Seat LEON - 2012
259.8 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2012 is 249.2 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Seat LEON, model year 2012.
Sample size: 9,401 cars, 20,946 tests and 54,427 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 9,401 cars
The 2012 SEAT Leon has an overall defect rate of 260 per 100 vehicles, which is 5.6% higher than the average for cars of the same year. Notably, this model performs significantly better than average in the steering category, with only 2 defects per 100 compared to 13 for the average car. However, it has a higher incidence of body and structure defects, reporting 31 defects per 100 vehicles, which exceeds the average of 25. As mileage increases, the defect rate for this model rises more sharply than the average, particularly evident in the higher mileage segments.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 9,401 cars
Categories
Brakes
▲ 0.6% better
103.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 103.8 / 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
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 83.3% better
2.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.2 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- 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: damaged or deteriorated
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
Visibility
▲ 15.6% better
16.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 19.2 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 9.4% better
56.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 61.9 / 100 tests
- Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- 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
▼ 16.4% worse
284.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 244.4 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
- 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 component: excessively damaged or corroded
Body/Structure
▼ 17.2% worse
30.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 26.2 / 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
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
Equipment
▲ 11.3% better
5.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 6.2 / 100 tests
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- Audible warning:
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▲ 10.2% better
21.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 23.6 / 100 tests
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
- 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: 7,094
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,559
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,521
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,508
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,251
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,814
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,561
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,828
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,438
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,324
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 832
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 782
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 651
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 609
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 573
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 520
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 480
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
FAIL
Occurrences: 418
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 417
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 375