2019 Kia Stonic: MOT pass rate and reliability

90.1% of 2019 Kia Stonics pass the MOT first time, measured across 7,800 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 33,754 miles.

How the 2019 compares

  • Against all Kia Stonics (90.1%, 19,134 tests): +0 points
  • Against all 2019 cars (87.9%): +2.2 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Kia Stonic model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2019 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Kia Stonic:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2017 87.8% 706 47,804
2018 88.8% 6,849 43,006
2019 90.1% 7,800 33,754
2020 93.1% 3,636 24,808

What this means if you are buying a 2019 Stonic

The 2019 sits close to the Kia Stonic average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 7-year-old car fails on

A 2019 car is 7 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2019 Kia Stonic the average at test was 33,754 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2020 at 93.1%, and the weakest in our data is 2017 at 87.8%. That 5.3 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2019 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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