Pass rate
86.9%
Above average — 3.8 pts behind the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 970 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £26–£66
2020 Kia Ceed GT-Line Crdi MOT pass rate
- 2020
- 2 trims combined
- typical 36,782 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
36.5% 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 88.8% pass
- Avoid 2020 86.9% pass · this year
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 1.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 85.2%
- Typical mileage
- 37k mi
The 2020 Kia Ceed GT-Line Crdi MOT pass rate is 86.9% of its MOT tests — 3.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 36.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Kia Ceed GT-Line Crdi does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.8× the national share
Tyres make up 36.5% of everything recorded on the 2020 Kia Ceed Gt-Line Crdi, against 19.8% nationally — 16.7 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 90.7%; this one manages 86.9% — 3.8 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
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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Every Kia Ceed GT-Line Crdi first registered in 2020 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2020 Kia Ceed GT-Line Crdi compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 3.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 85.2%. The median 2020 Kia Ceed GT-Line Crdi in this dataset had covered 36,782 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 86.4% of the time, April–September 87.5%.
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 1.75% of tests.
- 970 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.9% overall pass rate, 85.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Kia Ceed GT-Line Crdi, the average is 87.5% — best year 2021 (88.8%), worst 2020 (86.9%).
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
- 970
- Typical mileage (median)
- 36,782 mi
- Make and model
- Kia Ceed GT-Line Crdi
- 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 Crdi MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Ceed GT-Line Crdi
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire | 154 | 92.9% |
| East of England | 149 | 85.2% |
| Scotland | 142 | 81.7% |
| North West | 124 | 86.3% |
| South East | 99 | 86.9% |
| West Midlands | 85 | 85.9% |
| East Midlands | 69 | 91.3% |
| South West | 66 | 86.4% |
| Wales | 45 | 88.9% |
| North East | 28 | 89.3% |
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 2020 Ceed GT-Line Crdi
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 2020 Ceed GT-Line Crdi
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 1.6% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
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 1.4% 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 1.2% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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.
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 2020 Ceed GT-Line Crdi through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £26–£66 — and 40% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £26–£66
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: pins
- £40–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 40%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 970 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 Crdi, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2019 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 86.9% to 88.8% — a spread of 1.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 87.5% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2020 86.9%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 88.8% wipers blade defective
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 2020 Kia Ceed GT-Line Crdi 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Tesla Model 3 86.8%
- Renault Megane 86.8%
- Peugeot 5008 87.1%
- Ford S-Max 87.1%
- Mercedes-Benz V 87.1%
- DS DS3 87.2%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Kia Ceed GT-Line Crdi 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 907 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 | 333 | 36.50% | 19.76% | +16.74 |
| Brakes | 244 | 26.70% | 20.89% | +5.81 |
| Suspension | 159 | 17.40% | 20.98% | −3.58 |
| Visibility | 52 | 5.70% | 4.97% | +0.73 |
| Non-component advisories | 44 | 4.80% | 4.18% | +0.62 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 27 | 3.00% | 5.52% | −2.52 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 21 | 2.30% | 12.21% | −9.91 |
| Road Wheels | 12 | 1.30% | 0.75% | +0.55 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 8 | 0.90% | 1.76% | −0.86 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 7 | 0.80% | 5.57% | −4.77 |
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 | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.6% | £8–22 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.4% | £40–150 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.2% | £30–80 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.2% | £8–22 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.0% | £3–12 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.82% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.82% | £45–95 |
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 | 17.9% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 14.2% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.5% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.8% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 4.6% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 333 | 90.4% | 21,189 mi |
| 30-60k | 497 | 85.9% | 42,288 mi |
| 60-90k | 117 | 82.9% | 72,814 mi |
| 90-120k | 20 | 80.0% | 97,787 mi |
| 120k+ | 3 | 66.7% | 130,844 mi |
Source: 970 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.
2020 Ceed GT-Line Crdi MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Kia Ceed GT-Line Crdi?
86.9% of the 970 2020 Kia Ceed GT-Line Crdi tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 85.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Kia Ceed GT-Line Crdi?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.75%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.55%), pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (1.44%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Kia Ceed GT-Line Crdi MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.4% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Kia Ceed GT-Line Crdi in this dataset had covered 36,782 mi.
Does the season affect the 2020 Kia Ceed GT-Line Crdi MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 86.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 87.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.