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SW57HVG
2007 AUDI A3
Colour: Black
Fuel: Diesel
Engine: 1968cc
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- Registration SW57HVG
- Manufacturer AUDI
- Model A3
- Year 2007
- Colour Black
- Fuel Type Diesel
- Engine Size 1968cc
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MOT History 22 Tests
MOT Test Statistics
22
Total Tests
15
Passes
7
Failures
68.18%
Pass Rate
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100 Total Defects Recorded
7 Sep 2025
Pass
Mileage: 141,272 MI
Expiry date: 6 Sep 2026Advisory notice item(s)
- All suspension components corroded
- Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Rear Lower Vehicle structure is corroded but structural rigidity is not significantly reduced (6.1.1 (c) (i))
- Rear Brake disc worn, but not excessively (1.1.14 (a) (i))
- Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Front Shock absorbers has slight external damage to the casing both sides (5.3.2 (b))
- Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt both sides (2.1.3 (g) (i))
20 Aug 2024
Pass
Mileage: 135,645 MI
Expiry date: 19 Aug 2025Advisory notice item(s)
- All suspension components corroded
- Vehicle structure is corroded but structural rigidity is not significantly reduced (6.1.1 (c) (i))
- Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement both sides front (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.3.4 (b) (i))
- Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))
20 Jul 2023
Pass
Mileage: 118,867 MI
Expiry date: 14 Aug 2024Advisory notice item(s)
- All suspension components corroded
- Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))
20 Jul 2023
Fail
Mileage: 118,867 MI
Advisory notice item(s)
- All suspension components corroded
- Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))
15 Aug 2022
Pass
Mileage: 107,874 MI
Expiry date: 14 Aug 2023Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement wishbone rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- under trays fitted covering testable items
- under side of car corroded
- plastic covers fitted on rear outer sills
- Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened heavily corroded (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Oil leak, but not excessive (8.4.1 (a) (i))
- Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive outer sill (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area damaged but not considered excessive front of trailing arm (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Offside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement spring holder (inner bush) (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Offside Rear Suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened spring holder (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Offside Front outer sill area corroded, not considered excessive
- Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement wishbone rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive outer sill (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive front of trailing arm (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement spring holder (inner bush) (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Nearside Rear Suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened spring holder (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Nearside Play in steering rack inner joint(s) ()
- Nearside Front outer sill area corroded, not considered excessive
- Nearside Front Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
11 Aug 2022
Fail
Mileage: 107,870 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturer's specified limit 1.2 (8.2.2.2 (a)) Repair immediately
- Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) Repair immediately
- Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) Repair immediately
- Central Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) Repair immediately
- Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) Repair immediately
Advisory notice item(s)
- Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened heavily corroded (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Nearside Front Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement wishbone rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Nearside Front outer sill area corroded, not considered excessive
- Nearside Play in steering rack inner joint(s) ()
- Nearside Rear Suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened spring holder (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement spring holder (inner bush) (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive front of trailing arm (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive outer sill (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement wishbone rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Offside Front outer sill area corroded, not considered excessive
- Offside Rear Suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened spring holder (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Offside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement spring holder (inner bush) (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area damaged but not considered excessive front of trailing arm (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive outer sill (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Oil leak, but not excessive (8.4.1 (a) (i))
- plastic covers fitted on rear outer sills
- under side of car corroded
- under trays fitted covering testable items
3 Aug 2021
Pass
Mileage: 100,505 MI
Expiry date: 11 Aug 2022Advisory notice item(s)
- Offside Rear brake dust cover corroded
- Offside Rear brake showing signs of heating up
- Offside Rear Service brake binding but not excessively (1.2.1 (f))
- Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint has slight play (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Nearside Rear tyre wearing on outer edge 225-45-17
- Nearside Front brake showing signs of heating up
- Nearside Front brake pad wire damaged
- Nearside Front Service brake binding but not excessively (1.2.1 (f))
- Front brake discs slightly scored
- Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive o/s and n/s strut areas (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement o/s and n/s (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Front Coil spring corroded o/s and n/s (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Rear Vehicle structure is corroded but structural rigidity is not significantly reduced o/s and n/s (6.1.1 (c) (i))
- Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive o/s and n/s (5.3.6 (a) (i))
- Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Rear Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement o/s and n/s (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Rear Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Outer n/s and o/ sill areas slightly corroded
- Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated o/s and n/s (6.1.7 (g) (i))
28 Jul 2020
Pass
Mileage: 94,590 MI
Expiry date: 11 Aug 2021 13 Jun 202612 Aug 2019
Pass
Mileage: 89,365 MI
Expiry date: 11 Aug 2020 13 Jun 20264 Jul 2018
Pass
Mileage: 83,452 MI
Expiry date: 3 Jul 2019Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
30 Jun 2018
Fail
Mileage: 83,441 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Exhaust on a vehicle fitted with a diesel particulate filter emits visible smoke of any colour (8.2.2.2 (d)) Repair immediately
- Exhaust emissions exceed default limit of 1.5m-1 (8.2.2.2 (b)) Repair immediately
- Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) Repair immediately
- Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength inner wing (5.3.6 (a) (i)) Repair immediately
Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
13 Nov 2017
Pass
Mileage: 70,822 MI
Expiry date: 20 Nov 2018 13 Jun 202613 Nov 2017
Fail
Mileage: 70,820 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Nearside Front Brake pad(s) less than 1.5 mm thick (3.5.1g)
- Offside Rear coil spring inappropriately repaired (2.4.A.2)
- Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke (7.4.B.3a)
- Nearside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)
- Offside Front Brake pad(s) less than 1.5 mm thick (3.5.1g)
- Offside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)
7 Nov 2016
Pass
Mileage: 57,302 MI
Expiry date: 20 Nov 2017 13 Jun 202611 Nov 2015
Pass
Mileage: 51,112 MI
Expiry date: 20 Nov 2016 13 Jun 202611 Nov 2015
Fail
Mileage: 51,112 MI
13 Jun 202621 Nov 2014
Pass
Mileage: 45,925 MI
Expiry date: 20 Nov 2015 13 Jun 202621 Nov 2013
Pass
Mileage: 40,834 MI
Expiry date: 20 Nov 2014 13 Jun 202621 Nov 2013
Fail
Mileage: 40,834 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Offside Front Tyre has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (4.1.D.1a)
- Nearside Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b)
15 Dec 2011
Pass
Mileage: 28,358 MI
Expiry date: 14 Dec 2012 13 Jun 20269 Dec 2011
Fail
Mileage: 28,187 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Nearside Front Tyre not fitted in accordance with side wall instructions (4.1.D.1f)
18 Nov 2010
Pass
Mileage: 20,494 MI
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SW57HVG was registered on 2007-12-10
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