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Does the Kia Cerato fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

The Kia Cerato records 0.36 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.65 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.29, 95% interval −0.45 to −0.13). It ranks 465 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on road wheels · check a Kia Cerato by registration

What exactly fails on road wheels?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Kia Cerato is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 33 times in 2019–2024.

Kia Cerato: most frequent road wheels defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wordingItemsPer 100 tests
A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud330.34

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 9,701 (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

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