MOT comparison

SEAT Leon Mk3 vs Skoda Octavia Mk3

How the SEAT Leon Mk3 (5F) (2012–2020) and the Skoda Octavia Mk3 (2013–2020) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

SEAT Leon Mk3 (5F)

1,060,966

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2020

Passes more often in 0 of 15 mileage bands

Skoda Octavia Mk3

899,131

MOT tests compared · built 2013–2020

Passes more often in 14 of 15 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

SEAT Leon Mk3 Skoda Octavia Mk3

Under 10,000 miles 93.5% vs 96.0%

9,659 and 8,554 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 90.3% vs 93.9%

60,813 and 42,937 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 87.6% vs 91.7%

122,057 and 86,011 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 85.9% vs 89.7%

143,521 and 104,774 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 84.0% vs 87.8%

141,163 and 103,620 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 81.9% vs 85.9%

126,928 and 95,237 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 80.6% vs 84.0%

107,526 and 83,076 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 79.3% vs 82.2%

88,681 and 71,528 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 77.8% vs 80.6%

70,333 and 59,973 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 76.8% vs 79.5%

54,343 and 49,465 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 75.6% vs 77.6%

81,648 and 84,356 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 74.4% vs 76.2%

34,944 and 48,297 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 73.6% vs 75.3%

12,744 and 27,847 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 73.0% vs 74.6%

4,386 and 16,630 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 72.7% vs 73.1%

2,220 and 16,826 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 Mk3 fails more often on

Windscreen washer

Fails about 4 times as often as the Skoda Octavia Mk3: 1.7% of MOTs against 0.45%.

In 14 of 15 mileage bands · Driver's View
Rear coil spring

Fails about 3 times as often as the Skoda Octavia Mk3: 1.7% of MOTs against 0.63%.

In 13 of 15 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks
Windscreen wiper

Fails about 5 times as often as the Skoda Octavia Mk3: 1.9% of MOTs against 0.45%.

In 8 of 15 mileage bands · Driver's View

Skoda Octavia Mk3 fails more often on

Headlamp aim

Fails about twice as often as the SEAT Leon Mk3: 2.1% of MOTs against 0.91%.

In 9 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.