Audi A3 Etron

Complaints by model year

Each bar is one model year. The most recent years are still collecting complaints.

NHTSA ODI complaints (public domain) · updated 23 Oct 2026

Year by year

A model year gets its own page when it has enough data for at least three sections

Most common problems

• Air bags2
• Suspension1
• Structure1
• Electrical system1

NHTSA ODI complaints, all model years

MOT test results in Great Britain

1,119 A3 Etron cars took their annual MOT test in 2023; 83% passed first time, against 88% for all cars of the same ages. Older cars fail more often, so compare a year with the same year of other cars.

DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023 (Department for Transport) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · first tests of cars only; a fix made at the test station within the hour still counts as a fail

New registrations in Europe

4,096 new Audi A3 Etron cars registered in the EU, Norway and Iceland between 2014 and 2020, from the European Environment Agency's CO₂ monitoring of every new car. In 2020 the largest markets were United Kingdom (1,096).

Averages are weighted by registrations; CO₂ is the type-approval value (NEDC until the WLTP switch). European Environment Agency, CO₂ emissions from new passenger cars · re-use permitted with acknowledgement

EU safety alerts

Safety Gate, the European Union's rapid alert system, names the A3 Etron in 1 alert. European versions can differ from the North American car.

Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0