Pass rate
96.4%
Above average — 4.4 pts ahead of the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 859 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £22–£60
2022 Kia Picanto Shadow Isg MOT pass rate
- 2022
- typical 14,552 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
39.3% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 96.4% pass · this year
- Avoid 2022 96.4% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 96.3%
- Typical mileage
- 15k mi
The 2022 Kia Picanto Shadow Isg MOT pass rate is 96.4% of its MOT tests — 4.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 39.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Kia Picanto Shadow Isg does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.0× the national share
Tyres make up 39.3% of everything recorded on the 2022 Kia Picanto Shadow Isg, against 19.8% nationally — 19.5 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.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 92.0% and this one manages 96.4% — 4.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 63% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2022 Kia Picanto Shadow Isg compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 4.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 96.3%. The median 2022 Kia Picanto Shadow Isg in this dataset had covered 14,552 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 96.7% of the time, April–September 95.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers blade defective", noted on 1.28% of tests.
- 859 recorded tests behind this page.
- 96.4% overall pass rate, 96.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Kia Picanto Shadow Isg, the average is 96.4% — best year 2022 (96.4%), worst 2022 (96.4%).
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
- 859
- Typical mileage (median)
- 14,552 mi
- Make and model
- Kia Picanto Shadow Isg
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Picanto Shadow Isg MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 88% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Picanto Shadow Isg
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 175 | 97.1% |
| Scotland | 141 | 93.6% |
| North West | 117 | 98.3% |
| East of England | 103 | 99.0% |
| West Midlands | 74 | 93.2% |
| Yorkshire | 59 | 98.3% |
| East Midlands | 49 | 93.9% |
| South West | 49 | 98.0% |
| North East | 41 | 100.0% |
| Wales | 39 | 92.3% |
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 2022 Picanto Shadow Isg
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 2022 Picanto Shadow Isg
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 wipers and washers 1.3% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the windscreen 0.6% 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.
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Check the suspension joints 0.5% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
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.
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 2022 Picanto Shadow Isg through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £22–£60 — and 63% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £22–£60
- Cheapest common item: washers provides insufficient washer liquid
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 63%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 859 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 →
Compare the 2022 Kia Picanto Shadow Isg 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 2022 cars with a similar record
- Honda Jazz 96.4%
- Honda Cr-V 96.5%
- Toyota Aygo X Edge 96.5%
- Levc Tx 96.3%
- Toyota Aygo X 96.3%
- Toyota RAV4 96.6%
Closest pass rates among 2022 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 2022 Kia Picanto Shadow Isg 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 246 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 | 97 | 39.30% | 19.76% | +19.54 |
| Suspension | 46 | 18.60% | 20.98% | −2.38 |
| Visibility | 39 | 15.80% | 4.97% | +10.83 |
| Non-component advisories | 23 | 9.30% | 4.18% | +5.12 |
| Brakes | 18 | 7.30% | 20.89% | −13.59 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 12 | 4.90% | 12.21% | −7.31 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4 | 1.60% | 5.52% | −3.92 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 1.20% | 1.76% | −0.56 |
| Road Wheels | 3 | 1.20% | 0.75% | +0.45 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 0.40% | 5.57% | −5.17 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.3% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.93% | £8–22 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.58% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.58% | £80–200 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.47% | £40–150 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.35% | £30–80 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 0.35% | £5–15 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 0.23% | £18–45 |
| Front fog lamp switch inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.23% | £3–15 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 6.9% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 4.7% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 0.93% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 0.81% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 782 | 96.3% | 14,211 mi |
| 30-60k | 75 | 97.3% | 37,507 mi |
| 60-90k | 1 | 100.0% | 64,103 mi |
| 120k+ | 1 | 100.0% | 146,314 mi |
Source: 859 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.
2022 Picanto Shadow Isg MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 Kia Picanto Shadow Isg?
96.4% of the 859 2022 Kia Picanto Shadow Isg tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 96.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 Kia Picanto Shadow Isg?
The three most recorded items are wipers blade defective (1.28%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.05%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (0.93%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 Kia Picanto Shadow Isg MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 96.3% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 Kia Picanto Shadow Isg in this dataset had covered 14,552 mi.
Does the season affect the 2022 Kia Picanto Shadow Isg MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 96.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 95.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.