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Kia Soul 2015: MOT failure rate for its age

16.9% of 15,700 MOT tests of the Kia Soul first registered in 2015 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 86.3 (95% CI 83.0–89.5; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2015 Kia Soul fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Kia Soul built in 2015 at a glance
MeasureValueUnitCompared withYearsTests
Failed first time16.9%all ages tested2019–202415700
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 83.0–89.5)86.3index100 = normal for this model at that age2019–202415700
Rank among this model's 12 build years1of 121 = fails least for its age2019–202415700
Tested in 20242595testsmedian 58,347 miles20242595
line · Kia Soul built 2015 · first-time MOT failure share by age · built 2015 14.4% vs model normal 14.6% at age 4 · 2019–2024
Built 2015 against Kia Soul normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 4: 14.4% vs 14.6%; age 5: 17% vs 15.6%; age 6: 14.9% vs 16.2%; age 7: 16.9% vs 18.7%; age 8: 17.6% vs 23.8%; age 9: 20.9% vs 28.9%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.
Check a 2015 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 2015 Kia Soul fail at each age?

Cars built in 2015 were tested at ages 4 to 9 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 2015: 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)
42,67714.413.1–15.814.698.7
52,5531715.6–18.515.6108.4
62,64114.913.6–16.316.291.7
72,60816.915.5–18.418.790.5
82,62617.616.2–19.123.874
92,59520.919.4–22.528.972.4

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 15,700 (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 2015 Kia Soul?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2015 is brakes: 9.5 items per 100 first tests, against 13 across all build years of the Kia Soul. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2015 were tested at ages 4 to 9.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Kia Soul built 2015 against the Kia Soul in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure groupBuilt 2015, per 100All build years, per 100Items
Brakes9.5131,484
Visibility6.78.41,050
Tyres6.78.31,047
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment2.211.1343
Suspension1.79.2265

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 15,700 (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 2015 compare with the years around it?

Among the 12 published build years of the Kia Soul, 2015 ranks 1 (1 = fails least for its age). 2014: index 88.4. 2016: index 88.3.

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 2015 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/2015/

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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