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Kia Picanto MOT fail rate by age

How often the Kia Picanto fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 730,252 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 6 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 6 (n=60,091)17.3%
All cars at 6 years (n=10,382,720)17.8%
Median mileage at test27,585
All cars, median mileage44,951

184 of 340 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 6 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Kia Picanto fails 10.9% of MOTs (48,015 tests), 1.2 points below the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 21 years it fails 49.5% (1,350 tests), 7.4 points above the 42.1% average.
  • The gap is widest at 21 years: 7.4 points above all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 6 years: Suspension ball joint worn, at 0.9 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 21 years 54.9%

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Kia Picanto: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
AgeMOT fail rateTests (n)All carsDifferenceMedian mileage
3 years10.9%48,01512.1%−1.2 pts13,624 miles
4 years12.7%53,80413.4%−0.7 pts18,133 miles
5 years15.0%56,33815.3%−0.4 pts22,782 miles
6 years17.3%60,09117.8%−0.5 pts27,585 miles
7 years19.7%56,21420.6%−0.9 pts32,840 miles
8 years22.3%54,35423.8%−1.5 pts38,031 miles
9 years26.9%54,02127.1%−0.2 pts43,563 miles
10 years30.2%54,83430.3%−0.1 pts49,648 miles
11 years35.2%51,85733.3%+2.0 pts54,870 miles
12 years38.7%50,74436.0%+2.7 pts58,571 miles
13 years41.9%50,93838.3%+3.7 pts60,524 miles
14 years43.3%40,39640.3%+3.1 pts62,146 miles
15 years44.4%32,05341.6%+2.8 pts63,815 miles
16 years47.0%23,62242.6%+4.4 pts66,188 miles
17 years48.5%15,28443.1%+5.4 pts70,414 miles
18 years49.5%13,01243.3%+6.3 pts70,764 miles
19 years50.0%8,80143.2%+6.8 pts71,456 miles
20 years48.6%4,52442.8%+5.8 pts71,982 miles
21 years49.5%1,35042.1%+7.4 pts72,618 miles

Most common fail items at 6 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Suspension ball joint worn Major0.9
Pipe: insecure Major0.9

Out of 60,091 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Wipers not clearing screen Major4.2
Daytime running lamps: not working Major1.9
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major1.9
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous1.5
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous1.5
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid Major1.4
Tyre condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Dangerous1.4
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous0.9

Out of 60,091 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 6 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Kia Sportage17.4%141,16617.8%
Kia Ceed18.5%37,99317.8%
Kia Rio17.0%27,71817.8%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
200421 years in 202549.5%1,35042.1%
200520 years in 202550.1%2,78442.8%
200619 years in 202552.0%3,11343.2%
200718 years in 202548.9%2,25143.3%
200817 years in 202547.4%2,83643.1%
200916 years in 202545.7%11,83842.6%
201015 years in 202543.9%12,33041.6%
201114 years in 202542.6%10,23040.3%
201213 years in 202539.9%12,91838.3%
201312 years in 202535.7%12,62236.0%
201411 years in 202530.3%14,45233.3%
201510 years in 202526.2%13,63230.3%
20169 years in 202525.1%12,57227.1%
20178 years in 202519.7%13,29223.8%
20187 years in 202517.3%16,41320.6%
20196 years in 202515.8%17,62217.8%
20205 years in 202514.1%8,91215.3%
20214 years in 202513.8%10,88513.4%
20223 years in 202511.7%10,32112.1%

More on the Kia Picanto

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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