2012 Kia Picanto: MOT pass rate and common faults
Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 59.0% to 60.7% (±0.9 points).
That is 3.7 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2012 (63.5%). These cars were about 13 years old at the test.
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Failure areas compared with all 2012 vehicles
Compared with all vehicles first used in 2012, failures are more common in brakes (1.8×), windscreen, wipers, mirrors (1.3×) and noise, emissions, leaks (1.6×), and less common in lights and electrics (0.9×), suspension (0.9×), body, chassis, structure (0.7×) and steering (0.6×). Other differences are within the margin of error.
- Lights and electrics15.0 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 15.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
- Brakes14.8 in 100 tests1.8× compared with 8.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
- Suspension12.7 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 14.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
- Tyres7.4 in 100 tests1.0× compared with 7.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
- Windscreen, wipers, mirrors6.6 in 100 tests1.3× compared with 4.9 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
- Noise, emissions, leaks6.1 in 100 tests1.6× compared with 3.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
- Body, chassis, structure3.4 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 4.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
- Seat belts and airbags2.8 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2012
- Steering1.8 in 100 tests0.6× compared with 2.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
All vehicles first used in 2012: the 197 models in our data, 1,653,623 tests (96.5% of all 1,714,195 tests on vehicles first used in 2012). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.
After an MOT advisory
Tyres
Of 2012 Kia Picanto cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 9.5% failed on tyres, against 5.4% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,520 and 4,657 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 7.7% of those with a tyre advisory and 8.3% of the others.
Brakes
Of 2012 Kia Picanto cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 18.0% failed on brakes, against 10.8% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,787 and 4,389 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 9.6% of those with a brake advisory and 7.5% of the others.
Not enough 2012 Kia Picanto cars with a suspension advisory to show a figure for this year alone.
Similar cars are the same model, first-use year and mileage band. Areas are the DVSA's top-level groups, so the later fail may not be the fault that was advised. These figures describe what happened to these cars. They don't show what a repair would have changed.
Kia Picanto, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the dataWhat MOT data can't tell you about any 2012 Kia Picanto
Outstanding finance, write-offs, theft and plate changes aren't in MOT records. For a particular car, you need a history check.
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