2015 Audi A8 4.0L Petrol · HG15 LBV

The most recent MOT (24 June 2025) was passed at 102,160 mi, but it recorded wear on all four front suspension arm pins/bushes. The wear is noted as “not resulting in excessive movement”, yet the presence of pins or bushes that are worn on both the nearside and off‑side front lower and upper arms indicates a consistent deterioration of the front suspension geometry. Looking back through the MOT record, the same type of defect appears each year. In 2024 the off‑side front upper arm pin/bush was flagged as worn. In 2023 the front lower arm pins/bushes were reported as worn with slight play. In 2022 the front lower arm pins/bushes were again noted as worn, this time described as “bent”. The pattern shows a steady progression: from a single upper arm pin in 2024 to multiple lower and upper arm pins by 2025, and the language moves from “slight play” to “bent” and finally to “worn”. This suggests the suspension wear is gradually worsening rather than stabilising. Mileage-wise, the car has covered about 102 000 mi over roughly eleven years, averaging just under 9 300 mi per year. That is typical for a vehicle of this age, so the mileage alone does not point to unusually hard use.