MOT comparison

Skoda Octavia Mk3 vs SEAT Leon Mk3

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

Skoda Octavia Mk3

899,131

MOT tests compared · built 2013–2020

Passes more often in 14 of 15 mileage bands

SEAT Leon Mk3 (5F)

1,060,966

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2020

Passes more often in 0 of 15 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Skoda Octavia Mk3 SEAT Leon Mk3

Under 10,000 miles 96.0% vs 93.5%

8,554 and 9,659 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 93.9% vs 90.3%

42,937 and 60,813 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 91.7% vs 87.6%

86,011 and 122,057 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 89.7% vs 85.9%

104,774 and 143,521 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 87.8% vs 84.0%

103,620 and 141,163 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 85.9% vs 81.9%

95,237 and 126,928 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 84.0% vs 80.6%

83,076 and 107,526 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 82.2% vs 79.3%

71,528 and 88,681 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 80.6% vs 77.8%

59,973 and 70,333 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 79.5% vs 76.8%

49,465 and 54,343 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 77.6% vs 75.6%

84,356 and 81,648 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 76.2% vs 74.4%

48,297 and 34,944 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 75.3% vs 73.6%

27,847 and 12,744 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 74.6% vs 73.0%

16,630 and 4,386 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 73.1% vs 72.7%

16,826 and 2,220 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

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

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

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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.