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

The Kia Niro records 1.51 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 2.93 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−1.42, 95% interval −1.50 to −1.34). It ranks 425 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 Niro is “Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement”, recorded 513 times in 2019–2024.

Kia Niro: most frequent brakes defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement	513	0.28
Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement	386	0.21
a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm	322	0.17
Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn	233	0.13
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake	181	0.10

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 186,182 (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 Niro gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

5.1% of Kia Niro MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 9,212 miles later (4,643 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 4,643 (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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