MOT pass rate · 2025 data
SEAT Alhambra MOT pass rate
The SEAT Alhambra passed 78.57% of its 25,944 initial MOT tests in 2025 — above the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 1.3 percentage points better than average.
How the SEAT Alhambra holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the SEAT Alhambra grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 826 | 88.01% |
| 6–10 years | 17,175 | 82.94% |
| 11 years and over | 7,943 | 68.12% |
The SEAT Alhambra drops 19.9 percentage points between its early years and the 11-plus bracket, which is a steep decline. On an older example, the MOT history is worth reading closely before you buy.
Why the SEAT Alhambra fails its MOT
Across every SEAT Alhambra that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was suspension, accounting for 30.44% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 30.44% | 4,230 |
| Tyres | 23.68% | 3,290 |
| Brakes | 12.41% | 1,725 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 11.99% | 1,666 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 6.63% | 921 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4.97% | 690 |
How the SEAT Alhambra compares
Ranked on pass rate, the SEAT Alhambra sits 344th of 651 models in this data , and 6th of the 11 SEAT models covered . SEAT as a whole averaged 78.12%, so this model runs level with its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used SEAT Alhambra
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average SEAT Alhambra came to its 2025 test at 108,018 miles and 9.8 years old. Most examples tested were diesel.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific SEAT Alhambra
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other SEAT models
- SEAT Ibiza 71.81% pass rate · 189,560 tests
- SEAT Leon 79.74% pass rate · 179,563 tests
- SEAT Arona 86.16% pass rate · 54,636 tests
- SEAT Ateca 89.82% pass rate · 48,929 tests
- SEAT MII 81.58% pass rate · 18,638 tests
- SEAT Altea 66.25% pass rate · 12,259 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Volkswagen Golf 79.21% pass rate
- BMW 3 Series 77.74% pass rate
- Hyundai I10 79.04% pass rate
- Audi A1 79.44% pass rate
- Mercedes-Benz A-Class 77.86% pass rate
- Suzuki Swift 79.46% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.