Kia MOT failure rates by model
Kia cars fail 22.4% of MOT tests. Here is every Kia model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.
What is the MOT failure rate for Kia cars?
Across 13,051,955 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 22.4% of Kia cars fail. That is 3.3 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Kia models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.
| Model | Failure rate | Tests | Top failure area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kia Pride | 39.0% | 75,055 | Brakes |
| Kia Mentor | 36.2% | 39,197 | Brakes |
| Kia Clarus | 34.6% | 8,240 | Brakes |
| Kia Shuma | 33.6% | 81,124 | Brakes |
| Kia Sedona | 32.3% | 578,094 | Brakes |
| Kia Carens | 29.6% | 487,059 | Brakes |
| Kia Cerato | 29.0% | 91,880 | Brakes |
| Kia Magentis | 25.5% | 65,284 | Brakes |
| Kia Sorento | 24.9% | 768,468 | Brakes |
| Kia Rio | 23.7% | 1,701,743 | Suspension |
| Kia Ceed | 23.6% | 1,765,315 | Lamps & electrical |
| Kia Picanto | 22.7% | 2,747,310 | Brakes |
| Kia Proceed | 21.3% | 58,494 | Tyres |
| Kia Soul | 21.0% | 329,628 | Suspension |
| Kia Venga | 19.8% | 570,329 | Suspension |
| Kia Sportage | 19.2% | 2,908,167 | Brakes |
| Kia Cee'D | 18.9% | 2,641 | Lamps & electrical |
| Kia Optima | 16.6% | 102,782 | Brakes |
| Kia Pro | 14.8% | 3,653 | Brakes |
| Kia Xceed | 11.2% | 80,467 | Tyres |
| Kia Niro | 10.8% | 409,211 | Tyres |
| Kia Stinger | 10.7% | 12,029 | Tyres |
| Kia Stonic | 10.2% | 146,876 | Brakes |
| Kia Ev6 | 9.3% | 15,667 | Tyres |
Which Kia fails its MOT most, and which least?
The Kia Pride has the highest failure rate at 39.0%, and the Kia Ev6 the lowest at 9.3%. A higher rate reflects how old and how hard a model tends to be used as much as how it was built, so the oldest models in the range usually sit near the top.
Compare another make
Failure rates for other makes with a large MOT sample.
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Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain