MOT comparison

Ford Fiesta Mk7 vs SEAT Ibiza Mk4

How the Ford Fiesta Mk7 (2008–2017) and the SEAT Ibiza Mk4 (6J) (2008–2017) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Fiesta Mk7

10,438,774

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2017

Passes more often in 1 of 14 mileage bands

SEAT Ibiza Mk4 (6J)

1,586,938

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2017

Passes more often in 10 of 14 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

Share of MOTs passed first time, at the mileage recorded at the test.

Ford Fiesta Mk7 SEAT Ibiza Mk4

Under 10,000 miles 93.8% vs 93.4%

212,563 and 17,684 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.7% vs 88.3%

911,692 and 100,323 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 84.3% vs 83.4%

1,380,028 and 179,078 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 78.7% vs 78.9%

1,430,112 and 205,709 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 73.4% vs 74.5%

1,318,664 and 203,292 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 68.6% vs 69.9%

1,160,634 and 187,841 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 64.2% vs 66.2%

984,139 and 166,536 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 60.3% vs 62.7%

806,742 and 140,855 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 57.2% vs 59.7%

639,915 and 114,169 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 54.7% vs 57.4%

488,592 and 88,370 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 52.2% vs 55.2%

703,893 and 125,035 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 50.2% vs 53.4%

275,482 and 43,305 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 49.6% vs 52.6%

94,985 and 11,776 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 50.1% vs 54.3%

31,333 and 2,965 MOTs

Parts that fail more often

Only differences that hold across at least half of the mileage bands we could compare, and that are far too large to be chance, are listed. How we decide

Ford Fiesta Mk7 fails more often on

Stop lamp

Fails about 9 times as often as the SEAT Ibiza Mk4: 3.8% of MOTs against 0.48%.

In 13 of 14 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Stub axles

Fails over 20 times as often as the SEAT Ibiza Mk4: 1.4% of MOTs against 0.00%.

In 10 of 14 mileage bands
Exhaust emissions

Fails about twice as often as the SEAT Ibiza Mk4: 2.3% of MOTs against 1.1%.

In 10 of 14 mileage bands · Exhaust & Emissions

SEAT Ibiza Mk4 fails more often on

Parking brake

Fails about 7 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 4.4% of MOTs against 0.84%.

In 11 of 14 mileage bands · Braking System
Shock absorbers

Fails about 7 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 3.4% of MOTs against 0.51%.

In 11 of 14 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks

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These are differences in real MOT results, not engineering verdicts. Owner mix differs between models (some are more often taxis, first cars or rural cars), which is why every figure compares cars at the same mileage. How we compare cars.

MOT records: DVSA MOT history, which contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See this the other way round.