BYD Seal MOT reliability

BYD Seals passed their MOT first time 96% of the time across 74 tests in 2025. 65,993 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 74 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

96%

MOTs analysed

74

Still licensed (GB)

65,993

Body type

Hatchback

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2024 electric

60 MOTs

Passed first time 95%. Typical mileage 29,526 (most between 20,174 and 33,901).

2024: 100% → 2025: 95%

Most common failures

Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.3%)
Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm (1.7%)

Where 2024 Seals fail

Wheels & tyres

5.0%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.