Pass rate
68.3%
Below average — 4.1 pts behind the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 761 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £47–£141
2005 SEAT Toledo MOT pass rate
- 2005
- typical 125,329 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
27.9% 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 · this year
Across the 17 years on record, a spread of 19.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 57.1%
- Typical mileage
- 125k mi
The 2005 SEAT Toledo MOT pass rate is 68.3% of its MOT tests — 4.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.9% 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 27.9% of everything recorded on the 2005 SEAT Toledo, against 21.0% nationally — 6.9 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 72.4%; this one manages 68.3% — 4.1 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 25% 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.
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 2005 SEAT Toledo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 4.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 57.1%. The median 2005 SEAT Toledo in this dataset had covered 125,329 mi.
72% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 68.5% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 67.5% of the time, April–September 69.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 9.07% of tests.
- 761 recorded tests behind this page.
- 68.3% overall pass rate, 57.1% 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
- 761
- Typical mileage (median)
- 125,329 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
Body Panel Repair
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 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (72% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Toledo
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 137 | 75.2% |
| South West | 133 | 64.7% |
| West Midlands | 87 | 73.6% |
| East Midlands | 85 | 64.7% |
| East of England | 83 | 69.9% |
| Wales | 79 | 62.0% |
| North West | 69 | 65.2% |
| Yorkshire | 41 | 68.3% |
| North East | 29 | 72.4% |
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 2005 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 2005 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 coil springs 5.4% 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 lights 4.5% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
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 windscreen 3.8% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new 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 2005 Toledo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £47–£141 — and 25% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £47–£141
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 25%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 761 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 2005 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 2005 cars with a similar record
- Volkswagen Polo 68.3%
- Toyota Aygo 68.3%
- Mazda Bongo 68.2%
- Volkswagen Sharan 68.2%
- Renault Scenic 68.4%
- Citroen Xsara 68.1%
Closest pass rates among 2005 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 2005 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 2,614 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 | 742 | 27.90% | 20.98% | +6.92 |
| Brakes | 525 | 19.80% | 20.89% | −1.09 |
| Tyres | 362 | 13.60% | 19.76% | −6.16 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 266 | 10.00% | 12.21% | −2.21 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 237 | 8.90% | 5.52% | +3.38 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 217 | 8.20% | 5.57% | +2.63 |
| Visibility | 98 | 3.70% | 4.97% | −1.27 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 63 | 2.40% | 0.82% | +1.58 |
| Non-component advisories | 57 | 2.10% | 4.18% | −2.08 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 47 | 1.80% | 1.76% | +0.04 |
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 | 9.1% | £80–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 7.4% | £80–250 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 5.4% | £25–65 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 4.5% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.8% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.8% | £80–200 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.7% | £40–150 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.5% | £3–12 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 3.0% | £60–150 |
| Flexible brake hoses excessively deteriorated Brakes | Major | 2.8% | £25–70 |
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 | 27.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 17.9% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 14.6% | £200–700 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 14.2% | £25–65 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 14.2% | £40–150 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 13.1% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 20 | 80.0% | 51,759 mi |
| 60-90k | 119 | 75.6% | 78,092 mi |
| 90-120k | 206 | 66.5% | 105,452 mi |
| 120k+ | 416 | 66.6% | 157,254 mi |
Source: 761 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.
2005 Toledo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 SEAT Toledo?
68.3% of the 761 2005 SEAT Toledo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 57.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 SEAT Toledo?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (9.07%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (7.36%), coil spring fractured or broken (5.39%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 SEAT Toledo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 80.0% of the time, falling to 66.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 SEAT Toledo in this dataset had covered 125,329 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2005 SEAT Toledo?
Diesel: 68.5% pass rate across 546 tests. Petrol: 67.9% pass rate across 215 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2005 SEAT Toledo MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 67.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 69.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.