Audi TT - 2013
121.6 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2013 is 221.9 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Audi TT, model year 2013.
Sample size: 7,424 cars, 17,011 tests and 20,692 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: 7,424 cars
The 2013 Audi TT has a significantly lower overall defect rate compared to the average car of the same year, with 122 defects per 100 vehicles compared to 219. The model shows increasing defects with mileage, particularly in higher mileage segments, but still performs better in crucial areas like brakes and steering, where defect rates are notably lower than average. It excels in categories such as visibility and lights, with lower defect percentages compared to the typical vehicle. Overall, the Audi TT demonstrates a strong reliability profile, particularly in key safety-related systems.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 7,424 cars
Categories
Brakes
▲ 45.7% better
53.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 98.4 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Steering
▲ 95.3% better
0.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 12.9 / 100 tests
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- EPS MIL indicating a system malfunction
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
Visibility
▲ 31.1% better
12.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 18.0 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 65.7% better
17.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 50.1 / 100 tests
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- Stop lamp(s): with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 33.1% better
146.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 219.6 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
Body/Structure
▲ 81.5% better
3.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.0 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A transmission shaft flexible coupling: excessively deteriorated
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- Body, cab or chassis: excessively corroded at mounting points
Equipment
▲ 51.9% better
2.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.2 / 100 tests
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- A seat belt:
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
Other
▲ 66.8% better
6.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 19.6 / 100 tests
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- 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
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
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: 4,215
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,274
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,825
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,415
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,376
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 681
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 650
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 508
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 465
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 458
Serious faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 457
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 365
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 211
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 185
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 136
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 133
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 131
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 125
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 107
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 105