SEAT Leon Fr Black Ed Tsi Evo S-A: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The SEAT Leon Fr Black Ed Tsi Evo S-A passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 13.1 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 571 individual SEAT Leon Fr Black Ed Tsi Evo S-A tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 89.8% first-time pass rate means roughly 10 in every 100 SEAT Leon Fr Black Ed 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 Leon Fr Black Ed Tsi Evo S-A tested had covered 37,834 miles and was built around 2020.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a SEAT Leon Fr Black Ed 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 Leon Fr Black Ed Tsi Evo S-A

1. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 1.3% of tests
2. Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction, 1.2% of tests (1.26x the national rate for this defect)
3. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 1.2% of tests
4. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 1.1% of tests
5. A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage, 1.1% of tests (1.54x the national rate for this defect)
6. A tyre seriously damaged, 1% of tests
7. A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened, 0.7% of tests
8. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 0.5% of tests
9. A suspension pin, bush or joint likely to become detached, 0.3% of tests (1.67x the national rate for this defect)
10. Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution., 0.3% of tests

From 1,027 DVSA-tracked SEAT Leon Fr Black Ed Tsi Evo S-A tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 5.31% of these flagged SEAT Leon Fr Black Ed 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%
• SEAT Arona - 86.6%
• 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

• Volvo Xc90 Inscrpt Pro B5 Mhev Awd A - 89.8%
• Volkswagen Tiguan R Tsi 4motion S-A - 89.8%
• Kia Xceed First Edition Isg S-A - 89.8%
• Peugeot 3008 GT Line Puretech S/S - 89.8%
• SEAT Ateca - 89.7%
• Skoda Kodiaq - 89.7%

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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