Seat LEON - 2017
143.7 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2017 is 137.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Seat LEON, model year 2017.
Sample size: 19,350 cars, 42,115 tests and 60,540 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 19,350 cars
The 2017 SEAT Leon has an overall defect rate of 144 defects per 100 vehicles, which is 7.4% higher than the average for its year, at 134 defects per 100. Notably, the Leon shows particularly strong performance in categories such as Steering, Lights & Electrics, and Body/Structure, where it has significantly lower defect rates compared to the average. However, it struggles in the Wheels, Suspensions & Axles category, experiencing a 30% higher defect rate than other vehicles from the same year. Mileage-related trends indicate that as mileage increases, the defect rate for the Leon also rises, particularly evident in the highest mileage bracket.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 19,350 cars
Categories
Brakes
▲ 3.6% better
69.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 72.5 / 100 tests
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 85.7% better
0.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.6 / 100 tests
- 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.
- 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
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
Visibility
▼ 7.6% worse
15.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.5 / 100 tests
- 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
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 48.5% better
10.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.4 / 100 tests
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Beam image obviously incorrect
- 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
- Beam image obviously incorrect
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 27.2% worse
182.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 143.1 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- 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
Body/Structure
▲ 74.3% better
1.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- 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: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
Equipment
▲ 11.1% better
2.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.7 / 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
▲ 50.0% better
4.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.0 / 100 tests
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- 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
- Exhaust noise levels in excess of those permitted
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: 12,859
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 10,725
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,949
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,544
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,978
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,455
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,268
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,053
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,013
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,010
Serious faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,268
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,013
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,010
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 999
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 895
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 731
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 505
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 433
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 176
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 162