Audi S3 - 2014
100.5 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2014 is 198.0 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Audi S3, model year 2014.
Sample size: 925 cars, 2,229 tests and 2,241 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 925 cars
The 2014 Audi S3 has a notably lower overall defect rate compared to the yearly average, with 100 defects per 100 vehicles, which is 48% better than the average of 194 defects. The model performs particularly well in categories such as brakes, steering, and visibility, with significantly fewer defects than the average car of the same year. Additionally, while minor tyre wear is common across vehicles, the S3 stands out with fewer issues in critical areas like lights and electrics. However, as mileage increases, defect rates for the S3 show a slight upward trend, yet they remain lower than the averages for similar vehicles.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 925 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 52.5% better
44.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 92.8 / 100 tests
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Steering
▲ 89.1% better
1.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.9 / 100 tests
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
Visibility
▲ 51.7% better
8.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 17.2 / 100 tests
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Windscreen or window excessively tinted: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 74.4% better
10.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 39.5 / 100 tests
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- 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
- A direction indicator: lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 42.3% better
114.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 198.8 / 100 tests
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
Body/Structure
▲ 61.5% better
6.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.6 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Fuel system: leaking, or missing or ineffective filler cap
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A transmission shaft flexible coupling: excessively deteriorated
Equipment
▲ 75.6% better
1.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.5 / 100 tests
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- Audible warning:
Other
▲ 1.9% better
15.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.7 / 100 tests
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Emission control equipment fitted by the manufacturer: missing, obviously modified or obviously defective
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 571
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 171
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 163
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 142
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 119
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 93
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 69
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 65
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 62
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 48
Serious faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 33
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 27
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 27
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 24
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 20
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 18
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 17
Emissions levels exceed default limits
FAIL
Occurrences: 17
Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
FAIL
Occurrences: 14
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 14