# SEAT Ateca MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The SEAT Ateca passes its MOT first time 88% of the time, from 52,178 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 88%
- MOT tests analysed: 52,178 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Wheels & tyres
- Licensed in Great Britain: 70,208 (2026 Q2)

## By year of first use and fuel

| Year | Fuel | MOT tests | First-time pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | Petrol | 9 (very few mots) | 89% |
| 2024 | Petrol | 25 (few mots) | 100% |
| 2023 | Petrol | 374 | 91% |
| 2023 | Diesel | 65 (few mots) | 91% |
| 2022 | Petrol | 4,551 | 91% |
| 2022 | Diesel | 724 | 90% |
| 2021 | Petrol | 6,935 | 88% |
| 2021 | Diesel | 566 | 87% |
| 2020 | Petrol | 6,907 | 89% |
| 2020 | Diesel | 914 | 88% |
| 2019 | Petrol | 7,555 | 89% |
| 2019 | Diesel | 3,237 | 87% |
| 2018 | Petrol | 6,165 | 87% |
| 2018 | Diesel | 2,763 | 85% |
| 2017 | Petrol | 6,428 | 86% |
| 2017 | Diesel | 3,078 | 86% |
| 2016 | Diesel | 1,134 | 86% |
| 2016 | Petrol | 748 | 85% |

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