Kymco MOT failure rates by model
Kymco cars fail 20.8% of MOT tests. Here is every Kymco model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.
What is the MOT failure rate for Kymco cars?
Across 83,447 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 20.8% of Kymco cars fail. That is 4.9 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Kymco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kymco Stryker | 30.3% | 1,233 | Lamps & electrical |
| Kymco Kr | 29.0% | 1,261 | Other |
| Kymco Zing | 28.8% | 4,335 | Lamps & electrical |
| Kymco Hipster | 28.3% | 1,677 | Lamps & electrical |
| Kymco Pulsar | 27.0% | 5,355 | Lamps & electrical |
| Kymco Ck | 26.4% | 3,094 | Lamps & electrical |
| Kymco Cobra | 22.4% | 2,352 | Brakes |
| Kymco Super | 22.2% | 9,362 | Lamps & electrical |
| Kymco Movie | 21.5% | 1,203 | Tyres |
| Kymco Spacer | 21.1% | 1,622 | Brakes |
| Kymco Yup | 20.5% | 1,154 | Lamps & electrical |
| Kymco Zx | 20.4% | 3,071 | Lamps & electrical |
| Kymco Miler | 20.0% | 1,794 | Brakes |
| Kymco People | 18.7% | 2,580 | Brakes |
| Kymco Agility | 18.0% | 26,289 | Lamps & electrical |
| Kymco Downtown | 17.0% | 2,187 | Brakes |
| Kymco Mxu | 15.6% | 1,179 | Lamps & electrical |
| Kymco Dj | 15.0% | 1,114 | Lamps & electrical |
| Kymco Like | 14.4% | 2,607 | Brakes |
Which Kymco fails its MOT most, and which least?
The Kymco Stryker has the highest failure rate at 30.3%, and the Kymco Like the lowest at 14.4%. 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.
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Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain