2018 Kia Sportage: 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 81.8% to 82.6% (±0.5 points).
That is 1.3 points above the average for all vehicles first used in 2018 (80.9%). These cars were about 7 years old at the test.
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Failure areas compared with all 2018 vehicles
Compared with all vehicles first used in 2018, failures are more common in brakes (1.8×) and windscreen, wipers, mirrors (1.1×), and less common in lights and electrics (0.5×) and suspension (0.5×). Other differences are within the margin of error.
- Brakes6.4 in 100 tests1.8× compared with 3.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
- Tyres5.5 in 100 tests1.0× compared with 5.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
- Windscreen, wipers, mirrors3.3 in 100 tests1.1× compared with 3.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
- Lights and electrics2.7 in 100 tests0.5× compared with 5.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
- Suspension1.7 in 100 tests0.5× compared with 3.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2018
- Noise, emissions, leaks1.6 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
- Steering0.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
- Body, chassis, structure0.3 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
- Wheels0.3 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
- Seat belts and airbags0.2 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
- Number plates and VIN0.2 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2018
All vehicles first used in 2018: the 245 models in our data, 2,409,788 tests (97.5% of all 2,471,792 tests on vehicles first used in 2018). 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 2018 Kia Sportage cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 7.1% failed on tyres, against 4.4% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 5,612 and 16,597 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 8.5% of those with a tyre advisory and 7.8% of the others.
Brakes
Of 2018 Kia Sportage cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 10.4% failed on brakes, against 4.7% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 4,499 and 17,708 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 9.2% of those with a brake advisory and 7.7% of the others.
Not enough 2018 Kia Sportage 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 Sportage, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the dataWhat MOT data can't tell you about any 2018 Kia Sportage
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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