Seat Alhambra years to avoid: the later ones

Based on 24,089 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.

The short answer

Avoid 2019. The worst is the 2019, which fails its MOT 22% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Seat Alhambra you like?

Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.

Every Alhambra model year

Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.

MOT failure rate by registration year for the Seat Alhambra
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2011	1,266	30.3%	about average
2012	1,441	28.7%	about average
2013	1,598	26.0%	about average
2014	1,907	23.0%	about average
2015	2,231	20.5%	about average
2016	4,267	16.6%	about average
2017	6,119	14.2%	about average
2018	2,550	12.4%	about average
2019 Worst	2,710	12.5%	22% worse

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Seat Alhambra, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.

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