Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded on the Kia Picanto
Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded on the Kia Picanto is recorded on 70,044 tests — 11.0% of all its MOT tests, against 4.6% 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 | 4.6% of tests record it — this model is 2.4× that share |
| The 318 models compared | 69 of 318, highest first |
| The model's own record | 636,138 tests · every year of the Picanto → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Kia Picanto 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 2004, 7.8% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2017, 1.0%. The share has fallen 6.8 points over that time. Worst year 2008 at 10.6%; best 2017 at 1.0%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1,063 | 13,574 | 7.8% |
| 2005 | 2,615 | 27,666 | 9.4% |
| 2006 | 2,660 | 46,407 | 5.7% |
| 2007 | 1,841 | 31,338 | 5.9% |
| 2008 | 2,652 | 25,060 | 10.6% |
| 2009 | 9,979 | 148,068 | 6.7% |
| 2010 | 9,824 | 150,057 | 6.5% |
| 2011 | 7,202 | 121,809 | 5.9% |
| 2012 | 9,896 | 149,949 | 6.6% |
| 2013 | 7,827 | 140,646 | 5.6% |
| 2014 | 6,382 | 154,446 | 4.1% |
| 2015 | 4,358 | 141,786 | 3.1% |
| 2016 | 2,838 | 130,125 | 2.2% |
| 2017 | 870 | 87,194 | 1.0% |
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 £80–£180 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
- Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Kia Picanto MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Kia model →