SEAT Toledo: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The SEAT Toledo fails its first MOT more often than the average UK car, by 2.8 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 6,015 individual SEAT Toledo tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 73.9% first-time pass rate means roughly 26 in every 100 SEAT Toledos presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is worse than average, so budget for remedial work and treat a fresh 12-month MOT as a genuine selling point rather than a given. The average SEAT Toledo tested had covered 105,133 miles and was built around 2014.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a SEAT Toledo bought as a repairable salvage, assume the mechanical side needs more than the visible accident damage, and pad your repair estimate accordingly.

Before you bid: run the lot through the analyzer, check the car's own record, check the mileage, decode the VIN, and if it carries a marker use the write-off value calculator. Or compare it against another model.

Looking at a specific SEAT Toledo rather than the model in general? The free check covers its MOT and mileage history, and the full HPI report confirms the insurance write-off category, outstanding finance and whether it is recorded stolen, from licensed data for 5 credits. Already own one that has been damaged? Work out whether fixing it beats selling it with the repair or scrap calculator, and see what damaged SEAT Toledos actually sold for at UK salvage auction.

Most common MOT failures on a SEAT Toledo

1. A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 3% of tests (2.67x the national rate for this defect)
2. A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage, 1.6% of tests (2.31x the national rate for this defect)
3. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 1.3% of tests (2.18x the national rate for this defect)
4. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 7.6% of tests (2.06x the national rate for this defect)
5. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 3.2% of tests (1.82x the national rate for this defect)
6. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 1.4% of tests (1.8x the national rate for this defect)
7. A tyre seriously damaged, 3.6% of tests (1.78x the national rate for this defect)
8. Exhaust system leaking or insecure, 1.2% of tests (1.6x the national rate for this defect)
9. Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction, 1.4% of tests (1.55x the national rate for this defect)
10. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 2.9% of tests (1.26x the national rate for this defect)

From 8,324 DVSA-tracked SEAT Toledo tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 5.61% of these flagged SEAT Toledo defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

SEAT Toledo pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each SEAT Toledo year:

• 2013 SEAT Toledo - 69% first-time pass, 893 tests
• 2014 SEAT Toledo - 76% first-time pass, 896 tests
• 2015 SEAT Toledo - 73.7% first-time pass, 764 tests
• 2016 SEAT Toledo - 75.3% first-time pass, 562 tests
• 2017 SEAT Toledo - 78% first-time pass, 731 tests
• 2018 SEAT Toledo - 82.6% first-time pass, 1,128 tests

SEAT Toledo by fuel type

Diesel and petrol versions of the same car fail on different things, so the fuel type moves the number:

• Petrol SEAT Toledo - 78.1% first-time pass, 3,060 tests
• Diesel SEAT Toledo - 70.5% first-time pass, 2,916 tests

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

• Suzuki Alto - 74%
• Fiat Motorhome - 74%
• Renault R5 - 74%
• Lexus Rx350 - 73.9%
• Ford Grand C-Max - 73.8%
• Toyota Avensis - 73.7%

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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