MOT pass rate · 2025 data
SEAT Ibiza MOT pass rate
The SEAT Ibiza passed 71.81% of its 189,560 initial MOT tests in 2025 — below the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 5.5 percentage points worse than average.
How the SEAT Ibiza 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 Ibiza grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 21,674 | 89.49% |
| 6–10 years | 77,362 | 74.92% |
| 11 years and over | 90,028 | 64.78% |
The SEAT Ibiza drops 24.7 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 Ibiza fails its MOT
Across every SEAT Ibiza that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was suspension, accounting for 24.85% 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 | 24.85% | 36,014 |
| Brakes | 18.41% | 26,679 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 15.17% | 21,990 |
| Tyres | 13.97% | 20,252 |
| Steering | 6.54% | 9,484 |
| Visibility | 6.41% | 9,287 |
How the SEAT Ibiza compares
Ranked on pass rate, the SEAT Ibiza sits 491st of 651 models in this data , and 8th of the 11 SEAT models covered . SEAT as a whole averaged 78.12%, so this model runs 6.3 points behind its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used SEAT Ibiza
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average SEAT Ibiza came to its 2025 test at 72,291 miles and 10.4 years old. Most examples tested were petrol.
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 Ibiza
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 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 Alhambra 78.57% pass rate · 25,944 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
- Ford Fiesta 72.78% pass rate
- Vauxhall Corsa 71.57% pass rate
- Vauxhall Astra 72.34% pass rate
- Volkswagen Transporter 72.88% pass rate
- Fiat 500 70.89% pass rate
- Nissan Micra 71.53% 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.