2020 SEAT Ateca Se Technology Tsi Evo: MOT pass rate and reliability
87.7% of 2020 SEAT Ateca Se Technology Tsi Evos pass the MOT first time, measured across 522 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 32,474 miles.
How the 2020 compares
- Against all SEAT Ateca Se Technology Tsi Evos (90%, 2,048 tests): -2.3 points
- Against all 2020 cars (89.4%): -1.7 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every SEAT Ateca Se Technology Tsi Evo model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2020 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the SEAT Ateca Se Technology Tsi Evo:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 87.7% | 522 | 32,474 |
| 2021 | 90.6% | 1,482 | 26,702 |
What this means if you are buying a 2020 Ateca Se Technology Tsi Evo
The 2020 is a weaker year for this model, passing 2.3 points less often than the SEAT Ateca Se Technology Tsi Evo average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2020 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.
What a 6-year-old car fails on
A 2020 car is 6 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:
- Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
- Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
- Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
- Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
- Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
- Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested
That is below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2020 SEAT Ateca Se Technology Tsi Evo the average at test was 32,474 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.
The strongest year for this model is 2021 at 90.6%, and the weakest in our data is 2020 at 87.7%. That 2.9 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2020 car against a newer one tells you very little.