KIA Picanto Recorded MOT Outcomes

27.2%
historical failure rate from 729,684 tests
0.3 percentage points above the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: This page summarises past outcomes for a make/model group. It does not use the condition, service history or current defects of a particular vehicle, so it is not a pass prediction, diagnosis or buying recommendation.

Recorded Failure Rate by Age Band

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 9.1% 47,975 Visibility
3-5 years 13.9% 179,222 Visibility
6-10 years 26.0% 274,054 Brakes
11-15 years 41.7% 187,319 Brakes
15+ years 49.0% 41,114 Brakes

Recorded Component-Category Rates

Each percentage is a sample-size-weighted historical category rate across the included age and mileage groups.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Brakes4.9%
Lamps & Electrics4.2%
Suspension3.3%
Visibility3.1%
Tyres3.1%
Body & Chassis1.6%
Steering0.6%

These categories describe aggregate records. They do not show that a specific vehicle has a component fault.

Other KIA Model Groups

Groups With Similar Recorded Rates

Method: Failure and component-category rates are sample-size weighted. Only age/mileage groups with at least 100 tests are included. The checked-in source contains 148,509,908 tests and 39,969,903 failures.

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.

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