FA53CDE - AUDI A3
MOT: ValidGB
·Last updated 26 days ago
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MOT History
Vehicle testing history with 26 MOT tests
Understanding MOT Defect Categories
Total Tests
26
Passed Tests
20
Failed Tests
6
Latest Test
Passed
Passed - 07 October 2025
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 84,886 mi
Expires: 10 October 2026
Minor Defects:
- Minor Offside Rear Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Failed - 06 October 2025
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 84,885 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Offside Rear Seat belt not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (c))
- Major Offside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover insecure so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (ii))
- Major Offside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i))
- Major Offside Front Wheel bearing rough when rotated (5.1.3 (b) (i))
- Major Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))
- Major Offside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn radius arm bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Major Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn radius arm bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Major Offside Rear Tyre has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords 225/40/18 (5.2.3 (d) (i))
Minor Defects:
- Minor Offside Rear Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge worn inner edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Advisory Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Passed - 24 September 2024
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 79,315 mi
Expires: 10 October 2025
Minor Defects:
- Minor Offside Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))
- Minor Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear (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))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Advisory Offside Rear Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Advisory Rear Brake pad(s) wearing thin (1.1.13 (a) (ii))
Failed - 24 September 2024
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 79,315 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))
Minor Defects:
- Minor Offside Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))
- Minor Nearside Headlamp lens slightly defective (4.1.1 (b) (i))
- Minor Offside Headlamp lens slightly defective (4.1.1 (b) (i))
- Minor Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear (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))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Advisory Offside Rear Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Advisory Rear Brake pad(s) wearing thin (1.1.13 (a) (ii))
Passed - 04 October 2023
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 74,125 mi
Expires: 10 October 2024
Minor Defects:
- Minor Offside Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Offside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Failed - 03 October 2023
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 74,125 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Offside Front Brake hose excessively deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
Minor Defects:
- Minor Offside Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Offside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (1.1.12 (b) (ii))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Passed - 11 October 2022
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 69,028 mi
Expires: 10 October 2023
Minor Defects:
- Minor Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (i))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Advisory Offside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Advisory Offside Front Shock absorbers has light misting of oil (5.3.2 (b))
- Advisory Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement radius arm (5.3.4 (a) (i))
Failed - 27 September 2022
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 68,802 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Offside Rear Seat belt not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (c))
- Major Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturer's specified limit 0.7 (8.2.2.2 (a))
- Major Offside Front Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a))
- Major Nearside Front Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a))
- Major Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))
- Major Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (5.3.2 (b))
- Major Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))
- Major Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover missing (5.3.4 (b) (ii))
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a slightly worn bush (5.3.2 (c))
- Advisory Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Advisory Offside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Advisory Nearside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Advisory Nearside Front Play in steering rack inner joint(s)
- Advisory Nearside Front Wheel bearing has slight play (5.1.3 (a) (i))
Passed - 28 September 2021
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 63,771 mi
Expires: 09 October 2022
Passed - 30 September 2020
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 60,826 mi
Expires: 09 October 2021
Passed - 07 October 2019
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 60,338 mi
Expires: 09 October 2020
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory squeak from nearside rear
Passed - 09 October 2018
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 60,142 mi
Expires: 09 October 2019
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Rear Nail in tyre
- Advisory rear tyres worn on inside
Passed - 10 October 2017
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 59,994 mi
Expires: 09 October 2018
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Rear tyre worn uneven
Passed - 05 October 2016
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 58,272 mi
Expires: 09 October 2017
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory Nearside Rear tyre worn uneven
Passed - 09 October 2015
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 54,081 mi
Expires: 09 October 2016
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory nail in nsr tyre
Failed - 06 October 2015
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 54,033 mi
Major Defects:
- Major Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine (7.4.B.3b)
- Major Nearside Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc (2.5.C.1a)
- Major Offside Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc (2.5.C.1a)
Advisory Notices:
- Advisory nail in nsr tyre
Passed - 06 October 2014
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 50,383 mi
Expires: 09 October 2015
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)
Passed - 27 September 2013
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 47,094 mi
Expires: 09 October 2014
Passed - 22 September 2012
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 42,938 mi
Expires: 09 October 2013
Passed - 17 September 2011
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 39,035 mi
Expires: 09 October 2012
Failed - 17 September 2011
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 39,035 mi
Passed - 02 October 2010
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 34,798 mi
Expires: 09 October 2011
Passed - 07 October 2009
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 30,667 mi
Expires: 09 October 2010
Passed - 10 October 2008
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 26,487 mi
Expires: 09 October 2009
Passed - 05 October 2007
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 21,691 mi
Expires: 08 October 2008
Passed - 05 October 2006
MOT Test at Unknown
Mileage: 16,608 mi
Expires: 08 October 2007
Frequently Asked Questions
When is the MOT due for FA53CDE?
The MOT expires on 10 October 2026.
What is the tax status of FA53CDE?
The tax status is Taxed and is due on 01 April 2026.
What are the specifications of FA53CDE?
This is a 2003 AUDI A3 in Grey. It runs on Diesel with a 1968cc engine.
What is the environmental impact of FA53CDE?
This vehicle produces 148 g/km of CO2 emissions.