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1,465 tests in 2025

CUPRA Leon reliability and MOT pass rate

86.3% passed first time. The 13.7% fail rate is 8.9 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 4 years old with 30,028 miles.

MOT pass rates / CUPRA

Pass rate

86.3%

22.6% of all cars failed; 13.7% of these did.

Fixed on the day

1.6%

Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.

Median at test

30,028 mi

4 years old.

Fail rate by age

Age at testTestsFail rate
3-5 years1,40314.1%
6-9 years0—
10-13 years0—
14+ years0—

What the Leon fails on

Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.

  1. Tyres148 dangerous72.1%
  2. Suspension3 dangerous13.9%
  3. Brakes10 dangerous11.9%
  4. Visibility6%
  5. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5.5%
  6. Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems5%
  7. Noise, emissions and leaks3.5%
  8. Road Wheels5 dangerous3.5%

The exact defects that fail it

Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Leon in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.

  1. 1Condition: has ply or cords exposed45 tests
  2. 2Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords44 tests
  3. 3Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure29 tests
  4. 4Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure17 tests
  5. 5Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm17 tests
  6. 6Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak16 tests
  7. 7Condition: has a lump, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure11 tests
  8. 8SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault8 tests

What wears out first

Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Leon collects 1.98 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.

  1. 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm189 tests
  2. 2Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure102 tests
  3. 3Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened101 tests
  4. 4Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak83 tests
  5. 5Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick52 tests
  6. 6Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords51 tests
  7. 7Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre35 tests
  8. 8Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt31 tests

Questions

What is the CUPRA Leon MOT pass rate?

86.3% of the 1,465 CUPRA Leon first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 13.7% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 1.6% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.

What does a CUPRA Leon usually fail on?

The single most common failure is "Condition: has ply or cords exposed", recorded on 45 failed tests, followed by "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords" and "Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure". By section, tyres appears in 72.1% of failures, suspension appears in 13.9% of failures, brakes appears in 11.9% of failures.

Does age change the odds?

Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 14.1%; at 3-5 years it was 14.1%. The median CUPRA Leon tested in 2025 was 4 years old with 30,028 miles.

First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Leon trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.

Other CUPRA models

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