Kia Ceed years to avoid

Based on 116,101 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.

The short answer

Avoid 2007, 2010 to 2014, and 2019. The worst is the 2011, which fails its MOT 29% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Kia Ceed you like?

Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.

Every Ceed model year

Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.

MOT failure rate by registration year for the Kia Ceed
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2007	2,883	41.2%	17% worse
2008	5,360	39.9%	about average
2009	7,883	38.1%	about average
2010	8,798	37.4%	16% worse
2011 Worst	7,647	38.8%	29% worse
2012	12,128	35.3%	27% worse
2013	11,304	31.7%	24% worse
2014	11,348	27.5%	21% worse
2015	11,344	20.3%	about average
2016	9,779	17.4%	about average
2017	8,633	14.6%	about average
2018	9,412	13.5%	about average
2019	7,714	11.9%	16% worse
2020	1,868	10.0%	about average

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Kia Ceed, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.

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