KIA Sportage: 75% pass.

252,993 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 75% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 76% would be expected: 1 point worse than that.

How it does as it ages.

01 / By age

Source: Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) Checked 4 Nov 2026, 13:37

Diesel
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
4 years	81%	86%	4%	15%	313
5 years	83%	84%	3%	14%	6,099
6 years	83%	82%	3%	15%	12,843
7 years	81%	79%	3%	16%	17,258
8 years	78%	76%	3%	19%	24,762
9 years	74%	73%	4%	22%	20,583
10 years	71%	70%	5%	25%	15,773
11 years	64%	67%	5%	31%	14,986
12 years	60%	64%	4%	36%	12,473
13 years	59%	62%	4%	36%	7,966
14 years	58%	60%	5%	37%	3,953
15 years	56%	58%	8%	37%	1,874
16 years	56%	57%	8%	36%	869
17 years	55%	57%	7%	37%	633
18 years	51%	57%	7%	43%	581
19 years	56%	57%	5%	39%	519
20 years	47%	57%	7%	46%	214

Hybrid
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
4 years	85%	86%	5%	10%	208
5 years	86%	84%	1%	12%	484
6 years	80%	82%	3%	17%	66

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
3 years	86%	88%	4%	10%	12,933
4 years	84%	86%	4%	13%	12,101
5 years	84%	84%	3%	13%	17,802
6 years	83%	82%	3%	14%	19,869
7 years	80%	79%	3%	18%	15,188
8 years	76%	76%	3%	20%	11,862
9 years	70%	73%	4%	25%	7,403
10 years	69%	70%	5%	26%	3,427
11 years	64%	67%	6%	31%	2,839
12 years	60%	64%	5%	35%	2,189
13 years	61%	62%	6%	33%	1,465
14 years	61%	60%	6%	34%	1,119
15 years	52%	58%	8%	40%	817
16 years	55%	57%	8%	37%	359
17 years	47%	57%	7%	46%	473
18 years	56%	57%	6%	38%	221
19 years	47%	57%	6%	47%	318
20 years	42%	57%	10%	48%	151

Ages with fewer than 30 tests are left out. "All cars this age" is every make and model at that age, so you can see whether this one does better or worse than most.

A pass rate is the share of normal MOT tests a car passed first time, with no repair needed at the test station. A car that failed and was fixed on the spot is counted separately. Retests, aborted tests and other vehicles are left out.
The figures say how often cars of a kind pass, not how reliable or safe they are. Cars that are looked after better, or that are driven fewer miles, pass more often, and that differs by model. Groups of fewer than 30 tests are left out.
Make and model names are as DVSA records them, and a model can appear under more than one name.

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Data sources

Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT test results for cars, counted by make, model and age from DVSA's anonymised data. The counts are ours; DVSA does not endorse them.