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

The Kia Cerato records 10.83 tyres failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 10.84 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) (−0.01, 95% interval −0.66 to +0.65). It ranks 299 of 751 models on tyres (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on tyres?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Kia Cerato is “Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements”, recorded 481 times in 2019–2024.

Kia Cerato: most frequent tyres defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements	481	4.96
A tyre seriously damaged	305	3.14
A tyre cords visible or damaged	152	1.57
Tyre obviously under inflated	55	0.57

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

If a Kia Cerato gets a tyres advisory, how often does it fail next time?

11.7% of Kia Cerato MOTs with a tyres advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.2 months and 4,119 miles later (1,797 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,797 (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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