Seat LEON - 2008
339.1 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2008 is 340.8 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Seat LEON, model year 2008.
Sample size: 4,855 cars, 10,813 tests and 36,667 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 4,855 cars
The 2008 SEAT Leon has an overall defect rate of 339 per 100 vehicles, which is slightly higher than the yearly average of 337 per 100, indicating a relatively comparable performance. Notably, the model performs better than average in the steering category, with defects at 11% compared to 18% for similar vehicles, showing a significant improvement. However, it stands out negatively in body and structure defects, with a rate of 65%, which is notably higher than the average of 49%. Mileage trends reveal that as distance increases, the defect rate also rises, particularly in the higher mileage brackets. Overall, while the SEAT Leon excels in steering reliability, it is less robust in terms of body integrity compared to its peers.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 4,855 cars
Categories
Brakes
▲ 11.0% better
118.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 133.1 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 38.3% better
11.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 18.0 / 100 tests
- 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
- 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
Visibility
▲ 1.2% better
25.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 25.3 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
Lights & Electrics
▲ 10.8% better
82.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 92.2 / 100 tests
- Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
- Beam image obviously incorrect
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 3.0% worse
319.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 310.3 / 100 tests
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
Body/Structure
▼ 26.1% worse
64.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 51.3 / 100 tests
- 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
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
Equipment
▼ 5.0% worse
10.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 10.1 / 100 tests
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- A seat belt:
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
Other
▼ 13.3% worse
46.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 41.2 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour of any colour to an extent likely to obscure the vision of other road users
- Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
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: 3,636
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,607
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,262
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,147
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,522
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,316
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,286
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,210
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,195
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
MINOR
Occurrences: 1,000
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 641
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 576
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 469
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 440
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 341
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 318
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 313
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 280
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
FAIL
Occurrences: 251
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 239