Pass rate
84.1%
Around average — 3.8 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 3,931 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £43–£115
2018 SEAT Toledo MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 45,590 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
31.4% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tyre has a tear. What fitting it takes →
1.6 pts up across model years — 4.2% in 2013, 5.8% 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
- 81.4%
- Typical mileage
- 46k mi
The 2018 SEAT Toledo MOT pass rate is 84.1% of its MOT tests — 3.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 31.4% 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
Tyres: 1.6× the national share
Tyres make up 31.4% of everything recorded on the 2018 SEAT Toledo, against 19.8% nationally — 11.6 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 87.9%; this one manages 84.1% — 3.8 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 6% 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 2018 SEAT Toledo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 3.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 81.4%. The median 2018 SEAT Toledo in this dataset had covered 45,590 mi.
89% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 84.1% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 84.4% of the time, April–September 83.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn", noted on 3.94% of tests.
- 3,931 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.1% overall pass rate, 81.4% 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
- 3,931
- Typical mileage (median)
- 45,590 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 71% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (89% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Toledo
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 980 | 79.3% |
| South East | 424 | 86.6% |
| North West | 394 | 87.6% |
| Yorkshire | 356 | 81.5% |
| Wales | 321 | 85.0% |
| South West | 313 | 83.1% |
| East Midlands | 306 | 84.0% |
| East of England | 298 | 89.3% |
| West Midlands | 254 | 90.2% |
| North East | 248 | 84.3% |
| London | 37 | 91.9% |
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 2018 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 2018 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 3.9% 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 windscreen 1.9% 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.
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Check the brakes 1.0% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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 2018 Toledo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £43–£115 — and 6% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £43–£115
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 6%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 3,931 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 2018 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- Peugeot Horizon 84.0%
- Tesla Model X 84.0%
- Vauxhall Mokka 84.2%
- Vauxhall Adam 84.2%
- Peugeot 5008 84.2%
- MG Zs 83.9%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 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 4,707 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 | 1,485 | 31.40% | 19.76% | +11.64 |
| Suspension | 1,232 | 26.00% | 20.98% | +5.02 |
| Brakes | 1,060 | 22.40% | 20.89% | +1.51 |
| Non-component advisories | 208 | 4.40% | 4.18% | +0.22 |
| Visibility | 191 | 4.00% | 4.97% | −0.97 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 187 | 4.00% | 12.21% | −8.21 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 163 | 3.40% | 5.52% | −2.12 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 93 | 2.00% | 5.57% | −3.57 |
| Road Wheels | 46 | 1.00% | 0.75% | +0.25 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 42 | 0.90% | 1.76% | −0.86 |
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 | 3.9% | £40–150 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.9% | £80–200 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.97% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.97% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 0.89% | £30–75 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.89% | £8–22 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.69% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.69% | £45–95 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 16.2% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 13.3% | £30–75 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.5% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.7% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.1% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 861 | 89.1% | 21,469 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,765 | 83.7% | 42,923 mi |
| 60-90k | 579 | 79.8% | 71,939 mi |
| 90-120k | 227 | 82.8% | 103,713 mi |
| 120k+ | 496 | 82.7% | 173,967 mi |
Source: 3,931 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.
2018 Toledo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 SEAT Toledo?
84.1% of the 3,931 2018 SEAT Toledo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 81.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 SEAT Toledo?
The three most recorded items are pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (3.94%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.88%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.76%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 SEAT Toledo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.1% of the time, falling to 82.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 SEAT Toledo in this dataset had covered 45,590 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2018 SEAT Toledo?
Petrol: 84.1% pass rate across 3,489 tests. Diesel: 84.6% pass rate across 442 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2018 SEAT Toledo MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 84.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.