Does the Kia Stonic fail the MOT on body, chassis and structure more than it should?

The Kia Stonic records 0.16 body, chassis and structure failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.51 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.35, 95% interval −0.40 to −0.30). It ranks 316 of 663 models on body, chassis and structure (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on body, chassis and structure · check a Kia Stonic by registration

What exactly fails on body, chassis and structure?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Kia Stonic is “A door will not open using the relevant control or close properly”, recorded 40 times in 2019–2024.

Kia Stonic: most frequent body, chassis and structure defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A door will not open using the relevant control or close properly	40	0.06

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 72,229 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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Does the Kia Stonic fail the MOT on body, chassis and structure more than it should?

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