# Audi RS3 MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The Audi RS3 passes its MOT first time 91% of the time, from 1,425 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 91%
- MOT tests analysed: 1,425 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Wheels & tyres
- Licensed in Great Britain: 8,996 (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 | 2 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2023 | Petrol | 42 (few mots) | 93% |
| 2022 | Petrol | 1,097 | 92% |
| 2021 | Petrol | 119 | 90% |
| 2020 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2019 | Petrol | 12 (very few mots) | 92% |
| 2018 | Petrol | 34 (few mots) | 91% |
| 2017 | Petrol | 13 (very few mots) | 85% |
| 2016 | Petrol | 40 (few mots) | 90% |
| 2015 | Petrol | 14 (very few mots) | 93% |
| 2013 | Petrol | 6 (very few mots) | 83% |
| 2012 | Petrol | 32 (few mots) | 88% |
| 2011 | Petrol | 11 (very few mots) | 64% |

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