2016 SEAT Mii: MOT pass rate and reliability

82.8% of 2016 SEAT Miis pass the MOT first time, measured across 2,239 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 46,355 miles.

How the 2016 compares

  • Against all SEAT Miis (82.4%, 17,470 tests): +0.4 points
  • Against all 2016 cars (80.9%): +1.9 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every SEAT Mii model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2016 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the SEAT Mii:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2012 77.6% 1,774 70,375
2013 78.5% 3,523 65,457
2014 80.9% 3,135 59,002
2015 82.5% 2,703 52,593
2016 82.8% 2,239 46,355
2017 84.9% 1,493 39,427
2018 88.2% 1,275 33,528
2019 92.8% 1,327 26,695

What this means if you are buying a 2016 Mii

The 2016 sits close to the SEAT Mii average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. 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 10-year-old car fails on

A 2016 car is 10 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 2016 SEAT Mii the average at test was 46,355 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 2019 at 92.8%, and the weakest in our data is 2012 at 77.6%. That 15.2 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2016 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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