Pass rate
72.0%
Below average — 2.0 pts behind the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 2,018 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£78
2009 Kia Sedona MOT pass rate
- 2009
- typical 91,697 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
29.2% 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
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 12.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 63.1%
- Typical mileage
- 92k mi
The 2009 Kia Sedona MOT pass rate is 72.0% of its MOT tests — 2.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.2% 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
Suspension: 1.4× the national share
Suspension accounts for 29.2% of everything recorded on the 2009 Kia Sedona, against 21.0% nationally — 8.2 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.
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 2009 Kia Sedona compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 2.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 63.1%. The median 2009 Kia Sedona in this dataset had covered 91,697 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 99% of tests, with a 72.0% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 72.4% of the time, April–September 71.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 10.80% of tests.
- 2,018 recorded tests behind this page.
- 72.0% overall pass rate, 63.1% 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
- 2,018
- Typical mileage (median)
- 91,697 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
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Sedona MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% 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 | 383 | 74.9% |
| South West | 264 | 64.8% |
| East of England | 253 | 73.5% |
| North West | 251 | 75.7% |
| West Midlands | 223 | 75.3% |
| Yorkshire | 202 | 71.3% |
| East Midlands | 165 | 69.7% |
| Scotland | 103 | 62.1% |
| Wales | 89 | 73.0% |
| North East | 45 | 62.2% |
| London | 40 | 87.5% |
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 2009 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 2009 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 the lights 10.8% 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 4.9% of tests
“track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated,”
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 windscreen 4.5% 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.
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 2009 Sedona through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£78 — and 47% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£78
- 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
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 47%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,018 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 2009 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 2009 cars with a similar record
- Ford Ka 71.9%
- Fiat Grande Punto 71.9%
- Vauxhall Astra 72.2%
- Toyota Hilux 72.2%
- Renault Twingo 71.8%
- SEAT Altea 72.2%
Closest pass rates among 2009 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 2009 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 6,309 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 | 1,859 | 29.20% | 20.98% | +8.22 |
| Brakes | 1,221 | 19.20% | 20.89% | −1.69 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 830 | 13.00% | 12.21% | +0.79 |
| Tyres | 684 | 10.70% | 19.76% | −9.06 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 376 | 5.90% | 5.52% | +0.38 |
| Steering | 373 | 5.90% | 2.57% | +3.33 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 325 | 5.10% | 5.57% | −0.47 |
| Non-component advisories | 274 | 4.30% | 4.18% | +0.12 |
| Visibility | 244 | 3.80% | 4.97% | −1.17 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 123 | 1.90% | 1.76% | +0.14 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 10.8% | £5–20 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 4.9% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.5% | £80–200 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 4.4% | £80–250 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.0% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.0% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.1% | £5–25 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.8% | £18–45 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.7% | £3–12 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 2.4% | £80–180 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 21.6% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 18.9% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 13.9% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 12.8% | £200–700 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 12.2% | £25–65 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 9.5% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 47 | 89.4% | 22,792 mi |
| 30-60k | 319 | 79.3% | 48,330 mi |
| 60-90k | 615 | 74.3% | 75,213 mi |
| 90-120k | 584 | 68.7% | 104,496 mi |
| 120k+ | 452 | 66.2% | 144,947 mi |
Source: 2,018 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.
2009 Sedona MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Kia Sedona?
72.0% of the 2,018 2009 Kia Sedona tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 63.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Kia Sedona?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (10.80%), track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (4.86%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.51%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Kia Sedona MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.4% of the time, falling to 66.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Kia Sedona in this dataset had covered 91,697 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2009 Kia Sedona?
Diesel: 72.0% pass rate across 1,991 tests. Petrol: 69.2% pass rate across 26 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2009 Kia Sedona MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 72.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 71.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.