Seat IBIZA - 2016
192.5 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2016 is 154.9 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Seat IBIZA, model year 2016.
Sample size: 19,326 cars, 45,744 tests and 88,042 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 19,326 cars
The 2016 SEAT Ibiza has an overall defect rate of 192 defects per 100 vehicles, which is 27.6% higher than the average car of the same year, standing at 151 defects per 100. Notably, the Ibiza performs significantly better than average in categories like steering, with only 2 defects per 100 compared to the average of 8. However, it faces higher rates of issues in visibility and wheels, suspensions, and axles, recording 19 and 229 defects per 100 respectively, compared to averages of 15 and 155. Additionally, as mileage increases, the defect rate in the Ibiza rises more steeply than the yearly average, indicating potential concerns for higher mileage vehicles.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 19,326 cars
Categories
Brakes
▼ 17.5% worse
91.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 78.2 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Steering
▲ 77.8% better
1.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 8.1 / 100 tests
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
Visibility
▼ 26.0% worse
18.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.0 / 100 tests
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- 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
Lights & Electrics
▲ 29.1% better
18.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 25.4 / 100 tests
- 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 2 or more lamps or light sources
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 43.8% worse
229.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 159.4 / 100 tests
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
Body/Structure
▲ 11.0% better
8.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.1 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
Equipment
▲ 39.4% better
2.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.3 / 100 tests
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt:
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Audible warning:
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▼ 32.7% worse
15.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.3 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified 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: 14,239
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 8,665
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 8,298
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 7,901
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 6,659
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 3,749
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,746
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,977
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,977
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,489
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 3,749
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,977
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,489
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,049
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 941
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 816
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 803
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 612
Emissions levels exceed default limits
FAIL
Occurrences: 574
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 510