Kia Ceed MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 73.4% of 121,974 MOT tests on the Kia Ceed ended in a pass, 3.1 points below the 76.5% average for all cars. Comparing like for like at ages 3 to 10, it passed 80.0% against 82.0%, ranking 100th of 148 models.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the Kia Ceed MOT tests at that age. Mileage shows the median and the middle half of odometer readings, from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
| Age | Pass rate | Mileage |
|---|---|---|
| 23,390 tests | 89.8% | 23,000 · 15k to 33k |
| 37,891 tests | 88.9% | 29,000 · 21k to 41k |
| 49,329 tests | 86.9% | 37,000 · 27k to 49k |
| 58,357 tests | 85.6% | 45,000 · 33k to 59k |
| 69,007 tests | 83.7% | 53,000 · 39k to 69k |
| 710,808 tests | 80.6% | 61,000 · 45k to 79k |
| 811,305 tests | 75.4% | 67,000 · 51k to 87k |
| 911,132 tests | 69.9% | 77,000 · 59k to 99k |
| 1012,235 tests | 66.1% | 87,000 · 65k to 109k |
| 119,582 tests | 62.2% | 91,000 · 71k to 115k |
| 127,828 tests | 61.9% | 95,000 · 71k to 119k |
| 139,285 tests | 61.3% | 95,000 · 71k to 119k |
| 146,063 tests | 60.9% | 99,000 · 75k to 123k |
| 154,272 tests | 58.8% | 103,000 · 79k to 127k |
| 161,304 tests | 56.8% | 105,000 · 81k to 131k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the Kia Ceed. Advisories are things the tester noted that did not fail the car, often wear that will need attention soon. Follow an item to see what it means and how serious it is.
Failures
Advisories and minor defects
What to check on a used Ceed
The parts that come up most often in Kia Ceed MOTs, and how to look at them on a viewing.
- Brake discs and padsAsk when the discs and pads were last replaced, and look through the wheel for a raised lip on the edge of the disc.
- TyresCheck the tread across the full width of every tyre, including the inner edge, and look for cuts and bulges in the sidewalls.
- LightsWalk round with every light on, and ask someone to press the brake pedal so you can see both brake lights.
- Suspension and steering jointsListen for knocks over bumps and at full lock, and ask whether any suspension or steering joints have been replaced.
- Coil springsCompare the gap between each tyre and its wheel arch. A corner sitting lower than the others can mean a broken spring.
Check a specific Ceed
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Other Kia models
Overall MOT pass rate in 2023. Compare all Kia models or see every make.
How these figures are made. We counted every initial MOT test (not retests) of cars and light vans in Great Britain in 2023 from the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 33,842,940 tests in all. Pass rate is the share of initial tests that ended in a pass, counting faults fixed during the test. Age is whole years from first registration to the test, so a car having its first MOT a few weeks early counts as 2.
Like-for-like pass rates average each model's pass rate at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix for every model, so a model is not flattered by a young fleet or penalised by an old one. Models are grouped by the first word of the DVSA model name, and names that cover several models are left out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RegTail's analysis of the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 2023 tests.