Pass rate
69.8%
Below average — 6.1 pts behind the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,048 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£88
2011 Kia Proceed MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 97,860 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
26.6% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 90.2% pass
- Avoid 2011 69.8% pass · this year
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 20.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 58.5%
- Typical mileage
- 98k mi
The 2011 Kia Proceed MOT pass rate is 69.8% of its MOT tests — 6.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Kia Proceed does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 26.6% of everything recorded on the 2011 Kia Proceed, against 21.0% nationally — 5.6 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 75.9%; this one manages 69.8% — 6.1 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 2011 Kia Proceed compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 6.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 58.5%. The median 2011 Kia Proceed in this dataset had covered 97,860 mi.
60% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 69.1% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 69.3% of the time, April–September 70.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 8.59% of tests.
- 1,048 recorded tests behind this page.
- 69.8% overall pass rate, 58.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Kia Proceed, the average is 77.5% — best year 2021 (90.2%), worst 2011 (69.8%).
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
- 1,048
- Typical mileage (median)
- 97,860 mi
- Make and model
- Kia Proceed
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Proceed MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 57% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (60% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Proceed
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 163 | 71.8% |
| North West | 158 | 70.3% |
| Scotland | 155 | 63.9% |
| Yorkshire | 123 | 71.5% |
| East Midlands | 115 | 69.6% |
| East of England | 91 | 65.9% |
| West Midlands | 85 | 67.1% |
| South West | 65 | 75.4% |
| Wales | 56 | 75.0% |
| North East | 32 | 71.9% |
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 2011 Proceed
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 2011 Proceed
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 7.5% 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 suspension joints 4.3% of tests
“ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
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 battery 3.4% of tests
“battery(ies) insecure”
Check the battery is secure and its terminals are clean and tight — a loose battery is a fail on its own, and a weak one shows up as slow cranking on a cold morning.
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 2011 Proceed through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£88 — and 40% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£88
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 40%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,048 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 Proceed, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2008 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 69.8% to 90.2% — a spread of 20.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2008 71.8% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2009 70.9% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2010 69.9% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2011 69.8%joints constant velocity boot…
- 2012 71.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 74.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 80.0% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2019 86.4% has ply or cords exposed
- 2020 89.1% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2021 90.2% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2022 86.6% has ply or cords exposed
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 2011 Kia Proceed 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 2011 cars with a similar record
- Renault Modus 69.8%
- Renault Twingo 70.0%
- Citroen DS4 70.0%
- Renault Megane 69.5%
- Chevrolet Captiva 69.5%
- Renault Grand Scenic 69.4%
Closest pass rates among 2011 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 2011 Kia Proceed 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 3,038 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 | 811 | 26.60% | 20.98% | +5.62 |
| Brakes | 640 | 21.00% | 20.89% | +0.11 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 487 | 16.00% | 12.21% | +3.79 |
| Tyres | 424 | 13.90% | 19.76% | −5.86 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 190 | 6.20% | 5.57% | +0.63 |
| Visibility | 123 | 4.00% | 4.97% | −0.97 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 108 | 3.50% | 5.52% | −2.02 |
| Non-component advisories | 108 | 3.50% | 4.18% | −0.68 |
| Steering | 81 | 2.70% | 2.57% | +0.13 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 66 | 2.20% | 1.76% | +0.44 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 8.6% | £80–250 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.5% | £5–20 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 5.9% | £45–110 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.7% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 4.3% | £18–45 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.5% | £3–12 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.4% | £60–140 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.0% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.9% | £18–45 |
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 | 21.7% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 18.9% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 13.6% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.9% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 8.7% | £25–65 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 8.0% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 12 | 100.0% | 22,800 mi |
| 30-60k | 118 | 76.3% | 50,056 mi |
| 60-90k | 293 | 72.0% | 76,526 mi |
| 90-120k | 370 | 68.1% | 104,479 mi |
| 120k+ | 254 | 65.0% | 145,699 mi |
Source: 1,048 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.
2011 Proceed MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 Kia Proceed?
69.8% of the 1,048 2011 Kia Proceed tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 58.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 Kia Proceed?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (8.59%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (7.54%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (5.92%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 Kia Proceed MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 65.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 Kia Proceed in this dataset had covered 97,860 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2011 Kia Proceed?
Diesel: 69.1% pass rate across 632 tests. Petrol: 70.7% pass rate across 416 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2011 Kia Proceed MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 69.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 70.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.