Kia Ceed MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Kia Ceed in Great Britain in 2025 — 122,563 tests. Figures cover every Ceed first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Ceed ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
68.2%
4.1 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
122,563
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
9.5%
of Ceed first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
78,750
middle half: 58,750–101,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Kia Ceed cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 131,259 Kia Ceed cars that were taxed or on SORN: 127,005 taxed and 4,254 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Kia Ceed vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
127,005
96.8% of the 131,259 Ceed cars taxed or on SORN; 122 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
4,254
declared off the road by their keepers — 3.2% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Ceed cars peaked at 127,765 at the end of 2024 and has since fallen by 760 (0.6%) to 127,005 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 408 at the end of 2014 to 4,254 at the end of 2025, up 942.6%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Ceed cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

050k100k150k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Ceed cars, year 2014: 80kTaxed Ceed cars, year 2015: 89kTaxed Ceed cars, year 2016: 97kTaxed Ceed cars, year 2017: 103kTaxed Ceed cars, year 2018: 109kTaxed Ceed cars, year 2019: 117kTaxed Ceed cars, year 2020: 118kTaxed Ceed cars, year 2021: 122kTaxed Ceed cars, year 2022: 124kTaxed Ceed cars, year 2023: 126kTaxed Ceed cars, year 2024: 128kTaxed Ceed cars, year 2025: 127k127k
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YearTaxed Ceed cars
201480,423
201588,518
201697,372
2017103,014
2018109,120
2019116,709
2020118,490
2021121,526
2022123,750
2023126,000
2024127,765
2025127,005

Ceed cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

01k2k3k4k5k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Ceed cars on SORN, year 2014: 408Ceed cars on SORN, year 2015: 550Ceed cars on SORN, year 2016: 640Ceed cars on SORN, year 2017: 905Ceed cars on SORN, year 2018: 1kCeed cars on SORN, year 2019: 2kCeed cars on SORN, year 2020: 2kCeed cars on SORN, year 2021: 2kCeed cars on SORN, year 2022: 2kCeed cars on SORN, year 2023: 3kCeed cars on SORN, year 2024: 4kCeed cars on SORN, year 2025: 4k4k
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YearCeed cars on SORN
2014408
2015550
2016640
2017905
20181,194
20191,555
20202,099
20212,188
20222,479
20232,945
20243,629
20254,254

Which model years survive

Taxed Ceed cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 127,005 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Ceed cars
20254,7083.7%
20245,9974.7%
20236,7485.3%
20226,2294.9%
20214,8483.8%
20204,1663.3%
20199,5747.5%
20188,3566.6%
20177,4765.9%
20168,2376.5%
20159,6747.6%
20149,5327.5%
20139,3217.3%
201210,0887.9%
20115,5994.4%
20105,7994.6%
20095,5714.4%
20083,3702.7%
20071,7121.3%
All other build years (one year, each under 1%)00.0%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name CEED under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Ceed ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Ceed vs all cars, 2025.

Kia CeedAll cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Kia Ceed, vehicle age 3: 87%Kia Ceed, vehicle age 4: 83.6%Kia Ceed, vehicle age 5: 83.5%Kia Ceed, vehicle age 6: 83%Kia Ceed, vehicle age 7: 80.3%Kia Ceed, vehicle age 8: 77.3%Kia Ceed, vehicle age 9: 74.1%Kia Ceed, vehicle age 10: 71%Kia Ceed, vehicle age 11: 63.6%Kia Ceed, vehicle age 12: 61%Kia Ceed, vehicle age 13: 55.3%Kia Ceed, vehicle age 14: 50.8%Kia Ceed, vehicle age 15: 51.3%Kia Ceed, vehicle age 16: 51.6%Kia Ceed, vehicle age 17: 48.3%Kia Ceed, vehicle age 18: 50.9%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%All cars 57.6%Kia Ceed 50.9%
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Age (years)Ceed testsCeed pass rateAll cars
36,68887.0%88.5%
45,19483.6%87.2%
54,27883.5%86.0%
69,95883.0%83.5%
79,19080.3%80.9%
88,53477.3%78.2%
99,55274.1%74.9%
1011,08771.0%71.9%
1110,84163.6%68.6%
1210,60561.0%65.8%
1310,99755.3%63.5%
146,53250.8%61.2%
156,99351.3%59.3%
166,05351.6%58.3%
173,69148.3%57.2%
181,98650.9%57.4%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Ceed's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Ceed beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Ceed behind
-12-6+0+6+12Age 3: -1.5 points vs the average car3Age 4: -3.6 points vs the average carAge 5: -2.5 points vs the average car5Age 6: -0.5 points vs the average carAge 7: -0.6 points vs the average car7Age 8: -0.9 points vs the average carAge 9: -0.8 points vs the average car9Age 10: -0.9 points vs the average carAge 11: -5.0 points vs the average car11Age 12: -4.8 points vs the average carAge 13: -8.2 points vs the average car13Age 14: -10.4 points vs the average carAge 15: -8.0 points vs the average car15Age 16: -6.7 points vs the average carAge 17: -8.9 points vs the average car17Age 18: -6.5 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-1.5
4-3.6
5-2.5
6-0.5
7-0.6
8-0.9
9-0.8
10-0.9
11-5.0
12-4.8
13-8.2
14-10.4
15-8.0
16-6.7
17-8.9
18-6.5

