Pass rate
69.3%
Below average — 4.7 pts behind the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 430 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £24–£63
2009 Kia Magentis MOT pass rate
- 2009
- typical 84,351 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
29.7% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2005 77.1% pass
- Avoid 2009 69.3% pass · this year
Across the 8 years on record, a spread of 7.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 60.8%
- Typical mileage
- 84k mi
The 2009 Kia Magentis MOT pass rate is 69.3% of its MOT tests — 4.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Kia Magentis does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.4× the national share
Suspension accounts for 29.7% of everything recorded on the 2009 Kia Magentis, against 21.0% nationally — 8.7 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 74.0%; this one manages 69.3% — 4.7 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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How does the 2009 Kia Magentis compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 4.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 60.8%. The median 2009 Kia Magentis in this dataset had covered 84,351 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 53% of tests, with a 71.2% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 70.7% of the time, April–September 67.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Service brake performance excessively binding", noted on 3.95% of tests.
- 430 recorded tests behind this page.
- 69.3% overall pass rate, 60.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Kia Magentis, the average is 71.6% — best year 2005 (77.1%), worst 2009 (69.3%).
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
- 430
- Typical mileage (median)
- 84,351 mi
- Make and model
- Kia Magentis
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Servicing
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Magentis MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 56% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (53% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Magentis
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 64 | 76.6% |
| South East | 60 | 75.0% |
| Scotland | 56 | 55.4% |
| North West | 44 | 72.7% |
| Yorkshire | 44 | 70.5% |
| West Midlands | 38 | 65.8% |
| South West | 35 | 71.4% |
| East Midlands | 32 | 75.0% |
| Wales | 29 | 51.7% |
| North East | 16 | 68.8% |
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 2009 Magentis
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 2009 Magentis
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 4.0% of tests
“suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened”
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 3.7% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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 2009 Magentis through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £24–£63 — and 37% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £24–£63
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: service brake performance excessively binding
- £60–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 37%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 430 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 Magentis, side by side
8 model years on record, from 2003 to 2010. Across them the pass rate runs from 69.3% to 77.1% — a spread of 7.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 76.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 73.0% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2005 77.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 70.3% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2007 70.9% linkage ball joints ball joint…
- 2008 70.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2009 69.3%service brake performance…
- 2010 72.3% track rod end ball joint has…
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 2009 Kia Magentis 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 2009 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Antara 69.4%
- Peugeot 207 69.5%
- Nissan X-Trail 69.5%
- Vauxhall Combo 68.9%
- Hyundai Coupe 68.9%
- Renault Grand Scenic 69.7%
Closest pass rates among 2009 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 2009 Kia Magentis 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 1,302 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 393 | 29.70% | 20.98% | +8.72 |
| Brakes | 327 | 24.70% | 20.89% | +3.81 |
| Tyres | 176 | 13.30% | 19.76% | −6.46 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 158 | 11.90% | 12.21% | −0.31 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 61 | 4.60% | 5.57% | −0.97 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 44 | 3.30% | 5.52% | −2.22 |
| Steering | 43 | 3.30% | 2.57% | +0.73 |
| Visibility | 42 | 3.20% | 4.97% | −1.77 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 33 | 2.50% | 1.76% | +0.74 |
| Non-component advisories | 25 | 1.90% | 4.18% | −2.28 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 4.0% | £60–150 |
| Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Major | 4.0% | £35–85 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.7% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.7% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.3% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.3% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.8% | £45–110 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 2.6% | £18–45 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.3% | £3–12 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 2.3% | £3–12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 22.1% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 20.0% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 18.6% | £40–150 |
| Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 15.3% | £35–85 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 12.6% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 10.7% | £80–180 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 8 | 75.0% | 25,377 mi |
| 30-60k | 80 | 70.0% | 49,491 mi |
| 60-90k | 152 | 71.1% | 75,849 mi |
| 90-120k | 111 | 69.4% | 104,426 mi |
| 120k+ | 79 | 64.6% | 144,968 mi |
Source: 430 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.
2009 Magentis MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Kia Magentis?
69.3% of the 430 2009 Kia Magentis tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 60.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Kia Magentis?
The three most recorded items are service brake performance excessively binding (3.95%), suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened (3.95%), ball joint excessively worn (3.72%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Kia Magentis MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 75.0% of the time, falling to 64.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Kia Magentis in this dataset had covered 84,351 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2009 Kia Magentis?
Diesel: 71.2% pass rate across 229 tests. Petrol: 67.2% pass rate across 201 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2009 Kia Magentis MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 70.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 67.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.