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2020 Audi A3: MOT pass rate and common faults

15,748 initial MOT tests in 2025 on cars first used in 2020 · DVSA data · For guidance only · How we count

88.2%passed first time

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 87.7% to 88.7% (±0.6 points).

That is 2.2 points above the average for all vehicles first used in 2020 (86.0%). These cars were about 5 years old at the test.

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Failure areas compared with all 2020 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2020, failures are more common in tyres (1.3×), and less common in windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.5×), lights and electrics (0.5×) and brakes (0.6×). Other differences are within the margin of error.

Failed tests with a fault in each area, per 100 tests. The right-hand column shows how many times as often as all vehicles first used in 2020.

  1. Tyres6.5 in 100 tests1.3× compared with 5.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2020
  2. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors1.5 in 100 tests0.5× compared with 2.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2020
  3. Lights and electrics1.5 in 100 tests0.5× compared with 3.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2020
  4. Brakes1.4 in 100 tests0.6× compared with 2.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2020
  5. Suspension1.1 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2020
  6. Noise, emissions, leaks0.7 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2020
  7. Seat belts and airbags0.4 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2020

All vehicles first used in 2020: the 212 models in our data, 1,688,603 tests (96.0% of all 1,758,903 tests on vehicles first used in 2020). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.

Typical mileage at test38,200

Median odometer reading at the 2025 MOT test, in miles. Half had more and half had less.

After an MOT advisory

2020 Audi A3 cars that passed their 2024 MOT first time with an advisory, and what their next MOT found, against similar cars that passed with nothing noted in that area. Only cars first used in 2020.

Tyres

Of 2020 Audi A3 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 9.1% failed on tyres, against 6.0% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 2,023 and 8,111 cars.

  • With a tyre advisory9.1%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted6.0%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 13.5% of those with a tyre advisory and 11.9% of the others.

Not enough 2020 Audi A3 cars with a brake or suspension advisory to show figures for this year alone.

Similar cars are the same model, first-use year and mileage band. Areas are the DVSA's top-level groups, so the later fail may not be the fault that was advised. These figures describe what happened to these cars. They don't show what a repair would have changed.

Audi A3, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the data

What MOT data can't tell you about any 2020 Audi A3

Outstanding finance, write-offs, theft and plate changes aren't in MOT records. For a particular car, you need a history check.

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