Pass rate
73.8%
Below average — 0.5 pts ahead of the 73.3% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 172 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £34–£95
2001 SEAT Toledo MOT pass rate
- 2001
- typical 131,930 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
26.5% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
0.6 pts up across model years — 5.7% in 2013, 6.3% in 2018.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 87.6% pass
- Avoid 2005 68.3% pass
Across the 17 years on record, a spread of 19.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 66.9%
- Typical mileage
- 132k mi
The 2001 SEAT Toledo MOT pass rate is 73.8% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how SEAT Toledo does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 26.5% of everything recorded on the 2001 SEAT Toledo, against 21.0% nationally — 5.5 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 27% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
- Based on a small sample. 172 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 2001 SEAT Toledo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.3%, 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 66.9%. The median 2001 SEAT Toledo in this dataset had covered 131,930 mi.
56% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 76.0% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 72.6% of the time, April–September 75.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn", noted on 6.40% of tests.
- 172 recorded tests behind this page.
- 73.8% overall pass rate, 66.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the SEAT Toledo, the average is 79.2% — best year 2019 (87.6%), worst 2005 (68.3%).
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
- 172
- Typical mileage (median)
- 131,930 mi
- Make and model
- SEAT Toledo
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Suspension Component
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Toledo MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 60% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (56% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Toledo
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 39 | 69.2% |
| East of England | 26 | 80.8% |
| South West | 24 | 66.7% |
| Wales | 20 | 65.0% |
| West Midlands | 15 | 86.7% |
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 2001 Toledo
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 2001 Toledo
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 suspension joints 6.4% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush 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.
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Check the lights 4.7% of tests
“position lamp not working”
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 3.5% 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.
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 2001 Toledo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £34–£95 — and 27% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £34–£95
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 27%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 172 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 Toledo, side by side
17 model years on record, from 2000 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.3% to 87.6% — a spread of 19.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 73.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2001 73.8%pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2002 70.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2003 74.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 75.7% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2005 68.3% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 69.6% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2007 68.3% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2008 68.5% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2012 76.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2013 76.9% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2014 80.2% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2015 79.4% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2016 80.7% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2017 82.1% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2018 84.1% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2019 87.6% has a cut in excess of the…
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 2001 SEAT Toledo 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 2001 cars with a similar record
- Audi A3 73.9%
- Vauxhall Agila 73.4%
- Toyota MR2 74.2%
- Toyota Celica 74.3%
- Audi A4 74.5%
- Toyota YARIS 72.9%
Closest pass rates among 2001 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 2001 SEAT Toledo 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 554 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 | 148 | 26.50% | 20.98% | +5.52 |
| Brakes | 134 | 24.00% | 20.89% | +3.11 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 67 | 12.00% | 12.21% | −0.21 |
| Tyres | 61 | 10.90% | 19.76% | −8.86 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 40 | 7.20% | 5.52% | +1.68 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 27 | 4.80% | 5.57% | −0.77 |
| Non-component advisories | 25 | 4.50% | 4.18% | +0.32 |
| Steering | 25 | 4.50% | 2.57% | +1.93 |
| Visibility | 17 | 3.00% | 4.97% | −1.97 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 10 | 1.80% | 1.76% | +0.04 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 6.4% | £40–150 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.7% | £5–25 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.5% | £25–65 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.5% | £80–200 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 2.9% | £80–180 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 2.9% | £30–75 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.3% | £45–120 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.3% | £5–20 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.3% | £3–12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 20.9% | £80–180 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 20.4% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 18.0% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 16.3% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 13.9% | £200–700 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 12.8% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60-90k | 29 | 79.3% | 75,419 mi |
| 90-120k | 38 | 68.4% | 103,008 mi |
| 120k+ | 105 | 74.3% | 172,865 mi |
Source: 172 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.
2001 Toledo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2001 SEAT Toledo?
73.8% of the 172 2001 SEAT Toledo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.3% for cars first used in 2001. First-attempt pass rate: 66.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2001 SEAT Toledo?
The three most recorded items are pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (6.40%), position lamp not working (4.65%), coil spring fractured or broken (3.49%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2001 SEAT Toledo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 79.3% of the time, falling to 74.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2001 SEAT Toledo in this dataset had covered 131,930 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2001 SEAT Toledo?
Petrol: 76.0% pass rate across 96 tests. Diesel: 71.1% pass rate across 76 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2001 SEAT Toledo MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 72.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 75.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.