74.5%
SEAT Alhambra
SEAT Alhambra MOT pass rate and common problems
The SEAT Alhambra passed 74.5% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 2.2 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn.
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How the Alhambra compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
74%
SEAT average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Alhambra runs 0.5 points ahead of the SEAT average. It is 6th of the 11 SEAT models in the data. The average Alhambra arrived at its test 9.8 years old with 108,038 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Alhambra MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
SEAT Alhambra cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 85.5% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 61.6%, a drop of 23.9 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 2,323 | 85.5% | 13.2 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 16,644 | 78.4% | 6.1 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 6,982 | 61.6% | 10.7 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Alhambra failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on SEAT Alhambra cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and tyres together account for 49.9% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Alhambra MOT failures
Specific items recorded on SEAT Alhambra cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 48.9% of everything testers recorded against failed SEAT Alhambra cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Alhambra
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Tyres
Recorded most often: condition has ply or cords exposed, tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm and condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords. 18.3% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn, coil spring fractured or broken and linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 18.1% of failure items.
3
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working and headlamp aim too low. 5% of failure items.
4
Noise, emissions and leaks
Recorded most often: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction. 4.5% of failure items.
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SEAT Alhambra MOT FAQs
What is the SEAT Alhambra MOT pass rate?
74.5% of SEAT Alhambra cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 25,949 tests. That is 2.2 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 274th of 575 models.
What does a SEAT Alhambra most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on SEAT Alhambra cars failing their 2025 MOT was pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn, on 11.9% of failure items. Next were condition has ply or cords exposed (8.3%) and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (6%).
Which area causes the most SEAT Alhambra MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 27.7%, followed by tyres at 22.3%.
Do older SEAT Alhambra cars fail their MOT more often?
SEAT Alhambra cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 85.5% of MOT tests in 2025, against 61.6% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every SEAT Alhambra has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every SEAT Alhambra that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific SEAT Alhambra's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.