Does the SEAT Tarraco fail the MOT on lamps, reflectors and electrics more than it should?

The SEAT Tarraco records 2.41 lamps, reflectors and electrics failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 2.02 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (+0.39, 95% interval −0.23 to +1.01). It ranks 270 of 729 models on lamps, reflectors and electrics (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on lamps, reflectors and electrics · check a SEAT Tarraco by registration

No single lamps, reflectors and electrics defect wording reaches 30 items on the SEAT Tarraco; the failures are spread across several.