Pass rate
91.3%
Above average — 0.1 pts ahead of the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 14,043 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£65
2021 Kia Xceed MOT pass rate
- 2021
- 9 trims combined
- typical 27,516 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
36.7% 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 →
5.0 pts down across model years — 8.6% in 2019, 3.6% in 2023.
Which year to buy
- Best 2024 97.7% pass
- Avoid 2020 90.8% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 6.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 90.5%
- Typical mileage
- 28k mi
The 2021 Kia Xceed MOT pass rate is 91.3% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 36.7% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.9× the national share
Tyres make up 36.7% of everything recorded on the 2021 Kia Xceed, against 19.8% nationally — 16.9 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.
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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Every Kia Xceed first registered in 2021 is combined here — 9 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2021 Kia Xceed compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 0.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 90.5%. The median 2021 Kia Xceed in this dataset had covered 27,516 mi.
79% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 91.3% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 91.0% of the time, April–September 91.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 2.33% of tests.
- 14,043 recorded tests behind this page.
- 91.3% overall pass rate, 90.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Kia Xceed, the average is 91.3% — best year 2024 (97.7%), worst 2020 (90.8%).
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
- 14,043
- Typical mileage (median)
- 27,516 mi
- Make and model
- Kia Xceed
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Xceed MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 77% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (79% of tests).
Where the Kia Xceed is most common
Across all Xceed model years on record (2019–2024): 29,788 Kia Xceed cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 49,078 tests. Glasgow (G) has the most, with 869 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 | Glasgow (G) | 869 | 89.1% |
| 2 | Birmingham (B) | 801 | 90.9% |
| 3 | Sheffield (S) | 727 | 92.9% |
| 4 | Nottingham (NG) | 703 | 87.9% |
| 5 | Peterborough (PE) | 658 | 92.1% |
| 6 | Stockport (SK) | 616 | 92.8% |
| 7 | Bolton (BL) | 542 | 90.9% |
| 8 | Cardiff (CF) | 540 | 90.8% |
| 9 | Warrington (WA) | 530 | 89.6% |
| 10 | Milton Keynes (MK) | 525 | 93.2% |
| 11 | Northampton (NN) | 522 | 88.9% |
| 12 | Edinburgh (EH) | 506 | 90.8% |
| 13 | Doncaster (DN) | 500 | 91.3% |
| 14 | Derby (DE) | 484 | 93.3% |
| 15 | Liverpool (L) | 476 | 88.6% |
| 16 | Leicester (LE) | 459 | 94.2% |
| 17 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 455 | 89.4% |
| 18 | Swansea (SA) | 434 | 90.4% |
| 19 | Hamilton (ML) | 422 | 91.4% |
| 20 | Preston (PR) | 403 | 90.7% |
The twenty areas with the most Kia Xceed 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 Xceed
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 2,338 | 93.2% |
| North West | 2,258 | 90.7% |
| Scotland | 1,614 | 89.3% |
| West Midlands | 1,412 | 92.2% |
| Yorkshire | 1,356 | 92.5% |
| East of England | 1,347 | 91.8% |
| East Midlands | 1,127 | 90.3% |
| South West | 891 | 89.9% |
| Wales | 758 | 90.0% |
| North East | 592 | 89.2% |
| London | 350 | 94.3% |
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 Xceed
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 Xceed
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 does not clear the windscreen effectively”
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 tyre tread 1.9% 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.
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Check the windscreen 0.9% 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 2021 Xceed through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£65 — and 51% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£65
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 51%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 14,043 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 Xceed, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2019 to 2024. Across them the pass rate runs from 90.8% to 97.7% — a spread of 6.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 91.3% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 90.8% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 91.3%wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 92.4% wipers blade defective
- 2023 95.4% wipers blade defective
- 2024 97.7% 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 2021 Kia Xceed 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
- Skoda Kamiq Monte Carlo 91.3%
- MG 3 91.3%
- Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin 91.3%
- Vauxhall Astra 91.2%
- Land Rover R Rover Velar 91.2%
- BMW M340I 91.2%
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 Xceed 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 10,390 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 | 3,830 | 36.70% | 19.76% | +16.94 |
| Brakes | 2,743 | 26.30% | 20.89% | +5.41 |
| Suspension | 1,199 | 11.50% | 20.98% | −9.48 |
| Visibility | 1,195 | 11.50% | 4.97% | +6.53 |
| Non-component advisories | 919 | 8.80% | 4.18% | +4.62 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 192 | 1.80% | 12.21% | −10.41 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 108 | 1.00% | 5.52% | −4.52 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 86 | 0.80% | 1.76% | −0.96 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 69 | 0.70% | 5.57% | −4.87 |
| Road Wheels | 49 | 0.50% | 0.75% | −0.25 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.3% | £8–22 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.2% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 2.1% | £8–22 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.93% | £80–200 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.80% | £18–45 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.61% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.56% | £40–150 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.43% | £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 | 14.2% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 7.8% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.6% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.2% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.5% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 8,056 | 93.0% | 19,988 mi |
| 30-60k | 5,305 | 89.3% | 40,392 mi |
| 60-90k | 566 | 87.1% | 69,789 mi |
| 90-120k | 96 | 85.4% | 100,066 mi |
| 120k+ | 18 | 88.9% | 147,781 mi |
Source: 14,043 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 Xceed MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Kia Xceed?
91.3% of the 14,043 2021 Kia Xceed tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 90.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Kia Xceed?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.33%), wipers blade defective (2.16%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.08%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Kia Xceed MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.0% of the time, falling to 88.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Kia Xceed in this dataset had covered 27,516 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2021 Kia Xceed?
Petrol: 91.3% pass rate across 11,060 tests. Hybrid: 91.2% pass rate across 2,895 tests. Diesel: 92.0% pass rate across 88 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2021 Kia Xceed MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 91.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 91.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.