Service brake binding on the Kia Ceed

Service brake binding on the Kia Ceed is recorded on 25,873 tests — 6.0% of all its MOT tests, against 2.5% across every car in the data. That is 2.4× the national share.

Is this unusual for this model?

Compared with	What it says
Every car in the data	2.5% of tests record it — this model is 2.4× that share
The 341 models compared	29 of 341, highest first
The model's own record	430,668 tests · every year of the Ceed →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Kia Ceed tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.

Year by year

In 2007, 4.7% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2022, 0.4%. The share has fallen 4.2 points over that time. Worst year 2007 at 4.7%; best 2022 at 0.4%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2007	1,364	29,274	4.7%
2008	2,254	54,774	4.1%
2009	2,820	82,881	3.4%
2010	2,567	93,879	2.7%
2011	2,235	85,644	2.6%
2012	2,284	137,340	1.7%
2013	2,566	126,954	2.0%
2014	3,668	124,881	2.9%
2015	2,180	119,637	1.8%
2016	1,372	100,410	1.4%
2017	785	87,492	0.9%
2018	755	62,124	1.2%
2019	675	82,422	0.8%
2020	172	20,868	0.8%
2021	137	17,962	0.8%
2022	39	9,212	0.4%

Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.

What it costs

A typical UK repair for this item is £60–£150 fitted. It is a job for a garage, not a driveway. What the part is, and what to buy →

Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.

Where this sits

Service brake binding: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
Kia Ceed MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Kia model →