Kia MOT pass rates by model
Across 941,495 MOT tests in 2025, 73.9% of Kia cars passed first time. For all cars it was 71.5%.
Pass rates fall as cars get older, so compare models at the same age. The columns below split each model by age at the test.
| Model | Tests | All ages | 3–5 years | 6–10 years | 11 years and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sportage | 277,385 | 76.0% | 84.8% | 77.4% | 60.2% |
| Picanto | 181,473 | 70.6% | 85.8% | 77.6% | 57.7% |
| Ceed | 117,196 | 67.3% | 83.7% | 74.5% | 54.9% |
| Rio | 95,650 | 69.4% | 85.7% | 76.9% | 57.9% |
| Niro | 80,089 | 87.1% | 87.6% | 85.3% | – |
| Venga | 46,382 | 71.0% | 88.7% | 79.3% | 58.6% |
| Sorento | 34,457 | 70.6% | 84.8% | 76.0% | 57.4% |
| Stonic | 27,854 | 87.0% | 88.2% | 85.0% | – |
| Soul | 24,076 | 69.9% | 87.9% | 79.5% | 57.9% |
| XCeed | 17,435 | 87.1% | 87.1% | 88.1% | – |
| Carens | 13,720 | 63.0% | – | 68.2% | 54.2% |
| Optima | 10,954 | 78.5% | 82.1% | 80.0% | 63.8% |
| ProCeed | 6,099 | 77.2% | 84.0% | 77.9% | 53.3% |
| Sedona | 4,107 | 55.2% | – | – | 55.2% |
| Stinger | 2,118 | 87.9% | 87.2% | 88.3% | – |
| EV6 | 1,964 | 89.0% | 89.0% | – | – |
| Cerato | 536 | 51.3% | – | – | 51.0% |
| All cars | 31,590,883 | 71.5% | 86.1% | 76.1% | 61.3% |
First-time pass rate on normal MOT tests of cars aged three and over. Models with fewer than 500 tests aren’t listed. “–” means too few tests at that age.
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data for 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Our own analysis; not produced or endorsed by DVSA.