Kia Picanto GT-Line Auto: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Kia Picanto GT-Line Auto passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 13.2 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 636 individual Kia Picanto GT-Line Auto tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 89.9% first-time pass rate means roughly 10 in every 100 Kia Picanto GT-Line Autos presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Kia Picanto GT-Line Auto tested had covered 14,889 miles and was built around 2021.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. The Kia Picanto GT-Line Auto sits 13.2 points above the national average, ranked 724 of 2,005 models. On one bought as repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Most common MOT failures on a Kia Picanto GT-Line Auto

1. A tyre seriously damaged, 9.9% of tests (3.56x the national rate for this defect)
2. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 2.5% of tests (1.33x the national rate for this defect)
3. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 1.1% of tests
4. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 0.8% of tests
5. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 0.6% of tests
6. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 0.5% of tests
7. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 0.3% of tests
8. A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 0.2% of tests
9. Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 0.2% of tests
10. A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED, 0.2% of tests

From 634 DVSA-tracked Kia Picanto GT-Line Auto tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 9.09% of these flagged Kia Picanto GT-Line Auto defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 5.11% nationally.

Most common MOT advisories on a Kia Picanto GT-Line Auto

An advisory doesn't fail the car - the tester flags it as worth watching, but it still passes. A different list from the failures above: what testers are noting on a Kia Picanto GT-Line Auto before it actually fails on it.

1. A tyre seriously damaged, 35.6% of tests (2.31x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
2. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 5.2% of tests, also fails
3. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 3.3% of tests, also fails
4. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 3.3% of tests, also fails
5. Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured, 1.1% of tests
6. A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting, 0.6% of tests
7. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 0.5% of tests
8. A seat belt webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened, 0.3% of tests
9. Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle., 0.2% of tests
10. A seat belt or flexible stalk damaged, 0.2% of tests (1.33x the national rate for this advisory)

From 634 DVSA-tracked Kia Picanto GT-Line Auto tests, 2024.

Other Kia models

• Kia Sportage - 79.4%
• Kia Picanto - 75.7%
• Kia Ceed - 71.6%
• Kia Rio - 74.3%
• Kia Niro - 90.3%
• Kia Venga - 78.4%
• Kia Sorento - 72.6%
• Kia Soul - 73.7%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Fiat 500 Star Mhev - 89.9%
• Land Rover Defender First Edition D Auto - 89.9%
• Skoda Fabia Colour Edition Tsi S-A - 89.9%
• Volkswagen Passat Sel Tdi - 89.9%
• Honda Hr-V - 89.8%
• MINI Cooper S Electric Level 3 - 89.8%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences
• Do you need an HPI check on a car you know is a write-off?

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