Pass rate
76.0%
Around average — 1.2 pts behind the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 366 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £45–£137
2012 SEAT Toledo MOT pass rate
- 2012
- typical 104,072 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
22.1% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
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
- 69.2%
- Typical mileage
- 104k mi
The 2012 SEAT Toledo MOT pass rate is 76.0% of its MOT tests — 1.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.1% 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
Body & chassis: 1.9× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 10.6% of everything recorded on the 2012 SEAT Toledo, against 5.6% nationally — 5.0 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 22.1%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 17% 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. 366 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 2012 SEAT Toledo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 1.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 69.2%. The median 2012 SEAT Toledo in this dataset had covered 104,072 mi.
90% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 75.2% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 77.7% of the time, April–September 72.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 12.02% of tests.
- 366 recorded tests behind this page.
- 76.0% overall pass rate, 69.2% 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
- 366
- Typical mileage (median)
- 104,072 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 63% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (90% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Toledo
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 66 | 78.8% |
| North West | 44 | 77.3% |
| West Midlands | 42 | 81.0% |
| Scotland | 35 | 71.4% |
| East of England | 35 | 71.4% |
| Yorkshire | 32 | 78.1% |
| South West | 31 | 64.5% |
| North East | 29 | 79.3% |
| Wales | 27 | 74.1% |
| East Midlands | 23 | 78.3% |
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 2012 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 2012 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 lights 7.1% 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 suspension joints 3.5% 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 coil springs 2.5% 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 2012 Toledo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £45–£137 — and 17% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £45–£137
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- 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
- 17%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 366 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 2012 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 2012 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Zafira 76.0%
- Hyundai I20 75.9%
- Nissan Note 75.8%
- Volvo V40 75.8%
- Peugeot Rcz 76.2%
- Chevrolet Cruze 76.2%
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 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 822 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 183 | 22.10% | 20.89% | +1.21 |
| Suspension | 160 | 19.30% | 20.98% | −1.68 |
| Tyres | 139 | 16.80% | 19.76% | −2.96 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 90 | 10.90% | 12.21% | −1.31 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 88 | 10.60% | 5.57% | +5.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 67 | 8.10% | 4.18% | +3.92 |
| Steering | 39 | 4.70% | 2.57% | +2.13 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 35 | 4.20% | 5.52% | −1.32 |
| Visibility | 16 | 1.90% | 4.97% | −3.07 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 5 | 0.60% | 1.76% | −1.16 |
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 | 12.0% | £80–250 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.1% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.8% | £80–250 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.5% | £40–150 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £30–80 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.7% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.7% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.5% | £25–65 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.5% | £18–45 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.2% | £45–110 |
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 | 18.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 17.5% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 13.7% | £120–300 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 12.0% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.1% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 6.0% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 36 | 83.3% | 51,151 mi |
| 60-90k | 99 | 77.8% | 74,471 mi |
| 90-120k | 108 | 77.8% | 105,339 mi |
| 120k+ | 122 | 71.3% | 167,301 mi |
Source: 366 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.
2012 Toledo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 SEAT Toledo?
76.0% of the 366 2012 SEAT Toledo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 69.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 SEAT Toledo?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (12.02%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (7.10%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (3.83%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 SEAT Toledo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.3% of the time, falling to 71.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 SEAT Toledo in this dataset had covered 104,072 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2012 SEAT Toledo?
Diesel: 75.2% pass rate across 330 tests. Petrol: 83.3% pass rate across 36 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2012 SEAT Toledo MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 77.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 72.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.