Pass rate
66.4%
Below average — 6.6 pts behind the 73.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 143 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £41–£120
2007 Kia Cerato MOT pass rate
- 2007
- typical 89,607 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
28.6% 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 →
Which year to buy
- Best 2005 68.2% pass
- Avoid 2004 65.6% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 2.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 53.4%
- Typical mileage
- 90k mi
The 2007 Kia Cerato MOT pass rate is 66.4% of its MOT tests — 6.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Kia Cerato does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.4× the national share
Brakes make up 28.6% of everything recorded on the 2007 Kia Cerato, against 20.9% nationally — 7.7 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 73.0%; this one manages 66.4% — 6.6 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 143 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 2007 Kia Cerato compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.0%, so this figure is 6.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 53.4%. The median 2007 Kia Cerato in this dataset had covered 89,607 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 57% of tests, with a 64.2% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 71.0% of the time, April–September 63.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 16.08% of tests.
- 143 recorded tests behind this page.
- 66.4% overall pass rate, 53.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Kia Cerato, the average is 67.8% — best year 2005 (68.2%), worst 2004 (65.6%).
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
- 143
- Typical mileage (median)
- 89,607 mi
- Make and model
- Kia Cerato
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Cerato MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 52% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (57% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Cerato
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 28 | 64.3% |
| South East | 27 | 63.0% |
| East of England | 21 | 57.1% |
| Yorkshire | 21 | 71.4% |
| East Midlands | 17 | 64.7% |
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 2007 Cerato
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 2007 Cerato
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 lights 16.1% 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 brakes 4.9% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the windscreen 4.9% 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 2007 Cerato through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £41–£120 — and 41% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £41–£120
- Cheapest common item: anti-lock braking system warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 41%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 143 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 Cerato, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2004 to 2007. Across them the pass rate runs from 65.6% to 68.2% — a spread of 2.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2004 65.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2005 68.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 68.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 66.4%registration plate lamp(s)…
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 2007 Kia Cerato 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 2007 cars with a similar record
- Ford Ka 66.4%
- Volkswagen Beetle 66.6%
- Peugeot 308 66.7%
- Nissan Qashqai 66.9%
- Renault Grand Scenic 67.4%
- Vauxhall Combo 67.5%
Closest pass rates among 2007 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 2007 Kia Cerato 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 513 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 | 148 | 28.60% | 20.89% | +7.71 |
| Suspension | 111 | 21.50% | 20.98% | +0.52 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 68 | 13.20% | 12.21% | +0.99 |
| Tyres | 65 | 12.60% | 19.76% | −7.16 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 45 | 8.70% | 5.57% | +3.13 |
| Visibility | 29 | 5.60% | 4.97% | +0.63 |
| Steering | 20 | 3.90% | 2.57% | +1.33 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 14 | 2.70% | 5.52% | −2.82 |
| Non-component advisories | 8 | 1.50% | 4.18% | −2.68 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 5 | 1.00% | 1.76% | −0.76 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 16.1% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 7.0% | £80–250 |
| Door condition cannot be opened from inside the vehicle Body, chassis, structure | Major | 6.3% | £80–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 5.6% | £80–250 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 4.9% | £3–15 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 4.9% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.9% | £5–20 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 4.9% | £60–150 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.9% | £80–200 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 3.5% | £45–110 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 24.5% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 20.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 13.3% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 13.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.6% | £45–110 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 12.6% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 13 | 69.2% | 43,322 mi |
| 60-90k | 58 | 69.0% | 76,933 mi |
| 90-120k | 43 | 65.1% | 102,712 mi |
| 120k+ | 28 | 60.7% | 144,116 mi |
Source: 143 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.
2007 Cerato MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2007 Kia Cerato?
66.4% of the 143 2007 Kia Cerato tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.0% for cars first used in 2007. First-attempt pass rate: 53.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2007 Kia Cerato?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (16.08%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.99%), door condition cannot be opened from inside the vehicle (6.29%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2007 Kia Cerato MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 69.2% of the time, falling to 60.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2007 Kia Cerato in this dataset had covered 89,607 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2007 Kia Cerato?
Diesel: 64.2% pass rate across 81 tests. Petrol: 69.4% pass rate across 62 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2007 Kia Cerato MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 71.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 63.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.