Kia Sorento MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Kia Sorento in Great Britain in 2025 — 36,418 tests. Figures cover every Sorento first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Sorento ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
71.6%
0.7 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
36,418
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
8.4%
of Sorento first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
86,250
middle half: 68,750–106,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Kia Sorento cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 44,956 Kia Sorento cars that were taxed or on SORN: 40,612 taxed and 4,344 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 Sorento vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
40,612
90.3% of the 44,956 Sorento cars taxed or on SORN; 67 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
4,344
declared off the road by their keepers — 9.7% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Sorento cars peaked at 43,057 at the end of 2019 and has since fallen by 2,445 (5.7%) to 40,612 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 449 at the end of 2014 to 4,344 at the end of 2025, up 867.5%. 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 Sorento cars, year by year

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

010k20k30k40k50k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Sorento cars, year 2014: 35kTaxed Sorento cars, year 2015: 38kTaxed Sorento cars, year 2016: 40kTaxed Sorento cars, year 2017: 42kTaxed Sorento cars, year 2018: 43kTaxed Sorento cars, year 2019: 43kTaxed Sorento cars, year 2020: 42kTaxed Sorento cars, year 2021: 42kTaxed Sorento cars, year 2022: 41kTaxed Sorento cars, year 2023: 41kTaxed Sorento cars, year 2024: 41kTaxed Sorento cars, year 2025: 41k41k
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YearTaxed Sorento cars
201434,635
201538,219
201640,493
201741,978
201842,789
201943,057
202042,028
202141,628
202240,815
202340,969
202440,550
202540,612

Sorento 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)Sorento cars on SORN, year 2014: 449Sorento cars on SORN, year 2015: 658Sorento cars on SORN, year 2016: 1kSorento cars on SORN, year 2017: 2kSorento cars on SORN, year 2018: 2kSorento cars on SORN, year 2019: 3kSorento cars on SORN, year 2020: 3kSorento cars on SORN, year 2021: 3kSorento cars on SORN, year 2022: 4kSorento cars on SORN, year 2023: 4kSorento cars on SORN, year 2024: 4kSorento cars on SORN, year 2025: 4k4k
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YearSorento cars on SORN
2014449
2015658
20161,042
20171,501
20182,023
20192,630
20203,191
20213,366
20223,576
20233,973
20244,111
20254,344

Which model years survive

Taxed Sorento cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 40,612 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 Sorento cars
20252,3475.8%
20241,9864.9%
20232,7216.7%
20221,9554.8%
20212,2005.4%
20201,1642.9%
20192,6896.6%
20182,6556.5%
20173,0497.5%
20163,0457.5%
20153,8269.4%
20142,7386.7%
20131,9394.8%
20121,6414.0%
20111,3583.3%
20101,4733.6%
20098622.1%
20085401.3%
20076751.7%
20069142.3%
20054911.2%
All other build years (three years, each under 1%)3440.8%

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 SORENTO 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 Sorento ages

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

Kia SorentoAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Kia Sorento, vehicle age 3: 87.8%Kia Sorento, vehicle age 4: 86.8%Kia Sorento, vehicle age 5: 82.7%Kia Sorento, vehicle age 6: 81.9%Kia Sorento, vehicle age 7: 82.5%Kia Sorento, vehicle age 8: 79.1%Kia Sorento, vehicle age 9: 74.6%Kia Sorento, vehicle age 10: 72.1%Kia Sorento, vehicle age 11: 66.9%Kia Sorento, vehicle age 12: 63.2%Kia Sorento, vehicle age 13: 56.6%Kia Sorento, vehicle age 14: 56.1%Kia Sorento, vehicle age 15: 58.8%Kia Sorento, vehicle age 16: 54.8%Kia Sorento, vehicle age 17: 53.5%Kia Sorento, vehicle age 18: 52.5%Kia Sorento, vehicle age 19: 53.4%Kia Sorento, vehicle age 20: 52.8%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 Sorento 52.8%
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Age (years)Sorento testsSorento pass rateAll cars
32,16687.8%88.5%
42,46086.8%87.2%
51,16382.7%86.0%
62,74581.9%83.5%
72,71382.5%80.9%
83,09479.1%78.2%
93,12574.6%74.9%
103,90572.1%71.9%
112,82166.9%68.6%
122,03663.2%65.8%
131,76056.6%63.5%
141,46356.1%61.2%
151,63758.8%59.3%
161,04754.8%58.3%
1768853.5%57.2%
1887552.5%57.4%
191,21953.4%57.0%
2064452.8%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Sorento aheadSorento behind
-8-4+0+4+8Age 3: -0.7 points vs the average car3Age 4: -0.4 points vs the average carAge 5: -3.3 points vs the average car5Age 6: -1.6 points vs the average carAge 7: +1.6 points vs the average car7Age 8: +0.9 points vs the average carAge 9: -0.3 points vs the average car9Age 10: +0.2 points vs the average carAge 11: -1.7 points vs the average car11Age 12: -2.6 points vs the average carAge 13: -6.9 points vs the average car13Age 14: -5.1 points vs the average carAge 15: -0.5 points vs the average car15Age 16: -3.5 points vs the average carAge 17: -3.7 points vs the average car17Age 18: -4.9 points vs the average carAge 19: -3.6 points vs the average car19Age 20: -4.8 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-0.7
4-0.4
5-3.3
6-1.6
7+1.6
8+0.9
9-0.3
10+0.2
11-1.7
12-2.6
13-6.9
14-5.1
15-0.5
16-3.5
17-3.7
18-4.9
19-3.6
20-4.8

