Does the Kia Carens fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?

The Kia Carens records 25.69 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 10.61 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+15.08, 95% interval +14.78 to +15.39). It ranks 32 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on brakes?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Kia Carens is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 5,749 times in 2019–2024.

Kia Carens: most frequent brakes defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm	5,749	5.54
Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement	5,131	4.94
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded	2,020	1.95
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value	1,966	1.89
Parking brake inoperative on one side	1,855	1.79

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 103,823 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

If a Kia Carens gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

18.7% of Kia Carens MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 6,220 miles later (23,005 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 23,005 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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