Kia MOT pass rates by model (2025)

Kia vehicles took 1,025,646 first MOT tests in 2025, passing 79.8% — above the UK average of 77.5%. Median tested Kia: 8 years old, 54,406 miles.
79.8%Brand pass rate
1,025,646Tests in 2025
42Models with enough data

All Kia models

ModelTestsPass rateMedian mileage
SPORTAGE 253,493 78.9% 65,204
Picanto 180,724 76.2% 44,543
Ceed 111,091 72.5% 79,039
Rio 95,713 75.4% 62,948
Niro 54,779 90.5% 43,721
Venga 46,179 77.7% 53,286
Sorento 30,615 73.0% 86,025
Soul 21,811 73.2% 71,250
Stonic 18,986 89.1% 40,092
Niro 2 EV 14,256 92.0% 44,543
Carens 13,672 70.0% 81,495
Optima 10,887 81.6% 80,511
Niro 4 + EV 9,305 90.7% 39,912
Niro 3 EV 7,775 91.2% 50,142
Xceed 2 Isg 5,803 89.8% 31,659
Xceed 3 Isg 5,734 90.0% 30,250
Ceed GT-Line Isg 4,697 89.8% 29,024
Sedona 4,096 62.2% 97,671
SPORTAGE 2 Crdi Isg Mhev 3,774 88.9% 38,077
SPORTAGE 3 Isg 3,730 91.6% 24,914
SPORTAGE GT-Line S Isg Hev A 3,718 93.2% 23,181
Stonic 2 3,430 90.8% 25,102
Niro 2 Phev S-A 3,378 95.4% 45,742
Niro 2 Hev S-A 3,258 91.7% 27,401
SPORTAGE GT-Line Isg Hev Auto 3,182 93.0% 25,418
SPORTAGE 2 Isg 3,079 90.2% 24,863
Proceed GT-Line Isg 2,794 88.7% 33,543
SPORTAGE 2 Crdi Isg Mhev S-A 2,768 89.2% 36,818
SPORTAGE GT-Line Isg 2,732 92.1% 24,048
Stonic GT-Line Isg Mhev 2,351 94.7% 23,967
Xceed 3 Phev S-A 2,205 92.6% 39,723
Stinger 2,170 90.2% 42,060
Picanto X-Line S Auto 2,167 91.0% 14,410
SPORTAGE GT-Line Crdi Isg Mhev 2,006 88.0% 37,415
Picanto GT-Line S Isg 1,932 89.3% 17,708
Soul First Edition EV 1,904 89.7% 32,852
Niro 3 Hev S-A 1,857 95.4% 21,521
Stonic GT-Line S Isg Mhev 1,832 94.7% 22,542
EV6 GT-Line 1,798 93.0% 31,780
SPORTAGE Launch Edition Isg 1,770 93.3% 23,402
Xceed 3 Isg S-A 1,613 92.3% 29,930
Xceed Connect Isg 1,546 92.5% 23,134

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Source: DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025 (Class 4 initial tests). Models shown have at least 1,500 tests. OGL v3.0.