Pass rate
95.7%
Above average — 6.2 pts ahead of the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 116 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £46–£142
2019 Audi RS Q3 MOT pass rate
- 2019
- typical 28,436 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
51.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 95.7% pass · this year
- Avoid 2022 90.3% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 5.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 95.5%
- Typical mileage
- 28k mi
The 2019 Audi RS Q3 MOT pass rate is 95.7% of its MOT tests — 6.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 51.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Audi RS Q3 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.6× the national share
Tyres make up 51.0% of everything recorded on the 2019 Audi Rs Q3, against 19.8% nationally — 31.2 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 89.5% and this one manages 95.7% — 6.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 25% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2019 Audi RS Q3 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 6.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 95.5%. The median 2019 Audi RS Q3 in this dataset had covered 28,436 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements", noted on 1.72% of tests.
- 116 recorded tests behind this page.
- 95.7% overall pass rate, 95.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Audi RS Q3, the average is 92.5% — best year 2019 (95.7%), worst 2022 (90.3%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 116
- Typical mileage (median)
- 28,436 mi
- Make and model
- Audi RS Q3
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Replacement Service Parts
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the RS Q3 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 87% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the RS Q3
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 31 | 93.5% |
| Scotland | 20 | 95.0% |
| East of England | 19 | 94.7% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2019 RS Q3
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2019 RS Q3
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the number plates 1.7% of tests
“registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements”
Check both plates are present, legible and correctly spaced, with the postcode of the supplier and the BS AU 145e mark. A private plate in the wrong style is a fail before the car is even looked at.
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Check the windscreen 1.7% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the exhaust and emissions 0.9% of tests
“catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2019 RS Q3 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £46–£142 — and 25% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £46–£142
- Cheapest common item: washers not working
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: catalytic converter missing where one was…
- £120–£400
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 25%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 116 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the RS Q3, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2019 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 90.3% to 95.7% — a spread of 5.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 95.7%registration plates does not…
- 2020 92.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 92.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 90.3% has a cut in excess of the…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2019 Audi RS Q3 with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2019 cars with a similar record
- Lexus Ux 95.8%
- Porsche 911 95.8%
- Porsche Boxster 95.6%
- Aston Martin Vantage 95.9%
- Bentley Continental 96.1%
- Honda Cr-V 95.2%
Closest pass rates among 2019 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2019 Audi RS Q3 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 51 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 26 | 51.00% | 19.76% | +31.24 |
| Brakes | 9 | 17.60% | 20.89% | −3.29 |
| Visibility | 5 | 9.80% | 4.97% | +4.83 |
| Non-component advisories | 4 | 7.80% | 4.18% | +3.62 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3 | 5.90% | 5.52% | +0.38 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 5.90% | 1.76% | +4.14 |
| Suspension | 1 | 2.00% | 20.98% | −18.98 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 1.7% | £20–80 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.7% | £80–200 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.86% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.86% | £60–250 |
| Catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.86% | £120–400 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.86% | £45–95 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Rectified | 0.86% | £45–95 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 0.86% | £5–15 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 0.86% | £5–15 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.86% | £8–22 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 15.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.3% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.5% | £45–110 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.7% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 65 | 95.4% | 19,351 mi |
| 30-60k | 49 | 95.9% | 41,559 mi |
| 60-90k | 2 | 100.0% | 68,873 mi |
Source: 116 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2019 RS Q3 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Audi RS Q3?
95.7% of the 116 2019 Audi RS Q3 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 95.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Audi RS Q3?
The three most recorded items are registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements (1.72%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.72%), catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (0.86%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Audi RS Q3 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.4% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Audi RS Q3 in this dataset had covered 28,436 mi.