Pass rate
92.2%
Above average — 0.2 pts ahead of the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 64 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £25–£61
2022 SEAT Leon Xcellence Etsi MOT pass rate
- 2022
- 2 trims combined
- typical 24,515 mi
Only 64 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.
Most common fault
Tyres
54.3% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 92.2% pass · this year
- Avoid 2021 91.7% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 0.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 91.5%
- Typical mileage
- 25k mi
The 2022 SEAT Leon Xcellence Etsi MOT pass rate is 92.2% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 54.3% of what testers record.
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Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.7× the national share
Tyres make up 54.3% of everything recorded on the 2022 SEAT Leon Xcellence Etsi, against 19.8% nationally — 34.5 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Based on a small sample. 64 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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Every SEAT Leon Xcellence Etsi first registered in 2022 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2022 SEAT Leon Xcellence Etsi compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 0.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 91.5%. The median 2022 SEAT Leon Xcellence Etsi in this dataset had covered 24,515 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm", noted on 3.13% of tests.
- 64 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.2% overall pass rate, 91.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the SEAT Leon Xcellence Etsi, the average is 91.8% — best year 2022 (92.2%), worst 2021 (91.7%).
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
- 64
- Typical mileage (median)
- 24,515 mi
- Make and model
- SEAT Leon Xcellence Etsi
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Leon Xcellence Etsi MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2022 Leon Xcellence Etsi
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 2022 Leon Xcellence Etsi
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 tyre tread 3.1% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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Check the lights 1.6% of tests
“position lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning”
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 wipers and washers 1.6% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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 2022 Leon Xcellence Etsi through its MOT
Across the 9 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £25–£61 — and 50% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 9 common items
- £25–£61
- Cheapest common item: srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: requirements missing
- £40–£120
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 89%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 50%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 64 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 Leon Xcellence Etsi, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2021 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 91.7% to 92.2% — a spread of 0.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2021 91.7% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 92.2%tread depth below requirements of…
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 2022 SEAT Leon Xcellence Etsi 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 2022 cars with a similar record
- Hyundai Tucson 92.2%
- MG Hs 92.3%
- Peugeot 3008 92.3%
- Skoda Octavia 92.3%
- Kia Picanto 92.3%
- Skoda Kodiaq 92.3%
Closest pass rates among 2022 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 2022 SEAT Leon Xcellence Etsi 9 failure items · 6 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 19 | 54.30% | 19.76% | +34.54 |
| Suspension | 5 | 14.30% | 20.98% | −6.68 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 8.60% | 4.18% | +4.42 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 8.60% | 0.82% | +7.78 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2 | 5.70% | 12.21% | −6.51 |
| Visibility | 2 | 5.70% | 4.97% | +0.73 |
| Brakes | 1 | 2.90% | 20.89% | −17.99 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 3.1% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Obviously under inflated Tyres | Minor | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Position lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.6% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) does not illuminate simultaneously with the position lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.6% | £5–25 |
| Requirements missing Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Rectified | 1.6% | £40–120 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 1.6% | £3–12 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.6% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.6% | £8–22 |
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 | 10.9% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.4% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 7.8% | £30–75 |
| Non-component advisories Items removed from drivers view prior to test Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.1% | £20–80 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 1.6% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 40 | 95.0% | 14,959 mi |
| 30-60k | 20 | 90.0% | 41,075 mi |
| 60-90k | 4 | 75.0% | 73,998 mi |
Source: 64 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.
2022 Leon Xcellence Etsi MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 SEAT Leon Xcellence Etsi?
92.2% of the 64 2022 SEAT Leon Xcellence Etsi tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 91.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 SEAT Leon Xcellence Etsi?
The three most recorded items are tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.13%), has ply or cords exposed (1.56%), obviously under inflated (1.56%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 SEAT Leon Xcellence Etsi MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.0% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 SEAT Leon Xcellence Etsi in this dataset had covered 24,515 mi.