Used car guide

2000 Audi A3: petrol or diesel?

Petrol, diesel and hybrid versions go wrong in different ways, so each has its own figures from the MOTs these cars had during 2023–2025. Pick the one you’re looking at: the fuel is on the logbook and in the car’s MOT history.

Petrol 60% pass first time (all 2000 cars: 61%) Stands out: suspension arm bushes and joints 2.5×, brake discs 1.8×, steering rack inner joints 2.8× 1,495 MOTsSee the petrol guide › Diesel 51% pass first time (all 2000 cars: 61%) Stands out: steering rack inner joints 5.1×, suspension arm bushes and joints 3.2×, brake lights 2.9× 243 MOTsSee the diesel guide ›

Hybrid versions had too few MOTs for figures of their own, or weren’t sold.

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Other years

Every year of the Audi A3 compared

YearMOT testsMost flagged
2026–Too new for MOT data
2025–Too new for MOT data
2024–Too new for MOT data
2023964Tyres 20%
202218,492Tyres 31%
202141,311Tyres 30%
202047,132Tyres 28%
201962,682Tyres 29%
201880,317Tyres 29%
2017101,012Tyres 29%
2016116,251Tyres 30%
2015124,508Tyres 31%
2014116,471Tyres 31%
201381,869Tyres 33%
201276,741Suspension 35%
201164,352Suspension 41%
201074,207Suspension 45%
200966,721Suspension 45%
200856,466Suspension 46%
200744,093Suspension 49%
200636,013Suspension 52%
200524,083Suspension 52%
200410,569Suspension 52%
20034,877Suspension 51%
20023,732Suspension 49%
20012,674Suspension 47%
1999972Suspension 47%
1998740Brakes 48%
1997299Brakes 48%
1996–Too few tests