Pass rate
73.5%
Below average — 0.5 pts ahead of the 73.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 68 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £34–£103
2007 SEAT Altea Freetrack MOT pass rate
- 2007
- typical 132,227 mi
Only 68 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
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Most common fault
Suspension
26.1% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2009 81.8% pass
- Avoid 2008 73.5% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 8.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 65.4%
- Typical mileage
- 132k mi
The 2007 SEAT Altea Freetrack MOT pass rate is 73.5% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.1% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.4× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 13.3% of everything recorded on the 2007 SEAT Altea Freetrack, against 5.6% nationally — 7.7 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 26.1%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Based on a small sample. 68 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2007 SEAT Altea Freetrack compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.0%, so this figure is 0.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 65.4%. The median 2007 SEAT Altea Freetrack in this dataset had covered 132,227 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 11.76% of tests.
- 68 recorded tests behind this page.
- 73.5% overall pass rate, 65.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the SEAT Altea Freetrack, the average is 75.6% — best year 2009 (81.8%), worst 2008 (73.5%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 68
- Typical mileage (median)
- 132,227 mi
- Make and model
- SEAT Altea Freetrack
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Altea Freetrack MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 63% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Altea Freetrack
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 17 | 70.6% |
| South West | 15 | 73.3% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2007 Altea Freetrack
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2007 Altea Freetrack
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 11.8% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the coil springs 7.3% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the suspension joints 2.9% of tests
“linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2007 Altea Freetrack through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £34–£103 — and 43% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £34–£103
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 43%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 68 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Altea Freetrack, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2007 to 2009. Across them the pass rate runs from 73.5% to 81.8% — a spread of 8.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2007 73.5%joints constant velocity boot…
- 2008 73.5% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2009 81.8% joints constant velocity boot…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2007 SEAT Altea Freetrack with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2007 cars with a similar record
- Volkswagen Eos 73.5%
- Volkswagen Jetta 73.5%
- Volkswagen Passat 73.7%
- Mercedes-Benz Clk 73.7%
- Peugeot 206 73.3%
- MINI COOPER 73.3%
Closest pass rates among 2007 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2007 SEAT Altea Freetrack 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 179 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 47 | 26.10% | 20.98% | +5.12 |
| Brakes | 36 | 20.00% | 20.89% | −0.89 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 25 | 13.90% | 12.21% | +1.69 |
| Tyres | 24 | 13.30% | 19.76% | −6.46 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 24 | 13.30% | 5.57% | +7.73 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7 | 3.90% | 5.52% | −1.62 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 7 | 3.90% | 0.82% | +3.08 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 2.80% | 4.18% | −1.38 |
| Visibility | 2 | 1.10% | 4.97% | −3.87 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 1.10% | 1.76% | −0.66 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 11.8% | £80–250 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 11.8% | £5–20 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 7.3% | £25–65 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.9% | £5–25 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.4% | £80–250 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 4.4% | £60–150 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.4% | £3–12 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault Brakes | Major | 2.9% | £3–15 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.9% | £30–80 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.9% | £18–45 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 30.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 20.6% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.8% | £40–150 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 10.3% | £45–120 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.8% | £18–45 |
| Buckle damaged Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Advisory | 8.8% | £40–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60-90k | 5 | 100.0% | 78,264 mi |
| 90-120k | 18 | 72.2% | 104,837 mi |
| 120k+ | 45 | 71.1% | 143,781 mi |
Source: 68 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2007 Altea Freetrack MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2007 SEAT Altea Freetrack?
73.5% of the 68 2007 SEAT Altea Freetrack tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.0% for cars first used in 2007. First-attempt pass rate: 65.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2007 SEAT Altea Freetrack?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (11.76%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (11.76%), coil spring fractured or broken (7.35%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2007 SEAT Altea Freetrack MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 71.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2007 SEAT Altea Freetrack in this dataset had covered 132,227 mi.