The Ceed fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Ceed fleet still in use.

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 6k3Age 4: 5kAge 5: 4k5Age 6: 9kAge 7: 9k7Age 8: 8kAge 9: 9k9Age 10: 11kAge 11: 10k11Age 12: 10kAge 13: 10k13Age 14: 6kAge 15: 6k15Age 16: 6kAge 17: 3k17Age 18: 1k18Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
36,688
45,194
54,278
69,958
79,190
88,534
99,552
1011,087
1110,841
1210,605
1310,997
146,532
156,993
166,053
173,691
181,986

What a Ceed fails on

Where the failure items land when a Ceed fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment26.2%
Brakes19.8%
Suspension17.7%
Tyres13.4%
Visibility8.5%
Steering7.1%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.1%
Body, chassis, structure2.6%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.4% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Ceed, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Suspension: 28.5% of advisories28.5%Tyres: 28.4% of advisories28.4%Brakes: 25.7% of advisories25.7%Non-component advisories: 5.7% of advisoriesSteering: 3.0% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 2.3% of advisories
SuspensionTyresBrakesNon-component advisoriesSteeringNoise, emissions and leaks
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension28.5%
Tyres28.4%
Brakes25.7%
Non-component advisories5.7%
Steering3.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.3%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Ceed?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested Ceed fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Diesel: 64.5% of 68,255 tests64.5%Diesel68,255 testsPetrol: 72.3% of 51,955 tests72.3%Petrol51,955 testsHybrid electric: 81.6% of 2,179 tests81.6%Hybrid2,179 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel68,25564.5%
Petrol51,95572.3%
Hybrid electric2,17981.6%

What mileage is normal for a Ceed?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Ceed; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Ceed (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k35791113151718Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 26,250 miles (middle half 18,750–36,250)Age 4: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 26,250–51,250)Age 5: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 28,750–53,750)Age 6: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 36,250–63,750)Age 7: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 41,250–73,750)Age 8: typical 66,250 miles (middle half 48,750–83,750)Age 9: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 53,750–93,750)Age 10: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 58,750–101,250)Age 11: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 63,750–106,250)Age 12: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 73,750–121,250)Age 13: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 78,750–126,250)Age 14: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 78,750–128,750)Age 15: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 76,250–126,250)Age 16: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 76,250–126,250)Age 17: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 83,750–131,250)Age 18: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 81,250–131,250)106k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
318,75026,25036,250
426,25036,25051,250
528,75038,75053,750
636,25048,75063,750
741,25056,25073,750
848,75066,25083,750
953,75071,25093,750
1058,75078,750101,250
1163,75083,750106,250
1273,75096,250121,250
1378,750101,250126,250
1478,750103,750128,750
1576,250101,250126,250
1676,25098,750126,250
1783,750106,250131,250
1881,250106,250131,250

What fails at each age

The Ceed's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresVisibilityBrakesSuspensionLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSteeringEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres41.5%
3-5 yrsVisibility19.5%
3-5 yrsBrakes15.2%
3-5 yrsSuspension7.9%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment7.1%
3-5 yrsEverything else8.8%
6-9 yrsTyres28.6%
6-9 yrsBrakes23.5%
6-9 yrsSuspension15.7%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment14.0%
6-9 yrsVisibility9.5%
6-9 yrsEverything else8.7%
10-13 yrsBrakes23.4%
10-13 yrsSuspension20.5%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment19.3%
10-13 yrsSteering12.5%
10-13 yrsTyres12.2%
10-13 yrsEverything else12.1%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment26.2%
14+ yrsSuspension21.4%
14+ yrsBrakes20.9%
14+ yrsTyres9.3%
14+ yrsVisibility6.4%
14+ yrsEverything else15.8%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.