Kia Sportage 2005: MOT failure rate for its age

50.6% of 13,044 MOT tests of the Kia Sportage first registered in 2005 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 102.1 (95% CI 99.6–104.6; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2005 build year is no different from other years of the same model at the same age.

Kia Sportage built in 2005 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	50.6	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	13044
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 99.6–104.6)	102.1	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	13044
Rank among this model's 17 build years	9	of 17	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	13044
Tested in 2024	1122	tests	median 110,074 miles	2024	1122

Built 2005 against Kia Sportage normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 14: 50% vs 50.9%; age 15: 51.3% vs 49.3%; age 16: 52% vs 50%; age 17: 50.2% vs 48.7%; age 18: 50% vs 48.7%; age 19: 49.5% vs 47.8%. Axis from 0% to 60%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2005 Kia Sportage by registration · All Kia Sportage 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 2005 Kia Sportage fail at each age?

Cars built in 2005 were tested at ages 14 to 19 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 Sportage built 2005: 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)
14	3,336	50	48.3–51.7	50.9	98.1
15	2,733	51.3	49.4–53.1	49.3	103.9
16	2,399	52	50–54	50	104
17	1,910	50.2	48–52.4	48.7	103.1
18	1,544	50	47.5–52.5	48.7	102.6
19	1,122	49.5	46.5–52.4	47.8	103.5

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 13,044 (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 2005 Kia Sportage?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2005 is suspension: 64.8 items per 100 first tests, against 7.7 across all build years of the Kia Sportage. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2005 were tested at ages 14 to 19.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Kia Sportage built 2005 against the Kia Sportage in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2005, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Suspension	64.8	7.7	8,447
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	46.1	6.8	6,011
Brakes	24.4	11.8	3,187
Body, chassis, structure	18.8	1.5	2,456
Visibility	12.9	7.1	1,680

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 13,044 (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 2005 compare with the years around it?

Among the 17 published build years of the Kia Sportage, 2005 ranks 9 (1 = fails least for its age). 2003: index 86.5. 2006: index 104.3.

Kia Sportage build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2003	86.5	74.4–98.6	better (rough estimate)	436
2005	102.1	99.6–104.6	no different	13,044
2006	104.3	101.7–106.8	worse	12,532
2007	105.6	103.0–108.2	worse	13,003
2008	97.4	94.8–99.9	better	12,753
2009	103.5	101.1–105.8	worse	17,914
2010	99.8	97.9–101.7	no different	28,265
2011	98.8	97.3–100.3	no different	47,775
2012	109.0	107.6–110.3	worse	78,302
2013	109.6	108.4–110.8	worse	110,040
2014	95.5	94.3–96.6	better	115,983
2015	105.0	103.7–106.2	worse	126,320
2016	98.5	97.5–99.4	better	223,798
2017	92.9	91.8–93.9	better	193,085
2018	94.9	93.6–96.2	better	136,051
2019	102.8	101.1–104.4	worse	96,645
2020	111.6	108.1–115.2	worse	24,184

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,250,130 (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 Sportage 2005 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-sportage/2005/

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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