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Kia Soul 2013: MOT failure rate for its age

30.4% of 7,885 MOT tests of the Kia Soul first registered in 2013 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 111.9 (95% CI 107.5–116.4; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2013 Kia Soul fails more often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Kia Soul built in 2013 at a glance
MeasureValueUnitCompared withYearsTests
Failed first time30.4%all ages tested2019–20247885
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 107.5–116.4)111.9index100 = normal for this model at that age2019–20247885
Rank among this model's 12 build years12of 121 = fails least for its age2019–20247885
Tested in 20241292testsmedian 67,242 miles20241292
line · Kia Soul built 2013 · first-time MOT failure share by age · built 2013 21.8% vs model normal 17.7% at age 6 · 2019–2024
Built 2013 against Kia Soul normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 6: 21.8% vs 17.7%; age 7: 24.9% vs 19.5%; age 8: 29% vs 24.5%; age 9: 33.6% vs 28.9%; age 10: 36.4% vs 34.5%; age 11: 36.8% vs 38.1%. Axis from 0% to 40%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.
Check a 2013 Kia Soul by registration · All Kia Soul 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 2013 Kia Soul fail at each age?

Cars built in 2013 were tested at ages 6 to 11 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 Soul built 2013: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
AgeTestsFailed, %95% intervalNormal for this model at that age, %Index (100 = normal)
61,35521.819.7–2417.7123.3
71,29424.922.6–27.319.5127.8
81,3192926.6–31.524.5118.2
91,31833.631.1–36.228.9116.1
101,30736.433.9–39.134.5105.6
111,29236.834.3–39.538.196.8

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 7,885 (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 2013 Kia Soul?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2013 is suspension: 18 items per 100 first tests, against 9.2 across all build years of the Kia Soul. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2013 were tested at ages 6 to 11.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Kia Soul built 2013 against the Kia Soul in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure groupBuilt 2013, per 100All build years, per 100Items
Suspension189.21,423
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment13.311.11,050
Brakes10.913862
Tyres9.48.3741
Visibility9.18.4716

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 7,885 (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 2013 compare with the years around it?

Among the 12 published build years of the Kia Soul, 2013 ranks 12 (1 = fails least for its age). 2012: index 109.5. 2014: index 88.4.

Kia Soul build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build yearIndex (100 = normal)95% intervalVerdictTests
2009102.599.9–105.1no different14,234
2010103.1100.7–105.4worse18,623
2011108.7106.3–111.1worse21,114
2012109.5105.9–113.2worse9,940
2013111.9107.5–116.4worse7,885
201488.485.4–91.5better16,016
201586.383.0–89.5better15,700
201688.384.3–92.3better13,054
201791.786.4–96.9better8,891
201895.189.2–101.0no different7,917
2019103.586.0–120.9no different (rough estimate)1,045
202086.773.7–99.6better (rough estimate)1,754

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 136,173 (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 Soul 2013 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-soul/2013/

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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