Pass rate
83.7%
Around average — 0.3 pts behind the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 33,470 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £36–£99
2016 Kia Ceed MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 65,106 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
29.3% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
2.2 pts down across model years — 3.6% in 2007, 1.4% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2024 98.4% pass
- Avoid 2007 69.5% pass
Across the 18 years on record, a spread of 28.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 80.7%
- Typical mileage
- 65k mi
The 2016 Kia Ceed MOT pass rate is 83.7% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Kia Ceed does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.5× the national share
Tyres make up 28.9% of everything recorded on the 2016 Kia Ceed, against 19.8% nationally — 9.1 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 29.3%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 27% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2016 Kia Ceed compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 0.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 80.7%. The median 2016 Kia Ceed in this dataset had covered 65,106 mi.
73% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 83.2% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 83.3% of the time, April–September 84.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn", noted on 3.17% of tests.
- 33,470 recorded tests behind this page.
- 83.7% overall pass rate, 80.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Kia Ceed, the average is 78.3% — best year 2024 (98.4%), worst 2007 (69.5%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 33,470
- Typical mileage (median)
- 65,106 mi
- Make and model
- Kia Ceed
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Suspension Component
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Ceed MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 70% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (73% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Ceed
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 5,164 | 85.1% |
| North West | 4,525 | 82.6% |
| Scotland | 4,101 | 79.1% |
| Yorkshire | 3,900 | 84.4% |
| East of England | 3,593 | 85.6% |
| West Midlands | 3,234 | 85.0% |
| East Midlands | 2,842 | 84.5% |
| South West | 2,720 | 83.8% |
| Wales | 1,605 | 82.2% |
| North East | 1,311 | 83.4% |
| London | 475 | 88.4% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2016 Ceed
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2016 Ceed
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the suspension joints 3.2% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the lights 1.8% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the windscreen 1.8% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2016 Ceed through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £36–£99 — and 27% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £36–£99
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 27%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 33,470 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Ceed, side by side
18 model years on record, from 2007 to 2024. Across them the pass rate runs from 69.5% to 98.4% — a spread of 28.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2007 69.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 70.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 71.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 70.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 71.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 72.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 74.7% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2014 77.0% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2015 81.5% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2016 83.7%pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2017 85.5% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2018 87.1% wipers does not clear the…
- 2019 88.2% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 89.0% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 88.8% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 90.6% wipers does not clear the…
- 2023 93.3% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2024 98.4% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2016 Kia Ceed with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2016 cars with a similar record
- Volkswagen Amarok 83.7%
- Renault Captur 83.6%
- Skoda Fabia 83.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Cla 83.5%
- Fiat Panda 83.5%
- Volkswagen Touareg 83.9%
Closest pass rates among 2016 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2016 Kia Ceed 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 40,808 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 12,081 | 29.30% | 20.89% | +8.41 |
| Tyres | 11,906 | 28.90% | 19.76% | +9.14 |
| Suspension | 6,312 | 15.30% | 20.98% | −5.68 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3,711 | 9.00% | 12.21% | −3.21 |
| Visibility | 2,271 | 5.50% | 4.97% | +0.53 |
| Non-component advisories | 2,204 | 5.30% | 4.18% | +1.12 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 868 | 2.10% | 5.52% | −3.42 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 766 | 1.90% | 1.76% | +0.14 |
| Steering | 358 | 0.90% | 2.57% | −1.67 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 331 | 0.80% | 5.57% | −4.77 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.2% | £40–150 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.8% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.8% | £80–200 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.2% | £45–110 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 0.94% | £60–150 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 17.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.2% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.8% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.3% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.8% | £40–150 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 3.1% | £60–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2,124 | 89.0% | 22,794 mi |
| 30-60k | 11,935 | 86.3% | 46,896 mi |
| 60-90k | 12,505 | 82.7% | 73,453 mi |
| 90-120k | 4,960 | 80.0% | 101,839 mi |
| 120k+ | 1,937 | 78.2% | 145,768 mi |
Source: 33,470 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2016 Ceed MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Kia Ceed?
83.7% of the 33,470 2016 Kia Ceed tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 80.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Kia Ceed?
The three most recorded items are pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (3.17%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (1.79%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.78%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Kia Ceed MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.0% of the time, falling to 78.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Kia Ceed in this dataset had covered 65,106 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2016 Kia Ceed?
Diesel: 83.2% pass rate across 24,305 tests. Petrol: 85.1% pass rate across 9,165 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2016 Kia Ceed MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 83.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 84.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.