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

The Kia Rio records 9.10 tyres failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 8.76 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) (+0.34, 95% interval +0.26 to +0.41). It ranks 269 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 Rio is “Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements”, recorded 23,574 times in 2019–2024.

Kia Rio: 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	23,574	4.12
A tyre seriously damaged	14,581	2.55
A tyre cords visible or damaged	7,077	1.24
A tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative	2,254	0.39
Tyre obviously under inflated	1,364	0.24

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 tyres advisory, how often does it fail next time?

10.1% of Kia Rio MOTs with a tyres advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 5,933 miles later (113,163 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 113,163 (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 tyres more than it should?

What exactly fails on tyres?

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

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