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Seat Tarraco

Reliability, running costs, and MOT data across 5 years from 12,469 real MOT tests.

Avg Pass Rate

88%

Total Tests

12,469

Best Year

2021 (91%)

Years Covered

5

How reliable is the Seat Tarraco?

vs national average+6% (82% avg)
vs Seat brand average+3% (85% avg)
Best to worst year spread10 percentage points
Reliability trendDeclining over years

Seat Tarraco by Year

YearPass RateTestsAvg Mileage
202387%3834,959 mi
202281%5438,259 mi
202191%1,19533,294 mi
202090%3,54736,609 mi
201989%7,63544,613 mi

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About the Seat Tarraco

The Seat Tarraco has been tested 12,469 times in 2024 MOT data across 5 model years (2019 to 2023), with an average pass rate of 88%. That's comfortably above the national average of 82%, making it a reliable choice. Available as diesel and petrol.

Best and Worst Years

The 2021 model is the most reliable with a 91% pass rate from 1,195 tests. The 2022 model has the lowest at 81%. The 10 point spread between years means reliability varies somewhat, but no year is dramatically different.

Reliability Trend

Older SEAT TARRACOs tend to have better MOT pass rates than newer ones, with an average decline of 4 percentage points across model years.

Mileage Across Years

The oldest model in our data (2019) averages 44,613 miles, while the newest (2023) averages 34,959 miles.

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