KIA RIO Recorded MOT Outcomes

28.9%
historical failure rate from 413,601 tests
2.0 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 7.0% 15,406 Tyres
3-5 years 14.0% 76,809 Visibility
6-10 years 27.6% 204,525 Lamps & Electrics
11-15 years 43.2% 104,173 Lamps & Electrics
15+ years 50.6% 12,688 Lamps & Electrics

Recorded Component-Category Rates

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

Component categoryRecorded rate
Lamps & Electrics5.4%
Brakes4.0%
Suspension3.9%
Tyres3.3%
Visibility3.3%
Steering2.0%
Body & Chassis1.0%

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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