# Audi S3 MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The Audi S3 passes its MOT first time 85% of the time, from 7,337 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 85%
- MOT tests analysed: 7,337 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Wheels & tyres
- Licensed in Great Britain: 36,106 (2026 Q2)

## By year of first use and fuel

| Year | Fuel | MOT tests | First-time pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2023 | Petrol | 73 (few mots) | 96% |
| 2022 | Petrol | 1,631 | 90% |
| 2021 | Petrol | 1,576 | 91% |
| 2020 | Petrol | 625 | 89% |
| 2019 | Petrol | 29 (few mots) | 100% |
| 2018 | Petrol | 40 (few mots) | 85% |
| 2017 | Petrol | 71 (few mots) | 93% |
| 2016 | Petrol | 89 (few mots) | 84% |
| 2015 | Petrol | 180 | 88% |
| 2014 | Petrol | 718 | 85% |
| 2013 | Petrol | 209 | 85% |
| 2012 | Petrol | 181 | 78% |
| 2011 | Petrol | 299 | 75% |
| 2010 | Petrol | 352 | 78% |
| 2010 | Diesel | 2 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2009 | Petrol | 262 | 74% |
| 2008 | Petrol | 266 | 75% |
| 2007 | Petrol | 287 | 75% |
| 2006 | Petrol | 19 (very few mots) | 74% |
| 2003 | Petrol | 89 (few mots) | 72% |
| 2002 | Petrol | 159 | 77% |
| 2001 | Petrol | 82 (few mots) | 78% |
| 2000 | Petrol | 68 (few mots) | 68% |
| 1999 | Petrol | 29 (few mots) | 52% |

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