Kia Soul in the Netherlands: does it fail inspections more than average?

In the Netherlands, 49.5% of 3,594 APK periodic inspections of the Kia Soul in 2024 found a fault that fails the inspection, 1.3 points below the 50.8% average for all cars inspected there. Inspection rules differ from the UK MOT, so the comparison is with the Netherlands' own average only.

Kia Soul in the Netherlands, 2024 periodic inspections
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Inspections
Failed the inspection	49.5	%	50.8% all cars in the Netherlands	2024	3594
Defects per inspection	1.21	per inspection	as recorded	2024	3594

Kia Soul MOT results in the UK · Check a Kia Soul by registration · Download the outside-source table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · licences and full notice.

How does the Kia Soul do in each country it is inspected in?

Each row sets the Kia Soul against that country's own average; the rules and the car fleets differ between countries, so rows are not compared with each other directly.

Kia Soul: share failing the periodic inspection against each country's average (2024)
Country	Kia Soul failed, %	Country average, %	Position	Inspections
Norway	23.8	33.7	9.9 points below	13,830
Finland	24.0	26.3	2.3 points below	837
The Netherlands	49.5	50.8	1.3 points below	3,594

Source: Statens vegvesen (CC BY 4.0); Traficom (CC BY 4.0); RDW open data (not an RDW endorsement) (CC0), adapted · Window: 2024 · n = 18,261 (inspections) · Method: models matched by make and model name, a Vauxhall as the Opel of the same name; samples below 500 inspections are not published · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV · licences and full notice

Which faults do Dutch inspectors record most on the Kia Soul?

The most frequent RDW fault code on the Kia Soul in 2024 is 210, tyre pressure not at the correct value, recorded 807 times. APK rules differ from the MOT, so some of these would not fail a UK test. English wording is our translation; RDW's Dutch original is shown alongside.

Kia Soul: most frequent RDW APK fault codes, 2024 (English: our translation)
Code	Fault (English)	RDW original (Dutch)	Times recorded
210	Tyre pressure not at the correct value	Bandenspanning niet op juiste waarde	807

Source: RDW open data, Geconstateerde Gebreken (CC0; not an RDW endorsement) · Window: 2024 · n = 3,594 (inspections) · Method: fault codes counted per model over periodic APK inspections · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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MOT Risk Index (2026). Kia Soul periodic inspection results in the Netherlands, 2024 (source: RDW open data (not an RDW endorsement), CC0, adapted; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/kia-soul/abroad/netherlands/

Original data: RDW open data (not an RDW endorsement). How the matching works: methodology.

Kia Soul in the Netherlands: does it fail inspections more than average?

How does the Kia Soul do in each country it is inspected in?

Which faults do Dutch inspectors record most on the Kia Soul?

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