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Seat Altea 2014: MOT failure rate for its age

23.6% of 4,861 MOT tests of the Seat Altea first registered in 2014 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 93.6 (95% CI 88.2–99.0; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2014 Seat Altea fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Seat Altea built in 2014 at a glance
MeasureValueUnitCompared withYearsTests
Failed first time23.6%all ages tested2019–20244861
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 88.2–99.0)93.6index100 = normal for this model at that age2019–20244861
Rank among this model's 12 build years4of 121 = fails least for its age2019–20244861
Tested in 2024796testsmedian 77,066 miles2024796
line · Seat Altea built 2014 · first-time MOT failure share by age · built 2014 17.1% vs model normal 18.1% at age 5 · 2019–2024
Built 2014 against Seat Altea normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 5: 17.1% vs 18.1%; age 6: 19% vs 21.3%; age 7: 20.3% vs 23.2%; age 8: 24.6% vs 25.7%; age 9: 28.2% vs 30.4%; age 10: 33% vs 33.3%. Axis from 0% to 40%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.
Check a 2014 Seat Altea by registration · All Seat Altea MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2014 Seat Altea fail at each age?

Cars built in 2014 were tested at ages 5 to 10 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Seat Altea built 2014: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
AgeTestsFailed, %95% intervalNormal for this model at that age, %Index (100 = normal)
584417.114.7–19.718.194.1
68041916.5–21.921.389.4
781720.317.7–23.223.287.5
881024.621.7–27.625.795.7
979028.225.2–31.530.493
107963329.9–36.433.399.1

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 4,861 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2014 Seat Altea?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2014 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 12.5 items per 100 first tests, against 24 across all build years of the Seat Altea. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2014 were tested at ages 5 to 10.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Seat Altea built 2014 against the Seat Altea in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure groupBuilt 2014, per 100All build years, per 100Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.524610
Tyres1012484
Brakes7.818.4380
Suspension7.430.9358
Visibility5.29251

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 4,861 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2014 compare with the years around it?

Among the 12 published build years of the Seat Altea, 2014 ranks 4 (1 = fails least for its age). 2013: index 98.5. 2015: index 93.4.

Seat Altea build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build yearIndex (100 = normal)95% intervalVerdictTests
2004105.5100.5–110.4worse (rough estimate)3,300
2005102.399.1–105.6no different7,681
2006102.8100.3–105.3worse13,345
2007100.098.0–102.1no different20,236
2008100.898.5–103.1no different16,290
2009100.898.1–103.5no different12,522
2010101.498.2–104.6no different9,607
201192.789.4–96.1better8,864
201290.887.6–94.0better10,647
201398.594.8–102.3no different9,378
201493.688.2–99.0better4,861
201593.485.9–101.0no different (rough estimate)2,857

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 119,588 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Seat Altea 2014 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/seat-altea/2014/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

Other pages for this model

Seat Altea 2004 · Seat Altea 2005 · Seat Altea 2006 · Seat Altea 2007 · Seat Altea 2008 · Seat Altea 2009 · Seat Altea 2010 · Seat Altea 2011 · Seat Altea 2012 · Seat Altea 2013 · Seat Altea 2015 · Seat Altea in Finland · Seat Altea in the Netherlands · Seat Altea by postcode area · Seat Altea body, chassis and structure failures · Seat Altea brakes failures · Seat Altea vehicle identification failures · Seat Altea lamps, reflectors and electrics failures · Seat Altea noise, emissions and leaks failures · Seat Altea road wheels failures · Seat Altea seat belts and airbags failures · Seat Altea steering failures · Seat Altea suspension failures · Seat Altea tyres failures · Seat Altea visibility failures