EX05XLK - AUDI A3
MOT: ValidGB
·Last updated 10 days ago
Vehicle Overview
Technical Details
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MOT History
Vehicle testing history with 27 MOT tests
Understanding MOT Defect Categories
Total Tests
27
Passed Tests
18
Failed Tests
9
Latest Test
Passed
Passed - 15 December 2025
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 123,870 mi
Expires: 17 December 2026
Minor Defects:
- Minor Nearside Front Prop shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement trailing arm (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement trailing arm (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Offside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
Failed - 15 December 2025
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 123,870 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Major Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Major Nearside Front Brake hose excessively deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Major Offside Front Brake hose excessively deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
Minor Defects:
- Minor Nearside Front Prop shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement trailing arm (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement trailing arm (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Offside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
Passed - 18 December 2024
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 120,704 mi
Expires: 17 December 2025
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Front Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Offside Front Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Offside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
Failed - 18 December 2024
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 120,704 mi
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Front Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Offside Front Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Offside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
Failed - 10 December 2024
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 120,682 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Nearside Front Brake hose excessively deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Major Offside Front Brake hose excessively deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Major Nearside Rear Brake hose excessively deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Major Offside Rear Brake hose excessively deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Major Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (4.7.1 (b) (ii))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Offside Rear Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))
- Advisory Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened Front and Rear (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Advisory Coil spring corroded All 4 (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement Nearside and Offside (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Passed - 27 November 2023
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 116,064 mi
Expires: 26 November 2024
Minor Defects:
- Minor Nearside Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Brake hose slightly deteriorated All (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened Front and Rear (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Advisory Coil spring corroded All 4 (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement nearside and offside (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Failed - 27 November 2023
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 116,064 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Offside Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))
Minor Defects:
- Minor Nearside Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Brake hose slightly deteriorated All (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened Front and Rear (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Advisory Coil spring corroded All 4 (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement nearside and offside (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Passed - 21 November 2022
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 110,705 mi
Expires: 20 November 2023
Minor Defects:
- Minor Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated nearside and offside (6.1.7 (g) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Brake hose slightly deteriorated nearside front, offside front, nearside rear and offside rear (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened front and rear (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Advisory Coil spring corroded all 4 (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement nearside and offside (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Passed - 16 November 2021
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 106,211 mi
Expires: 15 November 2022
Minor Defects:
- Minor Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Brake hose slightly deteriorated nearside front, offside front, nearside rear and offside rear (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened front and rear (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Advisory Coil spring corroded all 4 (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement nearside and offside (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Failed - 16 November 2021 Dangerous Defects
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 106,211 mi
Dangerous Defects:
- Dangerous Nearside Rear Brake pad(s) less than 1.5 mm thick (1.1.13 (a) (ii))
Major Defects:
- Major Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (4.7.1 (b) (ii))
Minor Defects:
- Minor Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Brake hose slightly deteriorated nearside front, offside front, nearside rear and offside rear (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened front and rear (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Advisory Coil spring corroded all 4 (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement nearside and offside (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Passed - 02 September 2020
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 104,265 mi
Expires: 01 September 2021
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Brake hose slightly deteriorated all 4 (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Brake pad(s) wearing thin (1.1.13 (a) (ii))
- Advisory Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened front and rear (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Advisory Coil spring corroded all 4 (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement nearside and offside (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Outer driveshaft cv boot is deteriorated
- Advisory Rear tyres are worn on inner edges and slightly cracked
Passed - 28 August 2019
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 101,007 mi
Expires: 27 August 2020
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Coil spring corroded All four (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Advisory Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened Front and Rear (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Front Outer Cv boot is slightly leaking
- Advisory Brake hose slightly deteriorated Nearside and Offside (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Brake pad(s) wearing thin (1.1.13 (a) (ii))
- Advisory Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement Nearside and Offside (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Failed - 28 August 2019 Dangerous Defects
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 101,007 mi
Dangerous Defects:
- Dangerous Offside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (5.2.3 (e))
Major Defects:
- Major Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Coil spring corroded All four (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Advisory Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened Front and Rear (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Front Outer Cv boot is slightly leaking
- Advisory Brake hose slightly deteriorated Nearside and Offside (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Brake pad(s) wearing thin (1.1.13 (a) (ii))
- Advisory Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement Nearside and Offside (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Passed - 15 August 2018
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 96,087 mi
Expires: 14 August 2019
Minor Defects:
- Minor Front Brake hose slightly damaged nearside & offside (1.1.12 (b) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Rear Brake pad(s) wearing thin (1.1.13 (a) (ii))
- Advisory Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened front & rear (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Advisory Coil spring corroded all4 (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement nearside & offside (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Failed - 15 August 2018
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 96,087 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Front Windscreen washer not working (3.5 (a))
Minor Defects:
- Minor Front Brake hose slightly damaged nearside & offside (1.1.12 (b) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Rear Brake pad(s) wearing thin (1.1.13 (a) (ii))
- Advisory Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened front & rear (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Advisory Coil spring corroded all4 (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Advisory Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Advisory Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement nearside & offside (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Passed - 20 September 2017
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 93,435 mi
Expires: 19 September 2018
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Front Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened (2.4.G.1)
- Advisory Rear Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened (2.4.G.1)
- Advisory coil spring corroded all 4 (2.4.C.1b)
- Advisory Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)
- Advisory Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
- Advisory Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
- Advisory Offside Front tyre worn on inner edge
Failed - 19 September 2017
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 93,435 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Nearside rear brake binding (3.7.B.1)
- Major Nearside Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)
- Major Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Front Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened (2.4.G.1)
- Advisory Rear Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened (2.4.G.1)
- Advisory coil spring corroded all 4 (2.4.C.1b)
- Advisory Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (2.4.A.3)
- Advisory Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
- Advisory Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
- Advisory Offside Front tyre worn on inner edge
Passed - 24 August 2016
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 89,967 mi
Expires: 23 August 2017
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)
Passed - 10 April 2015
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 82,257 mi
Expires: 13 April 2016
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 10mm circle within zone 'A' (8.3.1a)
Failed - 10 April 2015
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 82,257 mi
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 10mm circle within zone 'A' (8.3.1a)
Passed - 04 April 2014
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 70,843 mi
Expires: 13 April 2015
Passed - 12 April 2013
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 61,361 mi
Expires: 13 April 2014
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Advisory Offside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Advisory Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 40mm circle outside zone 'A' (8.3.1d)
Passed - 12 April 2012
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 54,556 mi
Expires: 13 April 2013
Passed - 14 April 2011
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 48,136 mi
Expires: 13 April 2012
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
- Advisory Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
Passed - 14 April 2010
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 41,536 mi
Expires: 13 April 2011
Passed - 25 March 2009
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 33,896 mi
Expires: 24 March 2010
Passed - 29 February 2008
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 27,337 mi
Expires: 01 March 2009
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Brakes imbalanced requirements only just met. It would appear that the braking system requires adjustment or repair. (3.7.B.5b)
Frequently Asked Questions
When is the MOT due for EX05XLK?
The MOT expires on 17 December 2026.
What is the tax status of EX05XLK?
The tax status is Taxed and is due on 01 June 2026.
What are the specifications of EX05XLK?
This is a 2005 AUDI A3 in Silver. It runs on Diesel with a 1896cc engine.
What is the environmental impact of EX05XLK?
This vehicle produces 138 g/km of CO2 emissions.