Pass rate
100.0%
Above average — 1.5 pts ahead of the 98.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 80 recorded tests.
2025 Kia Niro MOT pass rate
- 2025
- 4 trims combined
- typical 3,322 mi
Only 80 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Tyres
75.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2025 100.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2016 88.5% pass
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 11.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 100.0%
- Typical mileage
- 3k mi
The 2025 Kia Niro MOT pass rate is 100.0% of its MOT tests — 1.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 75.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Kia Niro does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 3.8× the national share
Tyres make up 75.0% of everything recorded on the 2025 Kia Niro, against 19.8% nationally — 55.2 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.
- Based on a small sample. 80 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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Every Kia Niro first registered in 2025 is combined here — 4 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2025 Kia Niro compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 98.5%, so this figure is 1.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 100.0%. The median 2025 Kia Niro in this dataset had covered 3,322 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 100.0% of the time, April–September 100.0%.
No individual failure item was recorded often enough to list.
- 80 recorded tests behind this page.
- 100.0% overall pass rate, 100.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Kia Niro, the average is 92.0% — best year 2025 (100.0%), worst 2016 (88.5%).
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
- 80
- Typical mileage (median)
- 3,322 mi
- Make and model
- Kia Niro
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Service parts
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Niro MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 92% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Niro
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| North West | 63 | 100.0% |
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 2025 Niro
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.
Every year of the Niro, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2016 to 2025. Across them the pass rate runs from 88.5% to 100.0% — a spread of 11.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2016 88.5% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2017 88.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 91.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 91.2% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2020 91.9% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 92.6% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 93.3% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2023 95.5% wipers blade defective
- 2024 97.6% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2025 100.0%no single leading item
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 2025 Kia Niro 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.
The full DVSA record for the 2025 Kia Niro 0 failure items · 2 advisories · 2 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 4 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 | 3 | 75.00% | 19.76% | +55.24 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 25.00% | 4.18% | +20.82 |
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 | 3.8% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.3% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 19 | 100.0% | 6,661 mi |
Source: 80 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.
2025 Niro MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2025 Kia Niro?
100.0% of the 80 2025 Kia Niro tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 98.5% for cars first used in 2025. First-attempt pass rate: 100.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2025 Kia Niro?
Not enough item-level records were available for this vehicle.
Does mileage affect the 2025 Kia Niro MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2025 Kia Niro in this dataset had covered 3,322 mi.
Does the season affect the 2025 Kia Niro MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 100.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 100.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.