Kia Soul 2020: MOT failure rate for its age

9.8% of 1,754 MOT tests of the Kia Soul first registered in 2020 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 86.7 (95% CI 73.7–99.6; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2020 Kia Soul fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age. This is a rough estimate from a smaller sample.

Kia Soul built in 2020 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	9.8	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	1754
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 73.7–99.6)	86.7	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	1754
Rank among this model's 12 build years	2	of 12	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	1754
Tested in 2024	885	tests	median 28,547 miles	2024	885

Built 2020 against Kia Soul normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 7.2% vs 9.6%; age 4: 12.3% vs 13%. Axis from 0% to 20%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2020 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 2020 Kia Soul fail at each age?

Cars built in 2020 were tested at ages 3 to 4 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 2020: 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	869	7.2	5.7–9.2	9.6	75.5
4	885	12.3	10.3–14.6	13	94.8

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,754 (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 2020 Kia Soul?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2020 is tyres: 6.9 items per 100 first tests, against 8.3 across all build years of the Kia Soul. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2020 were tested at ages 3 to 4.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Kia Soul built 2020 against the Kia Soul in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2020, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Tyres	6.9	8.3	123
Visibility	5.5	8.4	98

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,786 (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 2020 compare with the years around it?

Among the 12 published build years of the Kia Soul, 2020 ranks 2 (1 = fails least for its age). 2019: index 103.5.

Kia Soul build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2009	102.5	99.9–105.1	no different	14,234
2010	103.1	100.7–105.4	worse	18,623
2011	108.7	106.3–111.1	worse	21,114
2012	109.5	105.9–113.2	worse	9,940
2013	111.9	107.5–116.4	worse	7,885
2014	88.4	85.4–91.5	better	16,016
2015	86.3	83.0–89.5	better	15,700
2016	88.3	84.3–92.3	better	13,054
2017	91.7	86.4–96.9	better	8,891
2018	95.1	89.2–101.0	no different	7,917
2019	103.5	86.0–120.9	no different (rough estimate)	1,045
2020	86.7	73.7–99.6	better (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 2020 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/2020/

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.

Kia Soul 2020: MOT failure rate for its age

How does the 2020 Kia Soul fail at each age?

What fails most on the 2020 Kia Soul?

How does 2020 compare with the years around it?

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