SEAT Ateca MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a SEAT Ateca in Great Britain in 2025 — 52,177 tests. Figures cover every Ateca first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Ateca ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
87.9%
15.6 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
52,177
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
4.9%
of Ateca first tests; national 7.3%

How many SEAT Ateca cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 74,431 SEAT Ateca cars that were taxed or on SORN: 74,132 taxed and 299 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. SEAT Ateca vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
74,132
99.6% of the 74,431 Ateca cars taxed or on SORN; 107 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
299
declared off the road by their keepers — 0.4% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Ateca cars is still rising: 74,132 at the end of 2025, up 2,823 (4.0%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 9 at the end of 2016 to 299 at the end of 2025, up 3222.2%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Ateca cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

020k40k60k80k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Ateca cars, year 2014: 0Taxed Ateca cars, year 2015: 0Taxed Ateca cars, year 2016: 2kTaxed Ateca cars, year 2017: 12kTaxed Ateca cars, year 2018: 21kTaxed Ateca cars, year 2019: 32kTaxed Ateca cars, year 2020: 39kTaxed Ateca cars, year 2021: 47kTaxed Ateca cars, year 2022: 52kTaxed Ateca cars, year 2023: 61kTaxed Ateca cars, year 2024: 71kTaxed Ateca cars, year 2025: 74k74k
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YearTaxed Ateca cars
20140
20150
20161,984
201711,993
201821,371
201932,007
202038,938
202146,648
202252,030
202360,607
202471,309
202574,132

Ateca cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

02004006002014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Ateca cars on SORN, year 2014: 0Ateca cars on SORN, year 2015: 0Ateca cars on SORN, year 2016: 9Ateca cars on SORN, year 2017: 105Ateca cars on SORN, year 2018: 91Ateca cars on SORN, year 2019: 224Ateca cars on SORN, year 2020: 550Ateca cars on SORN, year 2021: 227Ateca cars on SORN, year 2022: 151Ateca cars on SORN, year 2023: 193Ateca cars on SORN, year 2024: 228Ateca cars on SORN, year 2025: 299299
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YearAteca cars on SORN
20140
20150
20169
2017105
201891
2019224
2020550
2021227
2022151
2023193
2024228
2025299

Which model years survive

Taxed Ateca cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 74,132 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Ateca cars
20252,7833.8%
202410,73614.5%
20239,18112.4%
20224,9156.6%
20217,3659.9%
20207,73810.4%
201910,76614.5%
20189,03212.2%
20179,71613.1%
20161,9002.6%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name ATECA under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Ateca ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Ateca vs all cars, 2025.

SEAT AtecaAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)SEAT Ateca, vehicle age 3: 91.1%SEAT Ateca, vehicle age 4: 88.3%SEAT Ateca, vehicle age 5: 88.6%SEAT Ateca, vehicle age 6: 88.1%SEAT Ateca, vehicle age 7: 86.5%SEAT Ateca, vehicle age 8: 86.3%SEAT Ateca, vehicle age 9: 86%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%SEAT Ateca 86%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Ateca testsAteca pass rateAll cars
35,27591.1%88.5%
47,50188.3%87.2%
57,82188.6%86.0%
610,79288.1%83.5%
78,92886.5%80.9%
89,50686.3%78.2%
91,88286.0%74.9%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Ateca's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Ateca beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Ateca ahead
-12-6+0+6+12Age 3: +2.6 points vs the average car3Age 4: +1.1 points vs the average carAge 5: +2.6 points vs the average car5Age 6: +4.6 points vs the average carAge 7: +5.6 points vs the average car7Age 8: +8.1 points vs the average carAge 9: +11.1 points vs the average car9Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+2.6
4+1.1
5+2.6
6+4.6
7+5.6
8+8.1
9+11.1

The Ateca fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Ateca fleet still in use.

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 5k3Age 4: 7kAge 5: 7k5Age 6: 10kAge 7: 8k7Age 8: 9kAge 9: 1k9Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
35,275
47,501
57,821
610,792
78,928
89,506
91,882

What an Ateca fails on

Where the failure items land when an Ateca fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Tyres32.3%
Brakes18.0%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment17.0%
Suspension11.4%
Visibility10.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.7%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems2.7%
Identification of the vehicle1.4%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.3% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Ateca, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 40.6% of advisories40.6%Brakes: 28.6% of advisories28.6%Suspension: 17.9% of advisories17.9%Non-component advisories: 10.0% of advisories10.0%Identification of the vehicle: 1.7% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 0.5% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesIdentification of the vehicleNoise, emissions and leaks
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres40.6%
Brakes28.6%
Suspension17.9%
Non-component advisories10.0%
Identification of the vehicle1.7%
Noise, emissions and leaks0.5%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Ateca?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Ateca fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 88.3% of 39,696 tests88.3%Petrol39,696 testsDiesel: 86.6% of 12,481 tests86.6%Diesel12,481 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol39,69688.3%
Diesel12,48186.6%

What mileage is normal for an Ateca?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Ateca; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Ateca (median)
0k25k50k75k100k3579Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 23,750 miles (middle half 18,750–33,750)Age 4: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 23,750–41,250)Age 5: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 28,750–48,750)Age 6: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 36,250–58,750)Age 7: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 43,750–71,250)Age 8: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 51,250–81,250)Age 9: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 58,750–91,250)73k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
318,75023,75033,750
423,75031,25041,250
528,75038,75048,750
636,25046,25058,750
743,75056,25071,250
851,25063,75081,250
958,75073,75091,250

What fails at each age

The Ateca's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSuspensionVisibilityEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres37.2%
3-5 yrsBrakes17.4%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment14.4%
3-5 yrsSuspension13.2%
3-5 yrsVisibility7.3%
3-5 yrsEverything else10.5%
6-9 yrsTyres36.9%
6-9 yrsBrakes22.6%
6-9 yrsSuspension13.8%
6-9 yrsVisibility8.2%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment7.5%
6-9 yrsEverything else11.0%

More vehicles we've checked

How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.