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Audi Q3 - 2012

181.8 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2012 is 249.2 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Audi Q3, model year 2012. Sample size: 7,473 cars, 17,515 tests and 31,844 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 7,473 cars

The 2012 Audi Q3 shows a lower overall defect rate compared to the yearly average, with 182 defects per 100 vehicles, which is 26% better than the average of 246 defects per 100. Notably, the Q3 excels in categories such as brakes, steering, and body structure, where it has significantly fewer defects than average. While there is a clear trend of increasing defects with mileage, the Q3 maintains relatively strong performance in its early years of use. Overall, this model demonstrates a robust reliability compared to its peers for the same year.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 7,473 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▲ 23.9% better
79.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 103.8 / 100 tests
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
  • Brake hose ferrules: excessively corroded
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 83.3% better
2.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.2 / 100 tests
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
Visibility
▲ 26.6% better
14.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 19.2 / 100 tests
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Wiper blade: defective
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 56.7% better
26.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 61.9 / 100 tests
  • Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
  • Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
  • A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 11.4% better
216.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 244.4 / 100 tests
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
Body/Structure
▲ 59.9% better
10.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 26.2 / 100 tests
  • A door will not open using the relevant control or close properly
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
  • Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • A transmission shaft flexible coupling: excessively deteriorated
Equipment
▲ 0.0% better
6.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 6.2 / 100 tests
  • A seat belt:
  • Audible warning:
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▲ 64.8% better
8.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 23.6 / 100 tests
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 402 0–31,000 mi 31,000–62,000 62,000–93,000 93,000–124,000 124,000+
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.

Most common faults (Top 10)

Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 6,334
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,118
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,396
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,060
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,042
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,825
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,245
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,073
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 653
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 636

Serious faults (Top 10)

A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,245
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 653
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 575
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 433
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 384
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 239
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 203
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 201
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 201
Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 186