2021 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 84.9% to 85.8% (±0.5 points).
That is 1.8 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2021 (87.2%). These cars were about 4 years old at the test.
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Failure areas compared with all 2021 vehicles
Compared with all vehicles first used in 2021, failures are more common in windscreen, wipers, mirrors (1.7×), and less common in tyres (0.8×) and lights and electrics (0.9×). Other differences are within the margin of error.
- Windscreen, wipers, mirrors5.5 in 100 tests1.7× compared with 3.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2021
- Tyres3.7 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 4.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2021
- Brakes3.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2021
- Lights and electrics2.3 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 2.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2021
- Suspension1.2 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2021
- Noise, emissions, leaks0.6 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2021
- Steering0.3 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2021
- Body, chassis, structure0.2 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2021
All vehicles first used in 2021: the 221 models in our data, 1,754,969 tests (95.9% of all 1,830,830 tests on vehicles first used in 2021). 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 2021 Kia Sportage cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 5.9% failed on tyres, against 3.2% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 3,018 and 14,645 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 13.6% of those with a tyre advisory and 12.0% of the others.
Brakes
Of 2021 Kia Sportage cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 8.5% failed on brakes, against 3.8% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,267 and 16,418 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 15.6% of those with a brake advisory and 12.0% of the others.
Not enough 2021 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 2021 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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