Seat IBIZA - 2015
210.7 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2015 is 174.5 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Seat IBIZA, model year 2015.
Sample size: 18,887 cars, 45,427 tests and 95,708 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 18,887 cars
The 2015 SEAT Ibiza has a higher overall defect rate than the average car of the same year, with 211 defects per 100 vehicles compared to the average of 170. This model shows a significant increase in defects with mileage, particularly in the higher mileage brackets. Notably, it performs better in the equipment category, with fewer defects than the average, but it stands out negatively in visibility, lights and electrics, wheels, suspensions and axles, and other defects, all of which show higher rates compared to the average. Overall, the Ibiza's defect trends suggest a need for closer inspection in several key areas as it ages.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 18,887 cars
Categories
Brakes
▼ 11.1% worse
94.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 84.7 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Steering
▲ 13.1% better
8.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.9 / 100 tests
- Power steering pipe, hose or wiring: excessively damaged or corroded
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
Visibility
▼ 23.0% worse
19.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 16.1 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 18.4% worse
36.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 31.0 / 100 tests
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Beam image obviously incorrect
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 29.8% worse
231.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 178.3 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
Body/Structure
▼ 3.4% worse
12.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.7 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- Fuel system: leaking, or missing or ineffective filler cap
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
Equipment
▲ 27.5% better
2.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.0 / 100 tests
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- A seat belt:
Other
▼ 18.9% worse
15.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.2 / 100 tests
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Emissions test unable to be completed
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 13,731
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 9,078
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 8,615
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 7,649
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 6,670
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 3,367
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,048
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,302
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,056
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,885
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 3,367
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,701
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,276
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,073
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,029
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 866
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 808
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 755
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
FAIL
Occurrences: 701
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 699