Seat Ateca
Registered from 2016 to 2023.
About this model
The SEAT Ateca is a compact crossover SUV (C-segment) manufactured by Spanish automaker SEAT. The brand's first SUV offering, the Ateca is built on the Volkswagen Group MQB A1 platform and sits in the C-SUV segment, between the Arona and Tarraco within SEAT's crossover SUV lineup. It was unveiled as a production vehicle on 1 March 2016 in Barcelona.
From the Wikipedia article SEAT Ateca, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2020 1.5 petrol. 338 of 5,810 tests failed, 6%.
Better than 80% of 2020 cars. The typical one fails 8%, across 906 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Tyres and wheels | 52% | 175 |
| Brakes | 15% | 52 |
| Lights and electrics | 11% | 36 |
| Seat belts and airbags | 10% | 33 |
| Suspension | 9% | 32 |
| Visibility | 9% | 30 |
The defects inspectors cite
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre seriously damaged
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage
- A tyre cords visible or damaged
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Where it stands out against its peers
- Seat belts and airbags: failed more often than 92% of 2020 cars — 10% of its 338 failed tests, where an ordinary 2020 car has 2%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Tyres and wheels — 52% of its failures
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre seriously damaged
- A tyre cords visible or damaged
- Brakes — 15% of its failures
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- Suspension — 9% of its failures
- A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage
- Lights and electrics — 11% of its failures
- A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Seat belts and airbags — 10% of its failures
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- Visibility — 9% of its failures
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
When it starts failing
At 60–80k miles this one fails 13% of its inspections, against the 14% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–20k miles | 4% | 5% | 2,452 | |
| 20–40k miles | 7% | 10% | 2,918 | |
| 40–60k miles | 13% | 13% | 385 | |
| 60–80k miles | 13% | 14% | 40 |
5,795 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 20k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.0 diesel · 141 hp · 1529 kg · 2622 mm wheelbase · 4.8 L/100km (WLTP) |
| 2021 | 1.5 petrol · 148 hp · 1408 kg · 2621 mm wheelbase · 6.5 L/100km (WLTP) |
| 2020 | 1.5 petrol · 1408 kg · 2621 mm wheelbase · 6.4 L/100km (WLTP) |
| 2019 | 1.5 petrol · 1370 kg · 2621 mm wheelbase · 6.9 L/100km (WLTP) |
| 2018 | 1.0 petrol · 1280 kg · 2621 mm wheelbase · 5.0 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2017 | 1.4 petrol · 148 hp · 1382 kg · 2622 mm wheelbase · 5.3 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2016 | 1.6 diesel · 114 hp · 1378 kg · 2621 mm wheelbase · 4.3 L/100km (NEDC) |
Recalls
Filed by the manufacturer with a regulator. A recall is repaired free of charge, whoever owns the car now.
A12/00033/19
Due to an inadequate sensitivity in the LED turn signal operating control, a failure of the LED turn signals is not always detected. As a result, the mandatory warning (acoustic/optical) does not occur in these cases and the driver will not be notified of possible failure of the direction indicators, increasing the risk of an accident.
Recall of the product from end users