MOT History from tests of petrol AUDI S3s year 1997

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Pass percent:28.57%

(The average a petrol AUDI S3 year 1997 passes without issue)

Based on:7 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	4
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Nearside Rear front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Offside Rear front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Brake hose damaged	1
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|7.3.D.3\|	1
Exhaust catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard \|7.1.3\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a part missing \|7.1.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Nearside Rear brake caliper has restricted free movement \|3.5.1k\|	1
Offside Rear brake caliper has restricted free movement \|3.5.1k\|	1
Steering column top bearing excessively worn \|2.1.2c\|	1
Emissions not tested \|7.0\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	1
Offside Front Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Centre Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1

We get to these numbers by trawling through over 1 billion MOT test results since 2004 and crunched the numbers. We remove anything to do with Tyres, as they are model independent and group together common non-model specific issues. We are trying to get to a picture of what models have what issues.

Please note: We take the data from the DVSA. This data is raw and can contain typos and spelling mistakes that garages may have entered while recording a MOT result. Specifically miss-match on names of models and makes. We are constantly cleaning the data so bear with the odd issue.

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Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	4
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Nearside Rear front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Offside Rear front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Brake hose damaged	1
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|7.3.D.3\|	1
Exhaust catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard \|7.1.3\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a part missing \|7.1.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Nearside Rear brake caliper has restricted free movement \|3.5.1k\|	1
Offside Rear brake caliper has restricted free movement \|3.5.1k\|	1
Steering column top bearing excessively worn \|2.1.2c\|	1
Emissions not tested \|7.0\|	1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	1
Offside Front Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Centre Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol AUDI S3s year 1997

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