Seat Toledo reliability and MOT data

Time Period & Model

Time period snapshot: Last 5 years

Manufacturer: Seat

Model: Toledo

Model reliability rank
46
MOT-based rank from 42,387 selected-period tests.
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Overall MOT pass rate
76.4%
Share of this model's 42,387 selected-period MOT tests that pass.
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Efficiency, emissions & tax
Average MPG
54.4 mpg
CO2 emission
121 g/km
Euro emissions
Euro 5
Tax cost
£200/yr
Average vehicle miles
126,530
Solid average mileage for this model.
Life expectancy miles
140,514
Healthy mature-fleet mileage expectation.
Average vehicle age
11.5
Comfortable mid-life age pattern.
Market share
0.01%
0.01% share within the active represented vehicle pool.
Vehicles represented
4,923
4,923 valid MOT, 0 under 3 years.
Tests analysed
42,387
42,387 MOT tests in the selected period.
Rarity ranking
Based on Make & Model
Very Rare
4,923On the road
Insight summary

Seat Toledo is a very rare model in this snapshot, with 4,923 represented vehicles and 0.01% of the active UK pool tracked by AutoRank. For the last 5 years, it has a pass rate of 76.4% from 42,387 MOT tests, with a reliability score of 46. The current pool shows an average of 126,530 miles and an average age of 11.5 years, while mature-fleet mileage is estimated at 140,514 miles. Petrol leads the fuel split, followed by diesel, and the most frequent defect themes are windscreen damage, driveshaft boots and parking brake. The practical read is that the Seat Toledo looks like a solid used-car baseline rather than a rare find, with age, mileage and common wear items doing most of the explaining.

Fuel type breakdown (by model)
FuelVehicles
PETROL2,772
DIESEL2,150
GAS BI-FUEL1
PETROL56.3%2,772 vehicles
Euro NCAP Safety
No NCAP tests found for this model.
Top 25 most common defects (by model)
DefectCount
Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.2 (a) (i))635
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))467
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))404
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))390
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))384
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))372
Nearside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (5.2.3 (e))365
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))363
Offside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (5.2.3 (e))300
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))299
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))272
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))270
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))250
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))247
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))244
Nearside Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))234
Battery insecure but not likely to fall from carrier (4.13 (a) (i))227
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))224
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))220
Offside Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))214
Rear Brake pad(s) less than 1.5 mm thick (1.1.13 (a) (ii))206
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))205
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))204
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (5.3.2 (b))202
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))202
All 25 defects ranked by recorded countShowing 7,400 defects across this top 25 set
01
Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.2 (a) (i))
8.6% of displayed top 25
635
02
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))
6.3% of displayed top 25
467
03
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))
5.5% of displayed top 25
404
04
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))
5.3% of displayed top 25
390
05
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))
5.2% of displayed top 25
384
06
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))
5.0% of displayed top 25
372
07
Nearside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (5.2.3 (e))
4.9% of displayed top 25
365
08
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))
4.9% of displayed top 25
363
09
Offside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (5.2.3 (e))
4.1% of displayed top 25
300
10
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))
4.0% of displayed top 25
299
11
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))
3.7% of displayed top 25
272
12
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))
3.6% of displayed top 25
270
13
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))
3.4% of displayed top 25
250
14
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.1.7 (g) (i))
3.3% of displayed top 25
247
15
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))
3.3% of displayed top 25
244
16
Nearside Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))
3.2% of displayed top 25
234
17
Battery insecure but not likely to fall from carrier (4.13 (a) (i))
3.1% of displayed top 25
227
18
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))
3.0% of displayed top 25
224
19
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))
3.0% of displayed top 25
220
20
Offside Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i))
2.9% of displayed top 25
214
21
Rear Brake pad(s) less than 1.5 mm thick (1.1.13 (a) (ii))
2.8% of displayed top 25
206
22
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))
2.8% of displayed top 25
205
23
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))
2.8% of displayed top 25
204
24
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (5.3.2 (b))
2.7% of displayed top 25
202
25
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))
2.7% of displayed top 25
202