MOT comparison

SEAT Leon Mk2 vs Skoda Octavia Mk2

How the SEAT Leon Mk2 (1P) (2005–2012) and the Skoda Octavia Mk2 (2004–2013) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

SEAT Leon Mk2 (1P)

883,889

MOT tests compared · built 2005–2012

Passes more often in 3 of 15 mileage bands

Skoda Octavia Mk2

1,483,703

MOT tests compared · built 2004–2013

Passes more often in 11 of 15 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

SEAT Leon Mk2 Skoda Octavia Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 89.5% vs 92.9%

2,440 and 7,069 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 91.1% vs 92.1%

17,836 and 32,401 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 88.4% vs 89.4%

44,831 and 71,179 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 85.1% vs 86.3%

62,525 and 97,643 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 81.2% vs 82.7%

71,874 and 107,494 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 77.2% vs 79.2%

75,833 and 112,192 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 73.4% vs 76.3%

78,082 and 112,744 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 69.9% vs 73.2%

78,624 and 111,698 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 67.0% vs 70.7%

76,311 and 108,817 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 64.9% vs 67.7%

72,363 and 103,446 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 62.6% vs 64.6%

147,350 and 222,769 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 61.6% vs 61.2%

90,841 and 164,104 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 60.6% vs 59.4%

42,903 and 108,168 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 59.7% vs 58.3%

15,826 and 64,289 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 60.1% vs 57.7%

6,250 and 59,690 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

SEAT Leon Mk2 fails more often on

Windscreen washer

Fails about twice as often as the Skoda Octavia Mk2: 1.9% of MOTs against 1.1%.

In 13 of 15 mileage bands · Driver's View
Headlamp aim

Fails about twice as often as the Skoda Octavia Mk2: 2.0% of MOTs against 0.90%.

In 10 of 15 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Registration plate

Fails about twice as often as the Skoda Octavia Mk2: 0.94% of MOTs against 0.45%.

In 8 of 15 mileage bands · Number Plates

Skoda Octavia Mk2 fails more often on

Side repeater

Fails about 14 times as often as the SEAT Leon Mk2: 1.8% of MOTs against 0.13%.

In 13 of 15 mileage bands
Rear direction indicator

Fails about 14 times as often as the SEAT Leon Mk2: 1.3% of MOTs against 0.09%.

In 10 of 15 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

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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.