Pass rate
87.7%
Above average — 3.5 pts behind the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 439 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £29–£69
2021 Kia Proceed GT-Line MOT pass rate
- 2021
- typical 27,956 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
42.8% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 94.2% pass
- Avoid 2023 82.4% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 11.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 86.0%
- Typical mileage
- 28k mi
The 2021 Kia Proceed GT-Line MOT pass rate is 87.7% of its MOT tests — 3.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 42.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Kia Proceed GT-Line does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.2× the national share
Tyres make up 42.8% of everything recorded on the 2021 Kia Proceed Gt-Line, against 19.8% nationally — 23.0 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 91.2%; this one manages 87.7% — 3.5 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 31% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2021 Kia Proceed GT-Line compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 3.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 86.0%. The median 2021 Kia Proceed GT-Line in this dataset had covered 27,956 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 86.3% of the time, April–September 88.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has ply or cords exposed", noted on 3.64% of tests.
- 439 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.7% overall pass rate, 86.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Kia Proceed GT-Line, the average is 87.6% — best year 2022 (94.2%), worst 2023 (82.4%).
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
- 439
- Typical mileage (median)
- 27,956 mi
- Make and model
- Kia Proceed GT-Line
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Proceed GT-Line MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 74% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Proceed GT-Line
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 89 | 89.9% |
| West Midlands | 52 | 78.8% |
| East Midlands | 49 | 81.6% |
| North West | 49 | 85.7% |
| South West | 46 | 91.3% |
| East of England | 40 | 90.0% |
| Scotland | 37 | 94.6% |
| Wales | 30 | 83.3% |
| Yorkshire | 29 | 93.1% |
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 2021 Proceed GT-Line
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 2021 Proceed GT-Line
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 2.3% 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 brakes 1.6% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the lights 1.4% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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 2021 Proceed GT-Line through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £29–£69 — and 31% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £29–£69
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: pins
- £40–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 31%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 439 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 GT-Line, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2019 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 82.4% to 94.2% — a spread of 11.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 86.8% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2020 88.1% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 87.7%has ply or cords exposed
- 2022 94.2% has a bulge, caused by separation…
- 2023 82.4% fixing missing
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 2021 Kia Proceed GT-Line 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- BMW 330E 87.7%
- Land Rover Discovery Spt Rdyn 87.9%
- Land Rover Discovery 88.0%
- Tesla Model 3 88.1%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqc 87.3%
- Isuzu D-Max 88.2%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Kia Proceed GT-Line 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 407 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 | 174 | 42.80% | 19.76% | +23.04 |
| Brakes | 110 | 27.00% | 20.89% | +6.11 |
| Non-component advisories | 41 | 10.10% | 4.18% | +5.92 |
| Suspension | 34 | 8.40% | 20.98% | −12.58 |
| Visibility | 26 | 6.40% | 4.97% | +1.43 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 10 | 2.50% | 12.21% | −9.71 |
| Road Wheels | 5 | 1.20% | 0.75% | +0.45 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3 | 0.70% | 5.52% | −4.82 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 0.70% | 1.76% | −1.06 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 0.20% | 5.57% | −5.37 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 3.6% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.3% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.0% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.8% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.4% | £30–80 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.91% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.91% | £45–95 |
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 | 16.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.3% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 6.8% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.4% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 5.7% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 249 | 90.8% | 20,761 mi |
| 30-60k | 170 | 82.9% | 40,264 mi |
| 60-90k | 19 | 89.5% | 71,261 mi |
| 90-120k | 1 | 100.0% | 94,096 mi |
Source: 439 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.
2021 Proceed GT-Line MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Kia Proceed GT-Line?
87.7% of the 439 2021 Kia Proceed GT-Line tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 86.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Kia Proceed GT-Line?
The three most recorded items are has ply or cords exposed (3.64%), wipers blade defective (2.28%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.05%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Kia Proceed GT-Line MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.8% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Kia Proceed GT-Line in this dataset had covered 27,956 mi.
Does the season affect the 2021 Kia Proceed GT-Line MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 86.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 88.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.