KIA MOT data

From the national MOT record: 13,667,551 tests across 1,779,615 vehicles on record.

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Vehicles on record

1,779,615

Average engine

1,879cc

MOT pass rate

75.3%

How KIA compares

KIA has an MOT pass rate of 75.3%, against 69.4% across every make in the national record. That is 13,667,551 tests and 8,864,324 since 2012 with a defect code to categorise, so the figure rests on the whole national record for this make rather than a sample of it. See what KIA vehicles fail on.

Fuel types checked

Diesel 4 (67%)

Petrol 2 (33%)

Common KIA defects

From 8,864,324 KIA tests in the national record with a DVSA defect code to categorise.

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 4,126,904 (46.6%)

Brakes 2,963,391 (33.4%)

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 1,125,352 (12.7%)

Visibility 640,775 (7.2%)

Body, structure and attachments 385,312 (4.3%)

Nuisance (emissions and noise) 379,651 (4.3%)

Steering 357,832 (4.0%)

Registration plates and vehicle identification 194,593 (2.2%)

Other equipment 85,804 (1.0%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so these figures do not sum to 100%. Common KIA MOT failures has the full breakdown, how it is worked out, and how it compares with other makes.

KIA models

Models with a page of their own, with vehicles on record, average engine size and pass rate
Model	On record	Engine	Pass rate
Sportage	310,106	-	80%
Picanto	245,442	-	77%
CEED	152,227	1,591cc	76%
RIO	144,940	1,399cc	76%
Niro	98,449	-	86%
SORENTO	62,369	2,199cc	75%
Venga	50,454	-	80%
Sedona	40,883	-	68%
CARENS	36,844	1,685cc	70%
Stonic	26,167	-	87%
Soul	25,578	-	79%
Sportage Gt Line Hev Auto	25,216	-	0%
Pride	12,942	-	60%
Sportage Gt Line S Hev Auto	12,625	-	0%
Optima	12,465	-	83%
Niro 2 Hev S A	12,350	-	48%
Sportage Pure	11,247	-	0%
Sportage 2 Isg	10,633	-	63%
Sportage Gt Line Phev 4x4 Auto	10,315	-	21%
Niro 3 Hev S A	10,310	-	36%
Sportage Gt Line Isg Hev Auto	10,179	-	52%
Pride Lx	10,144	-	20%
Sportage Gt Line S Isg Hev A	9,733	-	65%
Sportage Gt Line Isg	8,810	-	53%
Ev3 Gt Line S	8,168	-	0%
Ceed Gt Line Isg	8,161	-	76%
Ev3 Gt Line	8,144	-	0%
Sportage Gt Line S Phev 4x4 A	7,445	-	22%
Ev3 Air	7,334	-	1%
Stonic Gt Line S Mhev S A	7,299	-	1%
Sportage 3 Isg	7,221	-	70%
Xceed	7,206	-	44%
Picanto Gt Line S Auto	7,186	-	0%
Shuma	7,103	-	66%
Sportage Gt Line Mhev	6,906	-	0%
Niro 4 Hev S A	6,625	-	30%
Picanto Gt Line	5,978	-	6%
Cerato	5,962	-	71%
Xceed 2 Isg	5,874	-	88%
Xceed 3 Isg	5,855	-	88%
Sportage Gt Line S Hev 4x4 A	5,826	-	0%
Picanto Gt Line Auto	5,804	-	41%
