Audi A3 Sport 40 Tfsi E S-A: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Audi A3 Sport 40 Tfsi E S-A passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 10.8 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 2,509 individual Audi A3 Sport 40 Tfsi E S-A tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 87.5% first-time pass rate means roughly 13 in every 100 Audi A3 Sport 40 Tfsi E S-As presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Audi A3 Sport 40 Tfsi E S-A tested had covered 33,273 miles and was built around 2021.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Audi A3 Sport 40 Tfsi E S-A bought as a repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Most common MOT failures on a Audi A3 Sport 40 Tfsi E S-A

1. A tyre seriously damaged, 5.1% of tests (2.52x the national rate for this defect)
2. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 2.6% of tests (2.15x the national rate for this defect)
3. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 2.2% of tests
4. Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 0.3% of tests
5. A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage, 0.3% of tests
6. A tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative, 0.3% of tests (1.4x the national rate for this defect)
7. An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction, 0.2% of tests
8. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 0.2% of tests
9. Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution., 0.2% of tests
10. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 0.2% of tests

From 3,723 DVSA-tracked Audi A3 Sport 40 Tfsi E S-A tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 8.98% of these flagged Audi A3 Sport 40 Tfsi E S-A defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Other Audi models

• Audi A3 - 78.1%
• Audi A4 - 76.3%
• Audi A1 - 79.5%
• Audi A6 - 81.9%
• Audi A5 - 80.4%
• Audi Tt - 78.8%
• Audi Q3 - 83.5%
• Audi Q5 - 84.8%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Honda Fit - 87.5%
• Ford Focus St - 87.5%
• Peugeot 2008 GT Ev - 87.5%
• Kia Ceed GT-Line Isg - 87.5%
• Hyundai I10 Premium Mpi Auto - 87.5%
• Vauxhall Astra Business Edition Nav T D - 87.5%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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