SEAT Altea MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 65.7% of 17,015 MOT tests on the SEAT Altea ended in a pass, 10.8 points below the 76.5% average for all cars.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the SEAT Altea MOT tests at that age. Mileage shows the median and the middle half of odometer readings, from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
| Age | Pass rate | Mileage |
|---|---|---|
| 7232 tests | 83.2% | 61,000 · 49k to 81k |
| 8691 tests | 79.7% | 65,000 · 51k to 83k |
| 91,074 tests | 76.0% | 75,000 · 59k to 95k |
| 101,719 tests | 73.2% | 85,000 · 67k to 107k |
| 111,526 tests | 71.7% | 93,000 · 73k to 115k |
| 121,427 tests | 67.0% | 99,000 · 79k to 121k |
| 131,698 tests | 64.0% | 107,000 · 85k to 133k |
| 142,010 tests | 60.7% | 113,000 · 93k to 137k |
| 152,601 tests | 61.2% | 121,000 · 97k to 141k |
| 162,133 tests | 60.5% | 121,000 · 97k to 145k |
| 171,179 tests | 57.8% | 121,000 · 97k to 145k |
| 18621 tests | 60.2% | 123,000 · 95k to 151k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the SEAT Altea. Advisories are things the tester noted that did not fail the car, often wear that will need attention soon. Follow an item to see what it means and how serious it is.
Failures
Advisories and minor defects
What to check on a used Altea
The parts that come up most often in SEAT Altea MOTs, and how to look at them on a viewing.
- Brake discs and padsAsk when the discs and pads were last replaced, and look through the wheel for a raised lip on the edge of the disc.
- TyresCheck the tread across the full width of every tyre, including the inner edge, and look for cuts and bulges in the sidewalls.
- Shock absorbersPush down hard on each corner: it should rise once and settle. Oil on the shock absorber body is a sign of a leak.
- Coil springsCompare the gap between each tyre and its wheel arch. A corner sitting lower than the others can mean a broken spring.
- Suspension and steering jointsListen for knocks over bumps and at full lock, and ask whether any suspension or steering joints have been replaced.
Check a specific Altea
Fleet averages only go so far. Enter the registration to see that car's own MOT history, mileage record and current condition, free.
Questions
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Other SEAT models
Overall MOT pass rate in 2023. Compare all SEAT models or see every make.
How these figures are made. We counted every initial MOT test (not retests) of cars and light vans in Great Britain in 2023 from the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 33,842,940 tests in all. Pass rate is the share of initial tests that ended in a pass, counting faults fixed during the test. Age is whole years from first registration to the test, so a car having its first MOT a few weeks early counts as 2.
Like-for-like pass rates average each model's pass rate at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix for every model, so a model is not flattered by a young fleet or penalised by an old one. Models are grouped by the first word of the DVSA model name, and names that cover several models are left out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RegTail's analysis of the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 2023 tests.