SEAT Arona: reliability by registration year
2017-2023 · 7 registration years · 55,016 first tests
Registration years
First-attempt MOT results for every Arona registration year with at least 500 first tests in 2025. Pass rates rise with newer cars, so read a year against its neighbours rather than against the top of the table. Years without their own report are listed here with the same figures.
| Year | First tests | First-attempt pass | Incl. PRS | Most common failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 734 | 87.3% | 90.1% | |
| 2022 | 6,334 | 88.7% | 90.6% | Tyre condition (front) 22.6% |
| 2021 | 11,345 | 88.4% | 90.4% | Tyre condition (front) 13.8% |
| 2020 | 10,191 | 86.9% | 88.8% | Brake pads (front) 15.1% |
| about 1 in every 100 better than the years either side. What most often failed a 2020 Arona: Brake pads (front) (15.1%) · Tyre condition (front) (14.7%) · Brake discs (rear) (7.9%) | ||||
| 2019 | 14,176 | 83.3% | 85.5% | Track rod end (front) 14.8% |
| about 2 in every 100 better than the years either side. What most often failed a 2019 Arona: Track rod end (front) (14.8%) · Tyre condition (rear) (14.0%) · Brake pads (front) (12.0%) | ||||
| 2018 | 11,632 | 76.3% | 78.8% | Track rod end (front) 34.1% |
| 2017 | 604 | 71.9% | 74.0% | Track rod end (front) 34.7% |