Kia Sportage MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Kia Sportage in Great Britain in 2025 — 301,417 tests. Figures cover every Sportage first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Sportage ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
77.1%
4.8 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
301,417
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
7.7%
of Sportage first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
78,750
middle half: 63,750–96,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Kia Sportage cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 428,397 Kia Sportage cars that were taxed or on SORN: 420,692 taxed and 7,705 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 Sportage vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
420,692
98.2% of the 428,397 Sportage cars taxed or on SORN; 161 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
7,705
declared off the road by their keepers — 1.8% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Sportage cars is still rising: 420,692 at the end of 2025, up 40,566 (10.7%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 1,055 at the end of 2014 to 7,705 at the end of 2025, up 630.3%. 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 Sportage cars, year by year

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

0100k200k300k400k500k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Sportage cars, year 2014: 90kTaxed Sportage cars, year 2015: 111kTaxed Sportage cars, year 2016: 149kTaxed Sportage cars, year 2017: 184kTaxed Sportage cars, year 2018: 216kTaxed Sportage cars, year 2019: 246kTaxed Sportage cars, year 2020: 259kTaxed Sportage cars, year 2021: 282kTaxed Sportage cars, year 2022: 311kTaxed Sportage cars, year 2023: 340kTaxed Sportage cars, year 2024: 380kTaxed Sportage cars, year 2025: 421k421k
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YearTaxed Sportage cars
201490,411
2015110,949
2016148,780
2017184,347
2018216,197
2019245,968
2020259,133
2021282,269
2022310,537
2023340,141
2024380,126
2025420,692

Sportage 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.

02k4k6k8k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Sportage cars on SORN, year 2014: 1kSportage cars on SORN, year 2015: 1kSportage cars on SORN, year 2016: 2kSportage cars on SORN, year 2017: 2kSportage cars on SORN, year 2018: 2kSportage cars on SORN, year 2019: 3kSportage cars on SORN, year 2020: 4kSportage cars on SORN, year 2021: 4kSportage cars on SORN, year 2022: 4kSportage cars on SORN, year 2023: 5kSportage cars on SORN, year 2024: 6kSportage cars on SORN, year 2025: 8k8k
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YearSportage cars on SORN
20141,055
20151,250
20161,818
20172,077
20182,371
20193,096
20203,710
20213,708
20224,279
20235,300
20246,470
20257,705

Which model years survive

Taxed Sportage cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 420,692 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 1 taxed Sportage car has no recorded year of manufacture and is not in the table, so the rows add up to 420,691. 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 Sportage cars
202545,15710.7%
202445,99010.9%
202335,0848.3%
202228,1056.7%
202126,6056.3%
202018,7234.5%
201932,3677.7%
201833,1507.9%
201736,1538.6%
201636,2878.6%
201520,5834.9%
201418,7364.5%
201317,2424.1%
201211,9072.8%
20116,8941.6%
All other build years (16 years, each under 1%)7,7081.8%

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 SPORTAGE 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 Sportage ages

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

Kia SportageAll cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Kia Sportage, vehicle age 3: 88.7%Kia Sportage, vehicle age 4: 85.4%Kia Sportage, vehicle age 5: 83.7%Kia Sportage, vehicle age 6: 83.4%Kia Sportage, vehicle age 7: 82.2%Kia Sportage, vehicle age 8: 78.9%Kia Sportage, vehicle age 9: 75.4%Kia Sportage, vehicle age 10: 70.9%Kia Sportage, vehicle age 11: 68.5%Kia Sportage, vehicle age 12: 61.1%Kia Sportage, vehicle age 13: 59.7%Kia Sportage, vehicle age 14: 59.1%Kia Sportage, vehicle age 15: 56.7%Kia Sportage, vehicle age 16: 55.3%Kia Sportage, vehicle age 17: 55%Kia Sportage, vehicle age 18: 50.7%Kia Sportage, vehicle age 19: 50.7%Kia Sportage, vehicle age 20: 49.8%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 Sportage 49.8%
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Age (years)Sportage testsSportage pass rateAll cars
329,32988.7%88.5%
426,90285.4%87.2%
518,90683.7%86.0%
632,94783.4%83.5%
733,66382.2%80.9%
836,40078.9%78.2%
936,57775.4%74.9%
1020,62170.9%71.9%
1118,65168.5%68.6%
1217,24661.1%65.8%
1312,07159.7%63.5%
147,08559.1%61.2%
153,62456.7%59.3%
161,82155.3%58.3%
171,10455.0%57.2%
1891350.7%57.4%
1979150.7%57.0%
2082649.8%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Sportage aheadSportage behind
-8-4+0+4+8Age 3: +0.2 points vs the average car3Age 4: -1.8 points vs the average carAge 5: -2.3 points vs the average car5Age 6: -0.1 points vs the average carAge 7: +1.3 points vs the average car7Age 8: +0.7 points vs the average carAge 9: +0.5 points vs the average car9Age 10: -1.0 points vs the average carAge 11: -0.1 points vs the average car11Age 12: -4.7 points vs the average carAge 13: -3.8 points vs the average car13Age 14: -2.1 points vs the average carAge 15: -2.6 points vs the average car15Age 16: -3.0 points vs the average carAge 17: -2.2 points vs the average car17Age 18: -6.7 points vs the average carAge 19: -6.3 points vs the average car19Age 20: -7.8 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+0.2
4-1.8
5-2.3
6-0.1
7+1.3
8+0.7
9+0.5
10-1.0
11-0.1
12-4.7
13-3.8
14-2.1
15-2.6
16-3.0
17-2.2
18-6.7
19-6.3
20-7.8

