6,942 tests in 2025
Kia Proceed reliability and MOT pass rate
82.3% passed first time. The 17.7% fail rate is 4.9 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 5 years old with 43,306 miles.
Pass rate
82.3%
22.6% of all cars failed; 17.7% of these did.
Fixed on the day
3.4%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
43,306 mi
5 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 3,715 | 12.6% |
| 6-9 years | 1,863 | 14.8% |
| 10-13 years | 534 | 34.3% |
| 14+ years | 692 | 41.9% |
What the Proceed 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.
- Tyres563 dangerous40.4%
- Brakes268 dangerous34%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment6 dangerous22.2%
- Suspension18 dangerous21.1%
- Visibility17.8%
- Steering10 dangerous9.9%
- Noise, emissions and leaks2 dangerous8.8%
- Body, chassis, structure2 dangerous6.2%
Is the Proceed getting worse?
The fail rate fell 13.8 points to 18.9% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1,747 | 11 | 32.7% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 3,076 | — | 23.9% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 3,310 | — | 22.9% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 4,845 | — | 18.9% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Proceed at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Proceed in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick161 tests
- 2Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm159 tests
- 3Condition: has ply or cords exposed155 tests
- 4Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords124 tests
- 5Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively119 tests
- 6Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements74 tests
- 7Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn73 tests
- 8Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play70 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Proceed collects 2.64 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 1.6mm1,123 tests
- 2Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened879 tests
- 3Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick606 tests
- 4Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn519 tests
- 5Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure402 tests
- 6Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn224 tests
- 7Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt220 tests
- 8Service brake performance: excessively binding172 tests
Questions
What is the Kia Proceed MOT pass rate?
82.3% of the 6,942 Kia Proceed first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 17.7% 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 Proceed usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick", recorded on 161 failed tests, followed by "Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm" and "Condition: has ply or cords exposed". By section, tyres appears in 40.4% of failures, brakes appears in 34% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 22.2% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 12.6%; at 14+ years it was 41.9%. The median Kia Proceed tested in 2025 was 5 years old with 43,306 miles.
Is the Kia Proceed getting less reliable?
The fail rate fell 13.8 points to 18.9% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.
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 Proceed trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
Other Kia models
Checking a particular Proceed?
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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