2017 Kia Venga: MOT pass rate and reliability

89.7% of 2017 Kia Vengas pass the MOT first time, measured across 5,916 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 37,625 miles.

How the 2017 compares

  • Against all Kia Vengas (78.6%, 47,271 tests): +11.1 points
  • Against all 2017 cars (83.5%): +6.2 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Kia Venga model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2017 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Kia Venga:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2010 61.9% 2,889 84,506
2011 64.2% 4,254 79,176
2012 66.8% 4,943 72,730
2013 70% 5,624 66,961
2014 74.4% 5,385 60,221
2015 84.8% 6,216 51,484
2016 87.3% 5,673 44,042
2017 89.7% 5,916 37,625
2018 91.8% 3,664 30,234
2019 93.1% 2,684 23,111

What this means if you are buying a 2017 Venga

The 2017 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 11.1 points more often than the Kia Venga average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. 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 9-year-old car fails on

A 2017 car is 9 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 2017 Kia Venga the average at test was 37,625 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 2019 at 93.1%, and the weakest in our data is 2010 at 61.9%. That 31.2 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2017 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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