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2011 SEAT Ibiza: MOT pass rate and common faults

12,715 initial MOT tests in 2025 on cars first used in 2011 · DVSA data · For guidance only · How we count

56.8%passed first time

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 56.0% to 57.7% (±0.9 points).

That is 4.4 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2011 (61.2%). These cars were about 14 years old at the test.

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Failure areas compared with all 2011 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2011, failures are more common in suspension (1.3×), brakes (1.4×), tyres (1.3×), body, chassis, structure (1.5×), windscreen, wipers, mirrors (1.2×), noise, emissions, leaks (1.4×) and steering (1.5×), and less common in lights and electrics (0.9×). Other differences are within the margin of error.

Failed tests with a fault in each area, per 100 tests. The right-hand column shows how many times as often as all vehicles first used in 2011.

  1. Suspension20.4 in 100 tests1.3× compared with 15.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
  2. Lights and electrics14.8 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 17.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
  3. Brakes12.7 in 100 tests1.4× compared with 9.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
  4. Tyres9.3 in 100 tests1.3× compared with 7.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
  5. Body, chassis, structure7.7 in 100 tests1.5× compared with 5.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
  6. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors6.3 in 100 tests1.2× compared with 5.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
  7. Noise, emissions, leaks6.0 in 100 tests1.4× compared with 4.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
  8. Steering4.7 in 100 tests1.5× compared with 3.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
  9. Seat belts and airbags0.8 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2011
  10. Wheels0.7 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2011

All vehicles first used in 2011: the 185 models in our data, 1,445,723 tests (96.0% of all 1,506,534 tests on vehicles first used in 2011). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.

Typical mileage at test96,100

Median odometer reading at the 2025 MOT test, in miles. Half had more and half had less.

After an MOT advisory

2011 SEAT Ibiza cars that passed their 2024 MOT first time with an advisory, and what their next MOT found, against similar cars that passed with nothing noted in that area. Only cars first used in 2011.

Tyres

Of 2011 SEAT Ibiza cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 11.1% failed on tyres, against 6.7% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,580 and 4,035 cars.

  • With a tyre advisory11.1%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted6.7%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 14.9% of those with a tyre advisory and 13.8% of the others.

Brakes

Of 2011 SEAT Ibiza cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 16.6% failed on brakes, against 9.1% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,055 and 4,563 cars.

  • With a brake advisory16.6%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted9.1%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 16.5% of those with a brake advisory and 13.5% of the others.

Suspension

Of 2011 SEAT Ibiza cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a suspension advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 21.6% failed on suspension, against 16.7% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,621 and 3,872 cars.

  • With a suspension advisory21.6%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted16.7%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 14.5% of those with a suspension advisory and 13.9% of the others.

Similar cars are the same model, first-use year and mileage band. Areas are the DVSA's top-level groups, so the later fail may not be the fault that was advised. These figures describe what happened to these cars. They don't show what a repair would have changed.

SEAT Ibiza, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the data

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