The Sorento fleet on the road, by age

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

01k2k3k4kAge 3: 2k3Age 4: 2kAge 5: 1k5Age 6: 2kAge 7: 2k7Age 8: 3kAge 9: 3k9Age 10: 3kAge 11: 2k11Age 12: 2kAge 13: 1k13Age 14: 1kAge 15: 1k15Age 16: 1kAge 17: 68817Age 18: 875Age 19: 1k19Age 20: 64420Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
32,166
42,460
51,163
62,745
72,713
83,094
93,125
103,905
112,821
122,036
131,760
141,463
151,637
161,047
17688
18875
191,219
20644

What a Sorento fails on

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

Suspension22.4%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment20.3%
Brakes20.1%
Tyres11.0%
Steering7.1%
Body, chassis, structure6.8%
Visibility5.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.9%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (96.1% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Brakes: 27.7% of advisories27.7%Tyres: 26.6% of advisories26.6%Suspension: 24.9% of advisories24.9%Non-component advisories: 6.7% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 4.5% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 3.3% of advisories
BrakesTyresSuspensionNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes27.7%
Tyres26.6%
Suspension24.9%
Non-component advisories6.7%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.5%
Body, chassis, structure3.3%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Sorento?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Sorento 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: 69.2% of 31,614 tests69.2%Diesel31,614 testsHybrid electric: 87.8% of 4,646 tests87.8%Hybrid4,646 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel31,61469.2%
Hybrid electric4,64687.8%

What mileage is normal for a Sorento?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Sorento; 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 Sorento (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 21,250–38,750)Age 4: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 28,750–51,250)Age 5: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 31,250–53,750)Age 6: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 38,750–61,250)Age 7: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 46,250–76,250)Age 8: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 53,750–83,750)Age 9: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 61,250–96,250)Age 10: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 68,750–106,250)Age 11: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 71,250–113,750)Age 12: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 81,250–123,750)Age 13: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 88,750–128,750)Age 14: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 91,250–133,750)Age 15: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 98,750–138,750)Age 16: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 88,750–126,250)Age 17: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 88,750–128,750)Age 18: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 93,750–133,750)Age 19: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 93,750–136,250)Age 20: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 93,750–133,750)113k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
321,25028,75038,750
428,75038,75051,250
531,25043,75053,750
638,75048,75061,250
746,25061,25076,250
853,75068,75083,750
961,25076,25096,250
1068,75086,250106,250
1171,25091,250113,750
1281,250101,250123,750
1388,750108,750128,750
1491,250111,250133,750
1598,750118,750138,750
1688,750106,250126,250
1788,750108,750128,750
1893,750113,750133,750
1993,750113,750136,250
2093,750113,750133,750

What fails at each age

The Sorento'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.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentTyresVisibilitySuspensionBrakesSteeringBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment29.4%
3-5 yrsTyres26.2%
3-5 yrsVisibility14.6%
3-5 yrsSuspension13.5%
3-5 yrsBrakes6.8%
3-5 yrsEverything else9.5%
6-9 yrsSuspension26.0%
6-9 yrsBrakes24.5%
6-9 yrsTyres21.6%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment10.2%
6-9 yrsVisibility5.8%
6-9 yrsEverything else11.9%
10-13 yrsSuspension26.7%
10-13 yrsBrakes21.0%
10-13 yrsTyres13.7%
10-13 yrsSteering12.7%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.1%
10-13 yrsEverything else13.8%
14+ yrsSuspension23.5%
14+ yrsBrakes22.9%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.7%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure11.9%
14+ yrsSteering6.7%
14+ yrsEverything else16.3%

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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.