71%
Kia Venga
Kia Venga MOT pass rate and common problems
The Kia Venga passed 71% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 1.3 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was track rod end ball joint has excessive play.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Venga compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
75.2%
Kia average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Venga runs 4.2 points behind the Kia average. It is 11th of the 16 Kia models in the data. The average Venga arrived at its test 10.5 years old with 58,381 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Venga MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Kia Venga cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 88.7% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 58.7%, a drop of 30 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 1,771 | 88.7% | 16.4 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 25,288 | 79.3% | 7 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 19,323 | 58.7% | 13.6 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Venga failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Kia Venga cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes together account for 46.8% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Venga MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Kia Venga cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 48.3% of everything testers recorded against failed Kia Venga cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Venga
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, stop lamp not working and headlamp not working on dipped beam. 18% of failure items.
2
Steering
Recorded most often: track rod end ball joint has excessive play. 10.9% of failure items.
3
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm and condition has ply or cords exposed. 5.4% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: washers provides insufficient washer liquid and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 5.4% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Venga has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Kia Venga buying guide.
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Kia Venga MOT FAQs
What is the Kia Venga MOT pass rate?
71% of Kia Venga cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 46,382 tests. That is 1.3 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 337th of 575 models.
What does a Kia Venga most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Kia Venga cars failing their 2025 MOT was track rod end ball joint has excessive play, on 10.9% of failure items. Next were position lamp not working (9.7%) and stop lamp not working (6.4%).
Which area causes the most Kia Venga MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 31.1%, followed by brakes at 15.7%.
Do older Kia Venga cars fail their MOT more often?
Kia Venga cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 88.7% of MOT tests in 2025, against 58.7% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Kia Venga has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Kia Venga that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Kia Venga's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.