# Audi Q3 MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The Audi Q3 passes its MOT first time 82% of the time, from 141,025 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 82%
- MOT tests analysed: 141,025 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Suspension & axles
- Licensed in Great Britain: 168,840 (2026 Q2)

## By year of first use and fuel

| Year | Fuel | MOT tests | First-time pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2024 | Petrol | 16 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2023 | Petrol | 345 | 97% |
| 2023 | Diesel | 57 (few mots) | 98% |
| 2023 | Hybrid | 51 (few mots) | 90% |
| 2022 | Petrol | 8,952 | 93% |
| 2022 | Diesel | 1,391 | 91% |
| 2022 | Hybrid | 1,195 | 91% |
| 2021 | Petrol | 8,310 | 92% |
| 2021 | Diesel | 2,411 | 92% |
| 2021 | Hybrid | 571 | 92% |
| 2020 | Petrol | 9,839 | 91% |
| 2020 | Diesel | 2,726 | 90% |
| 2020 | Hybrid | 30 (few mots) | 97% |
| 2019 | Petrol | 10,413 | 91% |
| 2019 | Diesel | 3,514 | 90% |
| 2018 | Petrol | 9,499 | 86% |
| 2018 | Diesel | 3,106 | 83% |
| 2017 | Petrol | 8,947 | 85% |
| 2017 | Diesel | 7,063 | 83% |
| 2016 | Diesel | 11,803 | 78% |
| 2016 | Petrol | 4,483 | 84% |
| 2016 | GD | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 2016 | Hybrid | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 2015 | Diesel | 9,713 | 73% |
| 2015 | Petrol | 4,360 | 80% |
| 2014 | Diesel | 10,553 | 71% |
| 2014 | Petrol | 3,114 | 79% |
| 2013 | Diesel | 10,104 | 70% |
| 2013 | Petrol | 1,387 | 78% |
| 2012 | Diesel | 5,345 | 69% |
| 2012 | Petrol | 1,251 | 74% |
| 2011 | Diesel | 319 | 69% |
| 2011 | Petrol | 153 | 71% |
| 2010 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |

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