6,014 tests in 2025
Kia Ev6 reliability and MOT pass rate
93.5% passed first time. The 6.5% fail rate is 16.1 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 3 years old with 30,073 miles.
Pass rate
93.5%
22.6% of all cars failed; 6.5% of these did.
Fixed on the day
3.4%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
30,073 mi
3 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 4,813 | 7.3% |
| 6-9 years | 0 | — |
| 10-13 years | 0 | — |
| 14+ years | 0 | — |
What the Ev6 fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Tyres172 dangerous56.7%
- Visibility33.3%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5.9%
- Brakes5 dangerous4.6%
- Identification of the vehicle2.6%
- Body, chassis, structure3 dangerous1.5%
- Road Wheels1.5%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems1.5%
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Ev6 in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively111 tests
- 2Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords97 tests
- 3Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm86 tests
- 4Condition: has ply or cords exposed25 tests
- 5Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid14 tests
- 6Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative9 tests
- 7Attachment: fixing missing6 tests
- 8Rear fog lamp: not working6 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Ev6 collects 1.75 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm806 tests
- 2Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm127 tests
- 3Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre117 tests
- 4Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt111 tests
- 5Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened102 tests
- 6Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords98 tests
- 7Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure67 tests
- 8Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick43 tests
Questions
What is the Kia Ev6 MOT pass rate?
93.5% of the 6,014 Kia Ev6 first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 6.5% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 3.4% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Kia Ev6 usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively", recorded on 111 failed tests, followed by "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords" and "Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm". By section, tyres appears in 56.7% of failures, visibility appears in 33.3% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 5.9% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 7.3%; at 3-5 years it was 7.3%. The median Kia Ev6 tested in 2025 was 3 years old with 30,073 miles.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Ev6 trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
DVSA has published 5 safety recalls naming the Kia Ev6: Kia Ev6 recalls.
Other Kia models
Checking a particular Ev6?
The odds above are the model. The car in front of you has its own record: every test, every advisory, the mileage at each one.
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