Kia · MOT reliability data
Kia Picanto
The Picanto is Kia's smallest, most affordable model, a popular first car and city runabout.
Kia · MOT reliability data
The Picanto is Kia's smallest, most affordable model, a popular first car and city runabout.
71.4%
MOT pass rate
City car
Segment
Petrol
Fuel types available
Source: DS Auto Labs analysis of DVSA's anonymised 2025 MOT test results (Open Government Licence v3.0): 190,252 first-time tests of Kia Picanto cars of all ages (test class 4, cars and light vans). A pass means a clean first-time pass; a car that failed and was repaired at the test station before passing counts as not passed, and aborted tests are excluded. Age is the car's age at the 2025 test.
What to know
In 2025, Kia Picanto cars passed their MOT first time 71.4% of the time, across 190,252 tests. That is 3.8 points below Kia's overall brand average of 75.2% and 1.0 points below the national average of 72.4%.
Age explains much of the difference between models. Pass rates fall steeply as cars get older, for every make, so a model with many old cars on the road looks worse than it is, and a recent model looks better. This compares the Kia Picanto with the typical UK car of the same age.
| Car age | Kia Picanto | All UK cars | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 86.8% | 87.2% | 30,040 |
| 6-9 years | 80.9% | 79.3% | 59,696 |
| 10-13 years | 67.0% | 67.9% | 53,370 |
| 14+ years | 54.1% | 59.3% | 46,400 |
Allowing for the age mix of the cars tested, a typical UK car would be expected to pass about 72.5% of the time. The Kia Picanto passed at 71.4%, which is 1.1 points below that expected rate.
A model average says little about one particular car, so check its own MOT history for repeated advisories, past failures and mileage.
Check a specific Picanto's MOT history, tax status, and advisories by registration number.
Check MOT historySee how the Kia range compares overall, with model-by-model pass rates.
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