82.4%
Audi Q3
Audi Q3 MOT pass rate and common problems
The Audi Q3 passed 82.4% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 10.1 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was coil spring fractured or broken.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Q3 compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
78.5%
Audi average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Q3 runs 4 points ahead of the Audi average. It is 16th of the 24 Audi models in the data. The average Q3 arrived at its test 7.9 years old with 63,274 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Q3 MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Audi Q3 cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 91.4% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 70.4%, a drop of 21 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 36,200 | 91.4% | 19.1 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 70,484 | 80.7% | 8.4 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 24,983 | 70.4% | 1.9 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Q3 failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Audi Q3 cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and tyres together account for 55% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Q3 MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Audi Q3 cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 57.9% of everything testers recorded against failed Audi Q3 cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Q3
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken, pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn and suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened. 23.6% of failure items.
2
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords and condition has ply or cords exposed. 19.5% of failure items.
3
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 4.7% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 4.5% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Q3 has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Audi Q3 buying guide.
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Audi Q3 MOT FAQs
What is the Audi Q3 MOT pass rate?
82.4% of Audi Q3 cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 141,023 tests. That is 10.1 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 165th of 575 models.
What does an Audi Q3 most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Audi Q3 cars failing their 2025 MOT was coil spring fractured or broken, on 14.7% of failure items. Next were tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (9.8%) and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (6.5%).
Which area causes the most Audi Q3 MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 31%, followed by tyres at 24.1%.
Do older Audi Q3 cars fail their MOT more often?
Audi Q3 cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 91.4% of MOT tests in 2025, against 70.4% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Audi Q3 has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Audi Q3 that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Audi Q3's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.