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SEAT Ibiza
SEAT Ibiza MOT pass rate and common problems
The SEAT Ibiza passed 66% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 6.3 percentage points below 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 Ibiza 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 Ibiza runs 7.9 points behind the SEAT average. It is 8th of the 11 SEAT models in the data. The average Ibiza arrived at its test 10.4 years old with 72,210 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.
Ibiza MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
SEAT Ibiza cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 86% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 56.4%, a drop of 29.6 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 26,414 | 86% | 13.7 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 79,484 | 67.7% | 4.6 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 79,637 | 56.4% | 15.9 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 Ibiza failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on SEAT Ibiza cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 42.5% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Ibiza MOT failures
Specific items recorded on SEAT Ibiza cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 35.3% of everything testers recorded against failed SEAT Ibiza cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Ibiza
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn, coil spring fractured or broken, shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak and linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 16% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect and headlamp not working on dipped beam. 5.6% of failure items.
3
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 5.1% of failure items.
4
Steering
Recorded most often: track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 3.3% of failure items.
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SEAT Ibiza MOT FAQs
What is the SEAT Ibiza MOT pass rate?
66% of SEAT Ibiza cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 190,096 tests. That is 6.3 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 414th of 575 models.
What does a SEAT Ibiza most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on SEAT Ibiza cars failing their 2025 MOT was pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn, on 6.6% of failure items. Next were tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (5.1%) and coil spring fractured or broken (3.6%).
Which area causes the most SEAT Ibiza MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 22.4%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 20.1%.
Do older SEAT Ibiza cars fail their MOT more often?
SEAT Ibiza cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 86% of MOT tests in 2025, against 56.4% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every SEAT Ibiza has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every SEAT Ibiza 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 Ibiza'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.