Seat LEON - 2015
163.7 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 LEON, model year 2015.
Sample size: 18,157 cars, 38,743 tests and 63,415 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: 18,157 cars
The 2015 SEAT Leon shows a slightly better overall defect rate compared to the yearly average, with 164 defects per 100 vehicles, which is 4% lower than the average of 170. Notably, this model excels in several categories, particularly in steering, visibility, and lights and electrics, where it has significantly fewer defects than the average car. Mileage data reveals an upward trend in defects as the vehicle ages, but the Leon performs well across the lower mileage segments. Overall, while tyre wear is a common issue, the Leon stands out for its reliability in critical areas compared to other vehicles of the same year.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 18,157 cars
Categories
Brakes
▲ 0.4% better
84.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 84.7 / 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
▲ 88.9% better
1.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.9 / 100 tests
- 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.
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
Visibility
▲ 24.2% better
12.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 16.1 / 100 tests
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- 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
Lights & Electrics
▲ 61.9% better
11.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 31.0 / 100 tests
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 13.5% worse
202.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 178.3 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- 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 spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
Body/Structure
▲ 73.5% better
3.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.7 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- 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
- Fuel system: leaking, or missing or ineffective filler cap
Equipment
▲ 37.5% better
2.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.0 / 100 tests
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- Audible warning:
- A seat belt:
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
Other
▲ 24.2% better
10.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.2 / 100 tests
- 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
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 12,236
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 10,637
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,449
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,793
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,790
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,766
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,660
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,558
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,397
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,198
Serious faults (Top 10)
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,041
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,011
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 940
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 912
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 824
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 371
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 334
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 315
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 311
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 297