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Common Kia Xceed 3 Phev S A MOT failures

Based on 6,441 Kia Xceed 3 Phev S A tests on record carrying an official DVSA defect code, so every category below is counted from real failures rather than estimated.

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Every category comes from the official MOT Inspection Manual section code DVSA attaches to each defect, not guessed from keywords.

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Where MOT tests find problems: Kia Xceed 3 Phev S A

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 2,125 tests (33.0%)
Brakes 482 tests (7.5%)
Visibility 419 tests (6.5%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 83 tests (1.3%)
Body, structure and attachments 54 tests (0.8%)
Registration plates and vehicle identification 41 tests (0.6%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so the figures above do not sum to 100%. Each percentage is the share of classifiable tests that found at least one defect in that category. Based on 6,441 classifiable tests for Kia Xceed 3 Phev S A.

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What Kia Xceed 3 Phev S A failures look like

6,441 Kia Xceed 3 Phev S A tests on record carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 2,125 tests (33.0%), with brakes on 482 tests (7.5%) and with visibility on 419 tests (6.5%). A test can fail on more than one thing, and an MOT can be failed on one defect while another is only advised, so these counts do not add up to the number of tests.

Narrowed down from the categories to the individual defects themselves, three come up on more than one test:

  • Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.2.3, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 1,636 of the 6,441 tests: 255 failures and 1,381 advisories or minors.

  • Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.3.4, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 489 of the 6,441 tests: 35 failures and 454 advisories or minors.

  • Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened

    MOT inspection manual reference 1.1.14, in brakes

    Recorded on 337 of the 6,441 tests: 4 failures and 333 advisories or minors.

Where there is enough data to compare: Kia Sportage (2,230,714 tests), Kia Picanto (1,795,388 tests), Kia Ceed (1,222,001 tests), Kia Rio (1,030,830 tests), every Kia model (8,864,324 tests).

Clauses are read from the manual reference at the end of every defect on the cached test records, and a defect shown here has to appear on at least two of them before it is named. The site-wide breakdown explains how that works and compares every make.