Kia Niro 3 Hev S-A MOT pass rate: 95.4% (1,857 tests, 2025)

The Kia Niro 3 Hev S-A passed 95.4% of its 1,857 MOT tests in 2025 — 17.9 points above the UK average of 77.5%. The median tested example was 3 years old with 21,521 miles on the clock.

95.4%Pass rate (2025)

1,857MOT tests analysed

21,521 miMedian mileage at test

3 yrsMedian age at test

How the Niro 3 Hev S-A compares

Kia Niro 3 Hev S-A

95.4%

UK average (all Class 4 vehicles)

77.5% across 33.1 million tests

Kia average (all models)

79.8%

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Niro 3 Hev S-A pass rate by registration year

Registration year	Tests	Pass rate	Vs same-age	Median mileage
2022	1,621	95.3%	+4.1 pts	21,511

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Other Kia models

SPORTAGE78.9% pass rate · 253,493 tests Picanto76.2% pass rate · 180,724 tests Ceed72.5% pass rate · 111,091 tests Rio75.4% pass rate · 95,713 tests Niro90.5% pass rate · 54,779 tests Venga77.7% pass rate · 46,179 tests Sorento73.0% pass rate · 30,615 tests Soul73.2% pass rate · 21,811 tests

FAQs

What is the MOT pass rate for a Kia Niro 3 Hev S-A?

In 2025, 95.4% of 1,857 first MOT tests on the Kia Niro 3 Hev S-A were passes (UK average: 77.5%). Data: DVSA anonymised MOT results.

What does the Niro 3 Hev S-A fail its MOT on most?

Lighting, tyres and suspension dominate failures across comparable models.

Is the Kia Niro 3 Hev S-A reliable?

MOT pass rate is one lens on durability: at 95.4% it performs above the national average at a median age of 3 years and 21,521 miles. Always check the individual car's history too.

Source: DVSA Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2025 extract (Class 4 initial tests only; retests excluded). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures rounded to one decimal place.