SEAT Ateca Fr Sport Tsi Evo S-A: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The SEAT Ateca Fr Sport Tsi Evo S-A passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 15.6 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 731 individual SEAT Ateca Fr Sport Tsi Evo S-A tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 92.3% first-time pass rate means roughly 8 in every 100 SEAT Ateca Fr Sport Tsi Evo S-As presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average SEAT Ateca Fr Sport Tsi Evo S-A tested had covered 26,616 miles and was built around 2021.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a SEAT Ateca Fr Sport Tsi Evo S-A bought as a repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Most common MOT failures on a SEAT Ateca Fr Sport Tsi Evo S-A

1. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.4% of tests
2. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 0.9% of tests
3. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 0.9% of tests
4. A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage, 0.5% of tests
5. Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended, 0.3% of tests (2.83x the national rate for this defect)
6. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 0.3% of tests
7. Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type, 0.2% of tests (2.59x the national rate for this defect)
8. An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction, 0.2% of tests
9. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 0.2% of tests
10. Electronic parking brake MIL indicates a malfunction, 0.2% of tests (13.51x the national rate for this defect)

From 1,299 DVSA-tracked SEAT Ateca Fr Sport Tsi Evo S-A tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 4.76% of these flagged SEAT Ateca Fr Sport Tsi Evo S-A defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Other SEAT models

• SEAT Ibiza - 71.3%
• SEAT Leon - 79.5%
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• SEAT Ateca - 89.7%
• SEAT Alhambra - 77.7%
• SEAT Mii - 82.1%
• SEAT Altea - 65.9%
• SEAT Tarraco - 86.6%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Mercedes-Benz Glc 300 Amg Line Prem + 4m A - 92.3%
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• Renault Arkana Rs Line E-Tech Hev Auto - 92.3%
• Land Rover R Rover Evoque R-Dyn Se Mhev A - 92.3%
• Citroen C1 Jcc + - 92.3%
• Peugeot 208 GT Premium Puretech S/S - 92.3%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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