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

The Kia Rio records 0.17 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.41 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) (−0.24, 95% interval −0.25 to −0.22). It ranks 436 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 Rio by registration

What exactly fails on road wheels?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Kia Rio is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 776 times in 2019–2024.

Kia Rio: most frequent road wheels defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud	776	0.14
A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting	131	0.02
A wheel with more than one loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud	44	0.01

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 572,396 (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 Rio gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?

0.6% of Kia Rio MOTs with a road wheels advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 5,266 miles later (2,400 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 2,400 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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

What exactly fails on road wheels?

If a Kia Rio gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?

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