Kia Picanto 2018: MOT failure rate for its age

12.8% of 65,536 MOT tests of the Kia Picanto first registered in 2018 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 89.1 (95% CI 87.2–91.0; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2018 Kia Picanto fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Kia Picanto built in 2018 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	12.8	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	65536
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 87.2–91.0)	89.1	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	65536
Rank among this model's 17 build years	1	of 17	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	65536
Tested in 2024	16334	tests	median 27,960 miles	2024	16334

Built 2018 against Kia Picanto normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 8.6% vs 9.9%; age 4: 11.3% vs 12.6%; age 5: 14.8% vs 16.1%; age 6: 16.6% vs 19%. Axis from 0% to 20%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2018 Kia Picanto by registration · All Kia Picanto MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2018 Kia Picanto fail at each age?

Cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Kia Picanto built 2018: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
3	16,460	8.6	8.2–9	9.9	86.8
4	16,343	11.3	10.8–11.8	12.6	89.5
5	16,399	14.8	14.3–15.4	16.1	92.2
6	16,334	16.6	16–17.2	19	87.4

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 65,536 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2018 Kia Picanto?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2018 is visibility: 5.7 items per 100 first tests, against 8.5 across all build years of the Kia Picanto. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Kia Picanto built 2018 against the Kia Picanto in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2018, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Visibility	5.7	8.5	3,782
Tyres	4.5	9	2,962
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	2.3	12.9	1,509
Brakes	2.1	19.3	1,405
Body, chassis, structure	1.2	5.1	824

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 66,063 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2018 compare with the years around it?

Among the 17 published build years of the Kia Picanto, 2018 ranks 1 (1 = fails least for its age). 2017: index 91.3. 2019: index 103.7.

Kia Picanto build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2004	100.0	97.9–102.1	no different	18,119
2005	101.8	100.3–103.4	worse	33,170
2006	104.5	103.0–106.1	worse	36,051
2007	100.0	98.1–102.0	no different	22,275
2008	98.1	96.1–100.1	no different	22,337
2009	101.6	100.6–102.7	worse	83,700
2010	103.4	102.3–104.5	worse	83,912
2011	108.0	106.6–109.3	worse	66,312
2012	104.8	103.5–106.0	worse	81,160
2013	101.5	100.2–102.9	worse	77,995
2014	92.4	91.1–93.6	better	87,976
2015	91.0	89.6–92.4	better	82,261
2016	102.2	100.5–103.9	worse	75,742
2017	91.3	89.5–93.1	better	69,536
2018	89.1	87.2–91.0	better	65,536
2019	103.7	101.3–106.2	worse	52,724
2020	100.1	95.7–104.5	no different	17,864

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 976,670 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Kia Picanto 2018 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/kia-picanto/2018/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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