Pass rate
89.9%
Above average — 0.4 pts ahead of the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 217 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £40–£103
2019 Kia Ceed GT-Line MOT pass rate
- 2019
- typical 29,839 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
43.4% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 90.7% pass
- Avoid 2020 88.8% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 1.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 88.7%
- Typical mileage
- 30k mi
The 2019 Kia Ceed GT-Line MOT pass rate is 89.9% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 43.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Kia Ceed GT-Line does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.2× the national share
Tyres make up 43.4% of everything recorded on the 2019 Kia Ceed Gt-Line, against 19.8% nationally — 23.6 points above. 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.
- Based on a small sample. 217 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2019 Kia Ceed GT-Line compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 0.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.7%. The median 2019 Kia Ceed GT-Line in this dataset had covered 29,839 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 90.7% of the time, April–September 89.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 2.30% of tests.
- 217 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.9% overall pass rate, 88.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Kia Ceed GT-Line, the average is 89.5% — best year 2021 (90.7%), worst 2020 (88.8%).
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
- 217
- Typical mileage (median)
- 29,839 mi
- Make and model
- Kia Ceed GT-Line
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Ceed GT-Line MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 75% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Ceed GT-Line
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 55 | 90.9% |
| Yorkshire | 32 | 90.6% |
| East of England | 27 | 85.2% |
| West Midlands | 25 | 88.0% |
| Scotland | 19 | 84.2% |
| South West | 18 | 83.3% |
| North West | 15 | 93.3% |
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 2019 Ceed GT-Line
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 2019 Ceed GT-Line
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 wipers and washers 1.8% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the suspension joints 0.9% of tests
“track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated,”
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 tyre tread 0.9% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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 2019 Ceed GT-Line through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £40–£103 — and 27% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £40–£103
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: engine oil leaks leaking excessively from…
- £200–£700
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 27%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 217 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 GT-Line, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2019 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 88.8% to 90.7% — a spread of 1.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 89.9%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2020 88.8% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 90.7% has ply or cords exposed
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 2019 Kia Ceed GT-Line 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 2019 cars with a similar record
- Audi A1 89.9%
- Skoda Kodiaq 89.9%
- BMW 218 89.9%
- Suzuki Baleno 89.9%
- Peugeot 2008 Signature 89.9%
- Ford Kuga 90.0%
Closest pass rates among 2019 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 2019 Kia Ceed GT-Line 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 172 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 75 | 43.40% | 19.76% | +23.64 |
| Brakes | 49 | 28.30% | 20.89% | +7.41 |
| Suspension | 14 | 8.10% | 20.98% | −12.88 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 10 | 5.80% | 5.52% | +0.28 |
| Visibility | 8 | 4.60% | 4.97% | −0.37 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 2.90% | 4.18% | −1.28 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 4 | 2.30% | 12.21% | −9.91 |
| Road Wheels | 4 | 2.30% | 0.75% | +1.55 |
| Steering | 2 | 1.20% | 2.57% | −1.37 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 0.60% | 5.57% | −4.97 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.3% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.8% | £8–22 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.92% | £45–95 |
| Has a lump, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.92% | £45–95 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 0.92% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.92% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.92% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.46% | £18–45 |
| Driver's seat fore and aft adjustment mechanism not functioning as intended. Body, chassis, structure | Major | 0.46% | £80–250 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.46% | £200–700 |
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 | 13.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.5% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 10.6% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.0% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.2% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 4.2% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 109 | 96.3% | 19,233 mi |
| 30-60k | 100 | 83.0% | 41,219 mi |
| 60-90k | 7 | 85.7% | 69,951 mi |
Source: 217 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.
2019 Ceed GT-Line MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Kia Ceed GT-Line?
89.9% of the 217 2019 Kia Ceed GT-Line tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 88.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Kia Ceed GT-Line?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.30%), wipers blade defective (1.84%), has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (0.92%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Kia Ceed GT-Line MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 96.3% of the time, falling to 85.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Kia Ceed GT-Line in this dataset had covered 29,839 mi.
Does the season affect the 2019 Kia Ceed GT-Line MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 90.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.