Seat Ibiza MOT failures and reliability

In 2023 the Seat Ibiza took 193,139 MOT tests in Britain and passed 66% of them first time, below the national average of 71% for all cars. The figures below come from the DVSA's record of every test, so they show what testers actually found on these cars rather than what owners report.

MOT tests in 2023: 193,139
First-time pass rate: 66%
All cars: 71%

What the Ibiza fails on

Share of tests with at least one failure in each area, against the figure for all cars.

Lights and electrics11.8% (all cars 11.3%)
Suspension11.4% (all cars 9.0%)
Brakes8.8% (all cars 6.8%)
Tyres8.2% (all cars 6.4%)
Visibility7.3% (all cars 4.8%)
Body and structure4.2% (all cars 3.5%)
Exhaust and emissions3.6% (all cars 3.1%)
Steering2.9% (all cars 1.8%)

Most common failure items

Share of tests on which each item was recorded.

Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm 3.5%
Suspension arms, pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn 3.4%
Coil spring: fractured or broken 2.6%
Washers: not working 2.5%
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid 2.5%
Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak 2.2%
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect 2.2%
Headlamp: not working on dipped beam 2.0%

Most common advisories

Tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge 20.3%
Brake discs: worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened 10.4%
Tyres, condition: slightly damaged/cracking or perishing 9.6%
Shock absorbers: has light misting of oil 8.4%
Suspension arms, pins and bushes: pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement 7.8%
Brake pads: wearing thin 5.9%
Engine oil leaks: leak, but not excessive 4.0%
Exhaust system: has a minor leak of exhaust gases 3.9%

Pass rate by year of registration

Older cars fail more often whatever the model, so compare a car with others of the same age.

First registered	Tests	Pass rate
2002	429	55%
2003	1,233	49%
2004	1,559	50%
2005	1,922	50%
2006	3,440	49%
2007	4,745	48%
2008	6,346	49%
2009	9,926	54%
2010	11,530	57%
2011	14,740	60%
2012	14,266	62%
2013	16,832	62%
2014	19,831	65%
2015	18,300	68%
2016	18,482	70%
2017	15,925	72%
2018	12,989	79%
2019	11,924	87%
2020	7,848	88%
2021	354	90%

Typical mileage by age

Average odometer reading at the MOT, by the car's age in years at the test.

Age at test	Average mileage
3 years	23,464 miles
4 years	28,967 miles
5 years	37,464 miles
6 years	44,146 miles
7 years	52,595 miles
8 years	59,364 miles
9 years	67,001 miles
10 years	76,679 miles
11 years	82,211 miles
12 years	88,667 miles
13 years	94,031 miles
14 years	96,096 miles
15 years	99,988 miles
16 years	99,402 miles
17 years	100,812 miles
18 years	100,032 miles
19 years	94,949 miles
20 years	98,816 miles

Check a particular Ibiza

Model figures tell you what to look out for. To see one car's own MOT history, mileage and tax, enter its registration.

Other Seat models

Source: Department for Transport, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023, cars and light vans, normal tests only. Pass rates are first-time passes; a pass after repair at the test station counts as a fail. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.