Seat LEON - 2013
196.8 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2013 is 221.9 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Seat LEON, model year 2013.
Sample size: 12,362 cars, 26,802 tests and 52,748 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 12,362 cars
The 2013 SEAT Leon demonstrates a lower overall defect rate than the average car of the same year, with 197 defects per 100 vehicles compared to 219. This model excels in several areas, notably steering, lights and electrics, and body structure, showing significantly fewer defects than the average in these categories. Mileage trends reveal that as the vehicle ages, the defect rate increases, particularly noticeable in the highest mileage bracket, which exceeds 327 defects per 100 cars. Overall, the SEAT Leon stands out for its reliability, particularly in steering and electrical components.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 12,362 cars
Categories
Brakes
▲ 9.6% better
89.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 98.4 / 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
▲ 88.4% better
1.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 12.9 / 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
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
Visibility
▲ 18.9% better
14.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 18.0 / 100 tests
- 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
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: defective
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 43.5% better
28.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 50.1 / 100 tests
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- 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
- Beam image obviously incorrect
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 3.8% worse
228.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 219.6 / 100 tests
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▲ 58.0% better
8.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.0 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- 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
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
Equipment
▲ 17.3% better
4.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.2 / 100 tests
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt:
- Audible warning:
Other
▲ 1.0% better
19.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 19.6 / 100 tests
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- 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
- 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: 8,259
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 8,090
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,833
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,780
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,626
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,798
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,711
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,662
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,599
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 998
Serious faults (Top 10)
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 984
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 741
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 658
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 634
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 560
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 397
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 383
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 352
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 342
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 269