Pass rate
62.7%
Below average — 9.5 pts behind the 72.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 857 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £63–£174
2004 Kia Sedona MOT pass rate
- 2004
- typical 102,769 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
20.5% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2012 75.3% pass
- Avoid 2004 62.7% pass · this year
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 12.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 52.3%
- Typical mileage
- 103k mi
The 2004 Kia Sedona MOT pass rate is 62.7% of its MOT tests — 9.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 20.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Kia Sedona does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.0× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 11.4% of everything recorded on the 2004 Kia Sedona, against 5.6% nationally — 5.8 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 20.5%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 72.2%; this one manages 62.7% — 9.5 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 18% 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 2004 Kia Sedona compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.2%, so this figure is 9.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 52.3%. The median 2004 Kia Sedona in this dataset had covered 102,769 mi.
99% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 62.6% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 62.6% of the time, April–September 62.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 10.15% of tests.
- 857 recorded tests behind this page.
- 62.7% overall pass rate, 52.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Kia Sedona, the average is 70.8% — best year 2012 (75.3%), worst 2004 (62.7%).
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
- 857
- Typical mileage (median)
- 102,769 mi
- Make and model
- Kia Sedona
- 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 Sedona MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 50% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (99% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Sedona
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 184 | 64.7% |
| East of England | 146 | 62.3% |
| North West | 135 | 60.7% |
| Yorkshire | 108 | 64.8% |
| South West | 88 | 58.0% |
| West Midlands | 72 | 66.7% |
| East Midlands | 67 | 55.2% |
| Wales | 33 | 63.6% |
| London | 15 | 86.7% |
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 2004 Sedona
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 2004 Sedona
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 corrosion 8.1% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the lights 6.0% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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 4.8% of tests
“suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened”
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 2004 Sedona through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £63–£174 — and 18% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £63–£174
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 18%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 857 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 Sedona, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2002 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 62.7% to 75.3% — a spread of 12.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 65.2% component mounting prescribed…
- 2003 64.4% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2004 62.7%joints constant velocity boot…
- 2005 68.7% prescribed areas prescribed area…
- 2006 68.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 70.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 69.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 72.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 73.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 75.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 75.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
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 2004 Kia Sedona 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 2004 cars with a similar record
- Ford Galaxy 66.2%
- Vauxhall Combo 66.3%
- Renault Modus 66.3%
- Ford Ka 66.7%
- Volkswagen Beetle 66.8%
- Volvo V40 67.0%
Closest pass rates among 2004 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 2004 Kia Sedona 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 3,374 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 | 712 | 20.50% | 20.98% | −0.48 |
| Brakes | 650 | 18.70% | 20.89% | −2.19 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 477 | 13.70% | 12.21% | +1.49 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 397 | 11.40% | 5.57% | +5.83 |
| Tyres | 337 | 9.70% | 19.76% | −10.06 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 214 | 6.20% | 5.52% | +0.68 |
| Steering | 186 | 5.40% | 2.57% | +2.83 |
| Non-component advisories | 161 | 4.60% | 4.18% | +0.42 |
| Visibility | 128 | 3.70% | 4.97% | −1.27 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 112 | 3.20% | 0.82% | +2.38 |
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 | 10.2% | £80–250 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 8.1% | £180–450 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 7.2% | £80–250 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 6.9% | £45–110 |
| Prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 6.4% | £40–120 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.0% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.6% | £5–20 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.0% | £30–80 |
| Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Major | 4.8% | £35–85 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 4.7% | £60–150 |
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 | 19.8% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 19.7% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 19.1% | £200–700 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 11.2% | £20–55 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 10.6% | £20–80 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.1% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 7 | 71.4% | 23,650 mi |
| 30-60k | 52 | 75.0% | 49,308 mi |
| 60-90k | 209 | 64.1% | 76,320 mi |
| 90-120k | 344 | 63.1% | 104,378 mi |
| 120k+ | 243 | 58.4% | 145,880 mi |
Source: 857 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.
2004 Sedona MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2004 Kia Sedona?
62.7% of the 857 2004 Kia Sedona tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.2% for cars first used in 2004. First-attempt pass rate: 52.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2004 Kia Sedona?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (10.15%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (8.05%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (7.23%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2004 Kia Sedona MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 71.4% of the time, falling to 58.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2004 Kia Sedona in this dataset had covered 102,769 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2004 Kia Sedona?
Diesel: 62.6% pass rate across 845 tests. Petrol: 66.7% pass rate across 12 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2004 Kia Sedona MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 62.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 62.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.