Pass rate
90.1%
Above average — 0.6 pts behind the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 881 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£78
2020 Kia Sportage Gtln MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 30,190 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
32.5% 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 2023 94.2% pass
- Avoid 2020 90.1% pass · this year
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 4.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 89.1%
- Typical mileage
- 30k mi
The 2020 Kia Sportage Gtln MOT pass rate is 90.1% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 32.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Kia Sportage Gtln does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.6× the national share
Tyres make up 32.5% of everything recorded on the 2020 Kia Sportage Gtln, against 19.8% nationally — 12.7 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.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 26% 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 2020 Kia Sportage Gtln compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 0.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 89.1%. The median 2020 Kia Sportage Gtln in this dataset had covered 30,190 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 91.0% of the time, April–September 89.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp aim too high", noted on 1.70% of tests.
- 881 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.1% overall pass rate, 89.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Kia Sportage Gtln, the average is 91.6% — best year 2023 (94.2%), worst 2020 (90.1%).
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
- 881
- Typical mileage (median)
- 30,190 mi
- Make and model
- Kia Sportage Gtln
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Alignment
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Sportage Gtln MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 74% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Sportage Gtln
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 150 | 91.3% |
| Yorkshire | 142 | 89.4% |
| East of England | 112 | 91.1% |
| West Midlands | 88 | 94.3% |
| East Midlands | 84 | 88.1% |
| North West | 76 | 89.5% |
| Scotland | 69 | 87.0% |
| South West | 62 | 85.5% |
| Wales | 47 | 93.6% |
| North East | 42 | 90.5% |
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 2020 Sportage Gtln
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 2020 Sportage Gtln
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 1.7% 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.
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Check the suspension joints 1.3% of tests
“track rod end ball joint has excessive play”
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 wipers and washers 1.0% 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.
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 2020 Sportage Gtln through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£78 — and 26% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£78
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 26%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 881 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 Sportage Gtln, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2020 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 90.1% to 94.2% — a spread of 4.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 90.1%headlamp aim too high
- 2021 91.1% headlamp aim too high
- 2022 93.5% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2023 94.2% wipers does not clear the…
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 2020 Kia Sportage Gtln 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- MG 3 90.1%
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque 90.0%
- Vauxhall Crossland 90.0%
- Fiat 500 Star 90.0%
- Mitsubishi L200 Barbarian X 90.0%
- Volvo S60 R-Design + 90.0%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Kia Sportage Gtln 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 590 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 | 193 | 32.50% | 19.76% | +12.74 |
| Brakes | 148 | 24.90% | 20.89% | +4.01 |
| Steering | 57 | 9.60% | 2.57% | +7.03 |
| Suspension | 55 | 9.30% | 20.98% | −11.68 |
| Non-component advisories | 48 | 8.10% | 4.18% | +3.92 |
| Visibility | 35 | 5.90% | 4.97% | +0.93 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 26 | 4.40% | 12.21% | −7.81 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 12 | 2.00% | 5.52% | −3.52 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 9 | 1.50% | 1.76% | −0.26 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 7 | 1.20% | 5.57% | −4.37 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.7% | £30–80 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 1.3% | £18–45 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.0% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.0% | £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 |
| Electronic parking brake control inoperative Brakes | Major | 0.79% | £25–80 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.79% | £80–200 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.68% | £3–12 |
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 | 14.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 5.8% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.2% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Advisory | 4.9% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 4.7% | £40–150 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.9% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 438 | 92.7% | 20,556 mi |
| 30-60k | 403 | 88.1% | 40,797 mi |
| 60-90k | 39 | 82.1% | 70,435 mi |
| 90-120k | 1 | 100.0% | 107,910 mi |
Source: 881 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.
2020 Sportage Gtln MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Kia Sportage Gtln?
90.1% of the 881 2020 Kia Sportage Gtln tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 89.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Kia Sportage Gtln?
The three most recorded items are headlamp aim too high (1.70%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.36%), track rod end ball joint has excessive play (1.25%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Kia Sportage Gtln MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.7% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Kia Sportage Gtln in this dataset had covered 30,190 mi.
Does the season affect the 2020 Kia Sportage Gtln MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 91.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.