mkaresh

We've updated survey results for the A3 to include owner experiences through September 30, 2009x. In terms of successful repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2009: 52, about average, very small sample size

2008: 30, better than average, small sample size

2007: 39, better than average

2006: 118, worse than average

We've also introduced two new statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

In the case of the 2006 A3, the percentage with no repairs is about 38, and the percentage of lemons is about 15. The latter is unusually high. We don't yet have enough data on other years to provide these statistics.

A big thank you, once again, to JET, this forum, and everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in February and May. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

Audi A3 reliability comparisons

mkaresh

232 A3 owners now signed up. A good start, but more are needed to provide precise results for all model years. Especially need more 2008s, 2009s, and 2010s.

Not yet signed up? Details here:

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mkaresh

We've updated survey results for the A3 to include owner experiences through December 31, 2009. In terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2009: 32, better than average, but very small sample size

2008: 42, about average, small sample size

2007: 49, about average

2006: 93, about average but very close to "worse than average" (thank the clips for the sunroof shade)

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

In the case of the A3, the percentage with no repairs is about 31 for the 2006 and 64 for the 2007, while the percentage of lemons is about 4 for the 2006 and less than one for the 2007.

Thank you, once again, to this forum and everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in May and August. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

Audi A3 reliability comparisons

mkaresh

Recently enhanced the related repair history survey so that it can (optionally) be used as a personal car maintenance record.

As always, more participants would be helpful. Updated Car Reliability Survey results in May.

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mkaresh

We've updated survey results for the A3 to include owner experiences through March 31, 2010. In terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2009: 25, better than average, but small sample size

2008: 38, better than average, sample size a single car short of the minimum for a full result

2007: 52, about average

2006: 73, about average (will improve as the clips for the sunroof shade fall outside the one-year window)

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

In the case of the A3, the percentage with no repairs is about 44 for the 2006 and 58 for the 2007, while the percentage of lemons is about 3 for the 2006 and less than one for the 2007.

Thank you to everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in August and November. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

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mkaresh

Updated stats in about two weeks. The 2008 barely made it to the minimum for a full result, and the 2009 fell a single response short. So even a few more participants per model year would be very helpful.

To help get your year fully included:

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a3man215

I joined. Great site.

mkaresh

We've updated survey results for the A3 to include owner experiences through June 30, 2010. Other sources of car reliability information won't cover the more recent months until the summer or even fall of next year.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2009: 27, better than average, but small sample size

2008: 51, about average

2007: 66, about average

2006: 61, about average

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds," to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop.

In the case of the A3, the percentage with no repairs is about 63 for the 2006 and 50 for the 2007.

Thank you to everyone who has been helping. We'll have further updates in November and February. With more participants, we could provide more precise information and cover all model years.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help:

Audi A3 reliability comparisons

AM0665

Looking forward to stats on TDI engine 2010 and later.

mkaresh

I'd like to provide these, but we'll need quite a few more TDI owners involved.

I do provide separate stats for the Golf and Jetta TDI.