MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Kia Ceed MOT pass rate
The Kia Ceed passed 73.58% of its 119,694 initial MOT tests in 2025 — below the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 3.7 percentage points worse than average.
How the Kia Ceed holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the Kia Ceed grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 14,417 | 88.59% |
| 6–10 years | 47,321 | 81.07% |
| 11 years and over | 57,656 | 63.57% |
The Kia Ceed drops 25 percentage points between its early years and the 11-plus bracket, which is a steep decline. On an older example, the MOT history is worth reading closely before you buy.
Why the Kia Ceed fails its MOT
Across every Kia Ceed that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was brakes, accounting for 22.07% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 22.07% | 18,391 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 21.04% | 17,533 |
| Suspension | 19.75% | 16,457 |
| Tyres | 14.4% | 12,004 |
| Steering | 7.78% | 6,481 |
| Visibility | 7.27% | 6,057 |
How the Kia Ceed compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Kia Ceed sits 457th of 651 models in this data , and 14th of the 16 Kia models covered . Kia as a whole averaged 79.69%, so this model runs 6.1 points behind its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Kia Ceed
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Kia Ceed came to its 2025 test at 79,814 miles and 10.2 years old. Most examples tested were diesel.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific Kia Ceed
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other Kia models
- Kia Sportage 80.57% pass rate · 296,086 tests
- Kia Picanto 76.85% pass rate · 189,952 tests
- Kia Niro 91.13% pass rate · 103,443 tests
- Kia RIO 75.84% pass rate · 98,402 tests
- Kia Venga 77.72% pass rate · 46,373 tests
- Kia Sorento 75.48% pass rate · 35,995 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Ford Fiesta 72.78% pass rate
- Ford Focus 74.62% pass rate
- Ford Transit 74.63% pass rate
- Volkswagen Polo 73.12% pass rate
- Nissan Qashqai 73.5% pass rate
- Nissan Juke 74.48% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.