Seat Leon 1.6 S Review

This model of Leon, a Seat Leon 1.6S 2002 model year, has a fundamental gearbox problem that Seat and their dealers will glaze over.



A business partner bought the car from new. The car obviously came with it's first gearbox (1). After 3 years the gearbox failed and was replaced (2) by my business partner.



I bought the car for a second family car. We are husband and wife with 7 year old child. No teenagers.



Shortly after buying the car the gearbox failed. The fault punched a hole in the casing. A reconditioned gearbox was installed (3).



A couple of weeks after installation the gearbox failed again, luckily under warranty and was replaced (4).



This weekend, three quarters of a year later it appears to have gone again.



It's a nice car, practical, reasonable performance.



You should not buy it though if you are on a budget as gearboxes are expensive.



A work colleague has a Seat Altea and has never had problems with it. Get one of those instead. I wish I had.