SEAT Inca MOT reliability

SEAT Incas passed their MOT first time 63% of the time across 120 tests in 2025. 76 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

63%

MOTs analysed

120

Still licensed (GB)

76

Body type

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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

2003 diesel

22 MOTs

These figures come from 22 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 50%. Typical mileage 127,825 (most between 108,021 and 145,392).

2005: 60% → 2006: 74% → 2007: 63% → 2008: 58% → 2009: 50% → 2010: 45% → 2011: 45% → 2012: 42% → 2013: 42% → 2014: 42% → 2015: 41% → 2016: 41% → 2017: 35% → 2018: 46% → 2019: 43% → 2020: 42% → 2021: 49% → 2022: 53% → 2023: 53% → 2024: 58% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Service brake performance: excessively binding (13.6%)
Stop lamp: not working (9.1%)
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (9.1%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (9.1%)
Stop lamp: all not working (9.1%)

Where 2003 Incas fail

Brakes

31.8%

Lights & electrics

31.8%

Suspension & axles

22.7%

Body, structure & corrosion

13.6%

Visibility & wipers

13.6%

Steering

9.1%

Wheels & tyres

4.5%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

4.5%

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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.