Pass rate
92.1%
Above average — 1.4 pts ahead of the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 669 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £34–£81
2020 Kia Stinger MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 27,528 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
43.7% 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 94.0% pass
- Avoid 2017 89.7% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 4.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 91.4%
- Typical mileage
- 28k mi
The 2020 Kia Stinger MOT pass rate is 92.1% of its MOT tests — 1.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 43.7% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.2× the national share
Tyres make up 43.7% of everything recorded on the 2020 Kia Stinger, against 19.8% nationally — 23.9 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 23% 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 Stinger compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 1.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 91.4%. The median 2020 Kia Stinger in this dataset had covered 27,528 mi.
94% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 92.2% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 93.5% of the time, April–September 90.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick", noted on 1.20% of tests.
- 669 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.1% overall pass rate, 91.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Kia Stinger, the average is 90.6% — best year 2022 (94.0%), worst 2017 (89.7%).
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
- 669
- Typical mileage (median)
- 27,528 mi
- Make and model
- Kia Stinger
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Stinger MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 78% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (94% of tests).
Where the Kia Stinger is most common
Across all Stinger model years on record (2017–2022): 3,623 Kia Stinger cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 6,753 tests. Derby (DE) has the most, with 114 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derby (DE) | 114 | 92.1% |
| 2 | Peterborough (PE) | 94 | 93.6% |
| 3 | Sheffield (S) | 93 | 93.3% |
| 4 | Nottingham (NG) | 92 | 85.6% |
| 5 | Birmingham (B) | 87 | 92.2% |
| 6 | Bolton (BL) | 86 | 88.0% |
| 7 | Guildford (GU) | 74 | 89.9% |
| 8 | Glasgow (G) | 70 | 86.4% |
| 9 | Reading (RG) | 70 | 92.7% |
| 10 | Stockport (SK) | 69 | 91.7% |
| 11 | Leicester (LE) | 65 | 92.6% |
| 12 | Warrington (WA) | 61 | 89.2% |
| 13 | Portsmouth (PO) | 60 | 90.2% |
| 14 | Doncaster (DN) | 59 | 91.9% |
| 15 | Wakefield (WF) | 56 | 89.4% |
| 16 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 55 | 86.3% |
| 17 | Crewe (CW) | 54 | 89.2% |
| 18 | Luton (LU) | 54 | 87.2% |
| 19 | Northampton (NN) | 53 | 91.1% |
| 20 | Milton Keynes (MK) | 52 | 86.4% |
The twenty areas with the most Kia Stinger cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Stinger
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 131 | 88.5% |
| North West | 90 | 93.3% |
| Scotland | 71 | 85.9% |
| East of England | 70 | 94.3% |
| East Midlands | 69 | 94.2% |
| Yorkshire | 67 | 97.0% |
| West Midlands | 61 | 93.4% |
| South West | 39 | 94.9% |
| North East | 37 | 94.6% |
| Wales | 26 | 88.5% |
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 Stinger
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 Stinger
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 brakes 1.2% 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 1.2% of tests
“headlamp aim too low”
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 tyre tread 1.2% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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 Stinger through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £34–£81 — and 23% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £34–£81
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 23%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 669 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 Stinger, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2017 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 89.7% to 94.0% — a spread of 4.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2017 89.7% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2018 90.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 90.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 92.1%brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2021 92.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 94.0% has a cut in excess of 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 Stinger 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
- Volkswagen Polo 92.1%
- Volvo XC40 92.1%
- Toyota Prius 92.1%
- SEAT Ateca 92.1%
- MINI John COOPER Works 92.1%
- Nissan Qashqai N-Tec 92.1%
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 Stinger 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 387 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 | 169 | 43.70% | 19.76% | +23.94 |
| Brakes | 128 | 33.10% | 20.89% | +12.21 |
| Visibility | 29 | 7.50% | 4.97% | +2.53 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 23 | 5.90% | 12.21% | −6.31 |
| Non-component advisories | 20 | 5.20% | 4.18% | +1.02 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7 | 1.80% | 5.52% | −3.72 |
| Suspension | 5 | 1.30% | 20.98% | −19.68 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 5 | 1.30% | 1.76% | −0.46 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 0.30% | 0.75% | −0.45 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.2% | £18–45 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.2% | £30–80 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.2% | £80–200 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.2% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.2% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.60% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.60% | £30–80 |
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 | 13.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 12.6% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 2.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 2.4% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 1.8% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 383 | 94.5% | 19,115 mi |
| 30-60k | 255 | 89.0% | 40,804 mi |
| 60-90k | 29 | 86.2% | 70,055 mi |
| 90-120k | 2 | 100.0% | 98,276 mi |
Source: 669 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 Stinger MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Kia Stinger?
92.1% of the 669 2020 Kia Stinger tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 91.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Kia Stinger?
The three most recorded items are brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.20%), has ply or cords exposed (1.20%), headlamp aim too low (1.20%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Kia Stinger MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.5% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Kia Stinger in this dataset had covered 27,528 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2020 Kia Stinger?
Petrol: 92.2% pass rate across 631 tests. Diesel: 89.5% pass rate across 38 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2020 Kia Stinger MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 93.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 90.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.