Kia Sportage MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 81.2% of 256,061 MOT tests on the Kia Sportage ended in a pass, 4.7 points above the 76.5% average for all cars. Comparing like for like at ages 3 to 10, it passed 81.7% against 82.0%, ranking 83rd of 148 models.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the Kia Sportage 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 215,597 tests | 90.0% | 21,000 · 15k to 29k |
| 327,429 tests | 89.1% | 27,000 · 19k to 35k |
| 432,786 tests | 88.2% | 35,000 · 27k to 45k |
| 532,213 tests | 86.1% | 43,000 · 33k to 55k |
| 637,259 tests | 84.5% | 53,000 · 41k to 65k |
| 728,519 tests | 81.5% | 61,000 · 47k to 75k |
| 819,896 tests | 79.6% | 69,000 · 55k to 85k |
| 918,557 tests | 74.4% | 77,000 · 61k to 95k |
| 1015,770 tests | 67.2% | 85,000 · 69k to 103k |
| 1110,372 tests | 65.9% | 93,000 · 77k to 113k |
| 125,945 tests | 66.6% | 99,000 · 79k to 119k |
| 133,768 tests | 64.2% | 97,000 · 79k to 117k |
| 141,888 tests | 63.1% | 101,000 · 81k to 119k |
| 151,925 tests | 58.6% | 105,000 · 85k to 125k |
| 161,520 tests | 55.1% | 111,000 · 91k to 131k |
| 171,576 tests | 55.3% | 113,000 · 91k to 133k |
| 18750 tests | 56.4% | 109,000 · 91k to 131k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the Kia Sportage. 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 Sportage
The parts that come up most often in Kia Sportage 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.
- Wipers, washers and windscreenRun the wipers and washers, and look for chips or cracks in the windscreen, above all in front of the driver.
- LightsWalk round with every light on, and ask someone to press the brake pedal so you can see both brake lights.
- Oil leaksLook under the engine and gearbox, and at the ground where the car was parked, for fresh oil.
Check a specific Sportage
Fleet averages only go so far. Enter the registration to see that car's own MOT history, mileage record and current condition, free.
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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.