Seat Leon Recorded MOT Outcomes

21.9%
historical failure rate from 787,845 tests
5.0 percentage points below the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: This page summarises past outcomes for a make/model group. It does not use the condition, service history or current defects of a particular vehicle, so it is not a pass prediction, diagnosis or buying recommendation.

Recorded Failure Rate by Age Band

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 11.1% 54,789 Tyres
3-5 years 14.2% 232,687 Tyres
6-10 years 20.3% 316,199 Tyres
11-15 years 36.2% 136,206 Suspension
15+ years 41.2% 47,964 Lamps & Electrics

Recorded Component-Category Rates

Each percentage is a sample-size-weighted historical category rate across the included age and mileage groups.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Suspension3.5%
Lamps & Electrics3.3%
Tyres3.2%
Brakes2.6%
Visibility1.8%
Body & Chassis1.2%
Steering0.3%

These categories describe aggregate records. They do not show that a specific vehicle has a component fault.

Recorded Model-Group Comparisons

Other Seat Model Groups

Groups With Similar Recorded Rates

Method: Failure and component-category rates are sample-size weighted. Only age/mileage groups with at least 100 tests are included. The checked-in source contains 148,509,908 tests and 39,969,903 failures.

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.

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