The Sportage fleet on the road, by age

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

010k20k30k40kAge 3: 29k3Age 4: 26kAge 5: 18k5Age 6: 32kAge 7: 33k7Age 8: 36kAge 9: 36k9Age 10: 20kAge 11: 18k11Age 12: 17kAge 13: 12k13Age 14: 7kAge 15: 3k15Age 16: 1kAge 17: 1k17Age 18: 913Age 19: 79119Age 20: 82620Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
329,329
426,902
518,906
632,947
733,663
836,400
936,577
1020,621
1118,651
1217,246
1312,071
147,085
153,624
161,821
171,104
18913
19791
20826

What a Sportage fails on

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

Brakes27.2%
Tyres17.0%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment15.7%
Suspension15.4%
Visibility10.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.3%
Steering5.2%
Body, chassis, structure2.0%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.1% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Tyres: 36.8% of advisories36.8%Brakes: 30.4% of advisories30.4%Suspension: 15.5% of advisories15.5%Non-component advisories: 8.3% of advisories8.3%Noise, emissions and leaks: 2.5% of advisoriesSteering: 2.1% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaksSteering
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres36.8%
Brakes30.4%
Suspension15.5%
Non-component advisories8.3%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.5%
Steering2.1%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Sportage?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested Sportage 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: 72.2% of 142,929 tests72.2%Diesel142,929 testsPetrol: 80.0% of 126,492 tests80.0%Petrol126,492 testsHybrid electric: 87.5% of 31,955 tests87.5%Hybrid31,955 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel142,92972.2%
Petrol126,49280.0%
Hybrid electric31,95587.5%

What mileage is normal for a Sportage?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Sportage; 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 Sportage (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 23,750 miles (middle half 18,750–33,750)Age 4: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 23,750–41,250)Age 5: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 28,750–48,750)Age 6: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 33,750–56,250)Age 7: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 41,250–68,750)Age 8: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 51,250–81,250)Age 9: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 58,750–88,750)Age 10: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 63,750–96,250)Age 11: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 71,250–106,250)Age 12: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 76,250–113,750)Age 13: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 83,750–123,750)Age 14: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 88,750–128,750)Age 15: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 86,250–126,250)Age 16: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 83,750–123,750)Age 17: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 86,250–128,750)Age 18: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 86,250–128,750)Age 19: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 91,250–133,750)Age 20: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 88,750–133,750)111k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
318,75023,75033,750
423,75031,25041,250
528,75038,75048,750
633,75046,25056,250
741,25053,75068,750
851,25063,75081,250
958,75073,75088,750
1063,75078,75096,250
1171,25086,250106,250
1276,25093,750113,750
1383,750103,750123,750
1488,750108,750128,750
1586,250106,250126,250
1683,750103,750123,750
1786,250106,250128,750
1886,250108,750128,750
1991,250111,250133,750
2088,750111,250133,750

What fails at each age

The Sportage'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.

TyresBrakesVisibilitySuspensionLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNoise, emissions and leaksSteeringBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres30.8%
3-5 yrsBrakes24.5%
3-5 yrsVisibility21.5%
3-5 yrsSuspension7.7%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment4.6%
3-5 yrsEverything else10.9%
6-9 yrsBrakes36.3%
6-9 yrsTyres23.4%
6-9 yrsVisibility8.5%
6-9 yrsSuspension8.4%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks8.1%
6-9 yrsEverything else15.3%
10-13 yrsBrakes29.6%
10-13 yrsSuspension22.2%
10-13 yrsTyres14.4%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment13.2%
10-13 yrsSteering7.8%
10-13 yrsEverything else12.8%
14+ yrsSuspension32.0%
14+ yrsBrakes20.9%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment15.6%
14+ yrsTyres8.5%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure6.4%
14+ yrsEverything else16.6%

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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.