Kia Venga years to avoid: the early ones

Based on 47,766 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 2010 to 2012. The worst is the 2011, which fails its MOT 22% more often than other cars of the same age. The 2018 is the strongest, failing 45% less often than average.

Found a Kia Venga 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 Venga 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 Venga
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2010	3,079	37.4%	16% worse
2011 Worst	4,409	36.9%	22% worse
2012	5,019	33.2%	19% worse
2013	5,673	27.0%	about average
2014	5,433	22.7%	about average
2015	6,241	13.6%	31% better
2016	5,688	10.0%	41% better
2017	5,893	9.4%	35% better
2018	3,668	6.6%	45% better
2019	2,663	7.0%	32% better

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Kia Venga, 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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