Audi Q3 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on an Audi Q3 in Great Britain in 2025 — 141,023 tests. Figures cover every Q3 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Q3 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
82.4%
10.1 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
141,023
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
5.3%
of Q3 first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
78,750
middle half: 61,250–96,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Audi Q3 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 174,987 Audi Q3 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 173,665 taxed and 1,322 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Audi Q3 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
173,665
99.2% of the 174,987 Q3 cars taxed or on SORN; 113 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
1,322
declared off the road by their keepers — 0.8% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Q3 cars is still rising: 173,665 at the end of 2025, up 9,184 (5.6%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 80 at the end of 2014 to 1,322 at the end of 2025, up 1552.5%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Q3 cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

050k100k150k200k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Q3 cars, year 2014: 34kTaxed Q3 cars, year 2015: 49kTaxed Q3 cars, year 2016: 66kTaxed Q3 cars, year 2017: 82kTaxed Q3 cars, year 2018: 94kTaxed Q3 cars, year 2019: 107kTaxed Q3 cars, year 2020: 119kTaxed Q3 cars, year 2021: 130kTaxed Q3 cars, year 2022: 142kTaxed Q3 cars, year 2023: 153kTaxed Q3 cars, year 2024: 164kTaxed Q3 cars, year 2025: 174k174k
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YearTaxed Q3 cars
201434,253
201548,641
201665,772
201782,094
201894,357
2019107,182
2020118,920
2021130,165
2022141,866
2023152,588
2024164,481
2025173,665

Q3 cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

05001k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Q3 cars on SORN, year 2014: 80Q3 cars on SORN, year 2015: 169Q3 cars on SORN, year 2016: 208Q3 cars on SORN, year 2017: 290Q3 cars on SORN, year 2018: 280Q3 cars on SORN, year 2019: 588Q3 cars on SORN, year 2020: 822Q3 cars on SORN, year 2021: 604Q3 cars on SORN, year 2022: 616Q3 cars on SORN, year 2023: 818Q3 cars on SORN, year 2024: 1kQ3 cars on SORN, year 2025: 1k1k
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YearQ3 cars on SORN
201480
2015169
2016208
2017290
2018280
2019588
2020822
2021604
2022616
2023818
20241,073
20251,322

Which model years survive

Taxed Q3 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 173,665 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Q3 cars
20259,9555.7%
202412,8947.4%
202311,4076.6%
202210,7836.2%
202111,0236.3%
202012,5407.2%
201913,6887.9%
201812,4307.2%
201716,1849.3%
201616,7049.6%
201514,0418.1%
201413,5327.8%
201311,5576.7%
20126,4773.7%
All other build years (one year, each under 1%)4500.3%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model names Q3, Q3 S, Q3 LAUNCH, Q3 EDITION, Q3 SPORT under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Q3 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Q3 vs all cars, 2025.

Audi Q3All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Audi Q3, vehicle age 3: 92.6%Audi Q3, vehicle age 4: 91.8%Audi Q3, vehicle age 5: 91.1%Audi Q3, vehicle age 6: 90.8%Audi Q3, vehicle age 7: 84.8%Audi Q3, vehicle age 8: 83.8%Audi Q3, vehicle age 9: 79.7%Audi Q3, vehicle age 10: 75.3%Audi Q3, vehicle age 11: 72.6%Audi Q3, vehicle age 12: 70.6%Audi Q3, vehicle age 13: 69.5%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%Audi Q3 69.5%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Q3 testsQ3 pass rateAll cars
311,53892.6%88.5%
411,29291.8%87.2%
512,59391.1%86.0%
613,92790.8%83.5%
712,60584.8%80.9%
816,01083.8%78.2%
916,28879.7%74.9%
1014,07375.3%71.9%
1113,66772.6%68.6%
1211,49170.6%65.8%
136,59669.5%63.5%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Q3's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Q3 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Q3 ahead
-8-4+0+4+8Age 3: +4.1 points vs the average car3Age 4: +4.6 points vs the average carAge 5: +5.1 points vs the average car5Age 6: +7.3 points vs the average carAge 7: +3.9 points vs the average car7Age 8: +5.6 points vs the average carAge 9: +4.8 points vs the average car9Age 10: +3.4 points vs the average carAge 11: +4.0 points vs the average car11Age 12: +4.8 points vs the average carAge 13: +6.0 points vs the average car13Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+4.1
4+4.6
5+5.1
6+7.3
7+3.9
8+5.6
9+4.8
10+3.4
11+4.0
12+4.8
13+6.0

The Q3 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Q3 fleet still in use.

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 11k3Age 4: 11kAge 5: 12k5Age 6: 13kAge 7: 12k7Age 8: 16kAge 9: 16k9Age 10: 14kAge 11: 13k11Age 12: 11kAge 13: 6k13Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
311,538
411,292
512,593
613,927
712,605
816,010
916,288
1014,073
1113,667
1211,491
136,596

What a Q3 fails on

Where the failure items land when a Q3 fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Suspension31.0%
Tyres24.1%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.4%
Brakes11.5%
Visibility9.3%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.6%
Body, chassis, structure2.4%
Identification of the vehicle1.3%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.5% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Q3, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 38.5% of advisories38.5%Brakes: 26.5% of advisories26.5%Suspension: 24.3% of advisories24.3%Non-component advisories: 7.0% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 1.8% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 0.7% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesIdentification of the vehicleNoise, emissions and leaks
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres38.5%
Brakes26.5%
Suspension24.3%
Non-component advisories7.0%
Identification of the vehicle1.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks0.7%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Q3?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested Q3 fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 87.7% of 71,069 tests87.7%Petrol71,069 testsDiesel: 76.7% of 68,105 tests76.7%Diesel68,105 testsHybrid electric: 91.0% of 1,848 tests91.0%Hybrid1,848 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol71,06987.7%
Diesel68,10576.7%
Hybrid electric1,84891.0%

What mileage is normal for a Q3?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Q3; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Q3 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k35791113Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 23,750 miles (middle half 18,750–31,250)Age 4: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 23,750–41,250)Age 5: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 28,750–48,750)Age 6: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 33,750–56,250)Age 7: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 38,750–66,250)Age 8: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 46,250–76,250)Age 9: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 53,750–86,250)Age 10: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 61,250–96,250)Age 11: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 68,750–108,750)Age 12: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 76,250–118,750)Age 13: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 83,750–126,250)103k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
318,75023,75031,250
423,75031,25041,250
528,75036,25048,750
633,75043,75056,250
738,75051,25066,250
846,25061,25076,250
953,75071,25086,250
1061,25078,75096,250
1168,75088,750108,750
1276,25096,250118,750
1383,750103,750126,250

What fails at each age

The Q3's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresBrakesVisibilityIdentification of the vehicleLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres54.2%
3-5 yrsBrakes18.4%
3-5 yrsVisibility11.9%
3-5 yrsIdentification of the vehicle3.6%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment3.1%
3-5 yrsEverything else8.8%
6-9 yrsSuspension31.2%
6-9 yrsTyres29.0%
6-9 yrsBrakes13.8%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment7.3%
6-9 yrsVisibility6.9%
6-9 yrsEverything else11.8%
10-13 yrsSuspension40.6%
10-13 yrsTyres18.9%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment11.3%
10-13 yrsBrakes10.6%
10-13 yrsVisibility6.9%
10-13 yrsEverything else11.7%
14+ yrsSuspension39.4%
14+ yrsTyres16.0%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment14.9%
14+ yrsBrakes10.0%
14+ yrsNoise, emissions and leaks8.2%
14+ yrsEverything else11.5%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.