2017 Audi Q7 4.0L Diesel · AW09 JAT

The Audi Q7 presents as roadworthy with a stable maintenance trend. The most recent test on 13 January 2026 at 47,827 miles returned a pass with no defects recorded, and the four preceding annual tests from January 2023 to January 2025 also passed clean. The lone failure on 16 January 2023 at 18,963 miles was anomalous, showing no defects recorded, and the vehicle passed the very next day on 17 January 2023 at the same mileage, indicating an administrative or test-error reversal rather than a mechanical fault. The mileage pattern reflects light use for a nine-year-old vehicle. Recorded distance rose from 18,963 miles in January 2023 to 47,827 miles by January 2026, an average of roughly 9,600 miles per year across that span but only about 5,300 miles per year since 2017. The clean record across all dated tests suggests the previous owner kept the vehicle serviced to MOT standard, though the low annual coverage implies long standing periods are possible, which can accelerate corrosion or flat-spot tyres unseen in the data. A buyer should still commission an in-person inspection of structural integrity and underbody corrosion given the vehicle's age and likely intermittent use. Suspension bushes, coil springs, and brake discs deserve physical checks for degradation from standing rather than wear. The absence of advisories across the history means no recurring consumable or mechanical trend requires flagging, but the 2023 same-mileage fail-pass pair warrants confirmation that no suppressed defect existed.