Pass rate
95.2%
Above average — 0.4 pts ahead of the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 124 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £36–£100
2023 Kia Xceed GT-Line MOT pass rate
- 2023
- typical 19,866 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
33.3% 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 95.2% pass · this year
- Avoid 2022 94.9% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 0.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 95.0%
- Typical mileage
- 20k mi
The 2023 Kia Xceed GT-Line MOT pass rate is 95.2% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Kia Xceed GT-Line does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Advisories: 5.1× the national share
Advisories make up 21.2% of everything recorded on the 2023 Kia Xceed Gt-Line, against 4.2% nationally — 17.0 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 33.3%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Most of what testers record here is advisory — worth reading, not worth walking away from on its own.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 22% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 124 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2023 Kia Xceed GT-Line compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 0.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 95.0%. The median 2023 Kia Xceed GT-Line in this dataset had covered 19,866 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 96.4% of the time, April–September 92.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 1.61% of tests.
- 124 recorded tests behind this page.
- 95.2% overall pass rate, 95.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Kia Xceed GT-Line, the average is 95.0% — best year 2023 (95.2%), worst 2022 (94.9%).
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
- 124
- Typical mileage (median)
- 19,866 mi
- Make and model
- Kia Xceed GT-Line
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Xceed GT-Line MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 82% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Xceed GT-Line
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| North West | 31 | 93.5% |
| South East | 21 | 95.2% |
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 2023 Xceed GT-Line
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 2023 Xceed GT-Line
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 exhaust and emissions 0.8% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the lights 0.8% 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 0.8% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush likely to become detached”
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 2023 Xceed GT-Line through its MOT
Across the 8 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £36–£100 — and 22% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 8 common items
- £36–£100
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 63%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 22%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 124 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 GT-Line, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2022 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 94.9% to 95.2% — a spread of 0.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2022 94.9% headlamp aim too high
- 2023 95.2%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 2023 Kia Xceed GT-Line 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 2023 cars with a similar record
- Toyota Corolla 95.7%
- Polestar Polestar 94.6%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqe 96.5%
- Ford Puma 96.5%
- Levc Tx 97.0%
- Tesla Model Y 92.9%
Closest pass rates among 2023 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 2023 Kia Xceed GT-Line 8 failure items · 6 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 33 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 | 11 | 33.30% | 19.76% | +13.54 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 21.20% | 4.18% | +17.02 |
| Brakes | 6 | 18.20% | 20.89% | −2.69 |
| Suspension | 5 | 15.20% | 20.98% | −5.78 |
| Visibility | 2 | 6.10% | 4.97% | +1.13 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1 | 3.00% | 12.21% | −9.21 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 3.00% | 5.52% | −2.52 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.81% | £60–250 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.81% | £30–80 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush likely to become detached Suspension | Major | 0.81% | £40–150 |
| Size/type of different sizes are fitted on the same axle. Tyres | Major | 0.81% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.81% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.81% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.81% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.2% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.2% | £40–150 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.4% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Items removed from drivers view prior to test Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.6% | £20–80 |
| Non-component advisories Vehicles internal headlight adjuster altered to recheck lights Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.6% | £3–15 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.6% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 104 | 96.2% | 17,056 mi |
| 30-60k | 20 | 90.0% | 37,020 mi |
Source: 124 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.
2023 Xceed GT-Line MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 Kia Xceed GT-Line?
95.2% of the 124 2023 Kia Xceed GT-Line tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 95.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 Kia Xceed GT-Line?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.61%), catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (0.81%), headlamp aim too high (0.81%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 Kia Xceed GT-Line MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 96.2% of the time, falling to 90.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 Kia Xceed GT-Line in this dataset had covered 19,866 mi.
Does the season affect the 2023 Kia Xceed GT-Line MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 96.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 92.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.