Kia · MOT reliability data
Kia Sportage
The Sportage is one of the UK's best-selling cars overall, not just within Kia's range. Here's how it performs on DVSA's own data.
Kia · MOT reliability data
The Sportage is one of the UK's best-selling cars overall, not just within Kia's range. Here's how it performs on DVSA's own data.
77.1%
MOT pass rate
Family SUV
Segment
Petrol, diesel, hybrid, plug-in hybrid
Fuel types available
Source: DS Auto Labs analysis of DVSA's anonymised 2025 MOT test results (Open Government Licence v3.0): 301,417 first-time tests of Kia Sportage 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 Sportage cars passed their MOT first time 77.1% of the time, across 301,417 tests. That is 1.9 points above Kia's overall brand average of 75.2% and 4.7 points above 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 Sportage with the typical UK car of the same age.
| Car age | Kia Sportage | All UK cars | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 86.2% | 87.2% | 75,137 |
| 6-9 years | 79.9% | 79.3% | 139,587 |
| 10-13 years | 65.8% | 67.9% | 68,589 |
| 14+ years | 56.5% | 59.3% | 16,223 |
Allowing for the age mix of the cars tested, a typical UK car would be expected to pass about 77.7% of the time. The Kia Sportage passed at 77.1%, which is 0.6 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 Sportage'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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