Sportage Gt Line Isg Mhev S A	5,589	-	45%
Niro 2 Phev S A	5,476	-	70%
Proceed Gt Line Isg	5,434	-	73%
Ev6 Gt Line	5,401	-	56%
Mentor	5,393	-	64%
Magentis	5,197	-	75%
Picanto X Line S Auto	5,106	-	69%
Xceed Gt Line	5,097	-	20%
Ev9 Gt Line S Awd	4,873	-	1%
Picanto Gt Line S	4,786	-	2%
Sportage Gt Line Mhev S A	4,662	-	0%
Ev6 Gt Line S	4,514	-	42%
Ev5 Gt Line S	4,357	-	0%
Sportage 2 Crdi Isg Mhev	4,201	-	86%
Sportage Shadow Hev Auto	3,865	-	0%
Sportage 3 Isg Hev Auto	3,837	-	54%
Stonic 2 S A	3,786	-	58%
Ev6 Gt Line S Awd	3,739	-	44%
Picanto Gt Line S Isg	3,660	-	78%
Xceed 3 Phev S A	3,627	-	73%
Pv5 Cargo L2h1 Plus	3,458	-	0%
Ev6 Air	3,407	-	60%
Sportage Gt Line S A	3,406	-	2%
Sportage Pure Hev Auto	3,296	-	1%
Sportage Gt Ln S Isg Hev 4x4 A	3,208	-	61%
Sportage Gt Line S Mhev S A	2,954	-	0%
Sportage 2 Crdi Isg Mhev S A	2,928	-	86%
Stonic Gt Line S Isg Mhev	2,897	-	85%
Niro Pure Hev S A	2,886	-	0%
Ceed Gt Line	2,749	-	1%
Stonic Gt Line Isg Mhev	2,613	-	90%
Stonic Pure S A	2,519	-	0%
Ev6 Gt Line Awd	2,497	-	60%
Proceed	2,399	-	73%
Stinger	2,231	-	89%
Sportage Gt Line Crdi Isg Mhev	2,228	-	85%
Stonic Gt Line S A	2,214	-	1%
Sportage Gt Line S S A	2,197	-	1%
Picanto Pure	2,186	-	0%
Ev5 Gt Line	2,170	-	0%
Ev4 Air	2,168	-	0%
Stonic Gt Line S Isg Mhev S A	2,159	-	77%
Sportage Gt Line	2,151	-	8%
Stonic Gt Line	2,146	-	6%
Ev4 Gt Line	2,093	-	0%
Sportage 2 Crdi Isg	2,080	-	85%
Niro 3 Phev S A	1,974	-	40%
Sorento 3 Crdi Awd S A	1,973	-	73%
Soul First Edition Ev	1,931	-	89%
Xceed Gt Line S S A	1,923	-	9%
Ceed 2 Isg	1,880	-	16%
Stonic Gt Line S Mhev	1,851	-	2%
Sportage Launch Edition Isg	1,743	-	90%
Ceed Gt Line S A	1,717	-	0%
Sportage Gtln S Isg Mhev4x4 Sa	1,647	-	78%
Xceed 3 Isg S A	1,632	-	90%
Xceed Connect Isg	1,562	-	89%
Mentor Glx	1,531	-	31%
Pv5 Passenger Plus	1,523	-	0%
Rio Gt Line S Mhev	1,484	-	88%
Xceed 4 Isg	1,484	-	90%
Sportage 4 Isg Hev Auto	1,463	-	87%
Sportage Platinum Edition Isg	1,404	-	88%
Ceed 3 Isg	1,392	-	8%
Pv5 Cargo L2h1 Essential	1,373	-	0%
Stonic Connect Mhev	1,368	-	91%
Ev4 Gt Line S	1,347	-	0%
Picanto Pure Auto	1,346	-	0%
Sportage 3 Mhev S A	1,316	-	0%
Ev2 Air	1,297	-	0%
Ceed 2 Nav Isg	1,286	-	87%
Sportage 1 Crdi Isg	1,279	-	79%
Sportage 3 Isg Mhev S A	1,258	-	65%
Stonic Pure	1,258	-	0%
Niro Evolve Hev S A	1,249	-	0%
Xceed Edition Isg	1,220	-	87%
Sportage Gt Ln Crdi Mhev4x4 Sa	1,218	-	86%
Stonic Gt Line Mhev S A	1,215	-	0%

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Figures cover every KIA in the national MOT record, which includes vehicles since scrapped or exported, so "on record" is not a count of cars on the road. Pass rate counts every recorded MOT test, retests included.