 (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 2015 Audi Q5?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2015 is tyres: 6.2 items per 100 first tests, against 5.9 across all build years of the Audi Q5. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2015 were tested at ages 4 to 9.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Audi Q5 built 2015 against the Audi Q5 in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2015, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Tyres	6.2	5.9	3,998
Visibility	4.8	4.9	3,070
Body, chassis, structure	4.3	5.8	2,769
Brakes	2.8	2.9	1,784
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	2.4	4.4	1,515

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 64,429 (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 2015 compare with the years around it?

Among the 13 published build years of the Audi Q5, 2015 ranks 4 (1 = fails least for its age). 2014: index 99.3. 2016: index 91.7.

Audi Q5 build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2008	105.9	94.4–117.5	no different (rough estimate)	1,062
2009	109.2	106.7–111.7	worse	24,221
2010	104.9	102.3–107.6	worse	22,973
2011	104.6	102.3–106.9	worse	33,708
2012	98.4	95.9–101.0	no different	28,238
2013	96.9	94.6–99.2	better	37,657
2014	99.3	97.2–101.4	no different	52,781
2015	95.6	93.6–97.6	better	64,429
2016	91.7	89.7–93.7	better	69,291
2017	127.1	124.4–129.9	worse	54,319
2018	98.6	96.1–101.2	no different	54,211
2019	90.2	87.2–93.3	better	37,379
2020	89.7	85.2–94.2	better	18,367

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 498,636 (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 Q5 2015 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-q5/2015/

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.

Audi Q5 2015: MOT failure rate for its age

How does the 2015 Audi Q5 fail at each age?

What fails most on the 2015 Audi Q5?

How does 2015 compare with the years around it?

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