Kia Niro: reliability by registration year
2016-2024 · 9 registration years · 86,380 first tests
Registration years
First-attempt MOT results for every Niro registration year with at least 500 first tests in 2025. Pass rates rise with newer cars, so read a year against its neighbours rather than against the top of the table. Years without their own report are listed here with the same figures.
| Year | First tests | First-attempt pass | Incl. PRS | Most common failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,200 | 95.7% | 97.8% | |
| 2023 | 2,255 | 92.0% | 94.8% | |
| 2022 | 22,596 | 88.4% | 91.6% | Tyre condition (rear) 20.6% |
| about 1 in every 100 worse than the years either side. What most often failed a 2022 Niro: Tyre condition (rear) (20.6%) · Windscreen wipers (front) (16.4%) · Tyre tread depth (front) (11.5%) | ||||
| 2021 | 22,687 | 87.5% | 91.0% | Tyre condition (rear) 21.6% |
| 2020 | 17,538 | 86.4% | 89.6% | Tyre condition (rear) 20.9% |
| 2019 | 8,770 | 85.9% | 89.4% | Tyre condition (front) 19.1% |
| 2018 | 6,079 | 85.5% | 88.9% | Tyre condition (rear) 17.4% |
| 2017 | 4,067 | 83.8% | 86.5% | Tyre condition (front) 16.0% |
| 2016 | 1,188 | 84.1% | 86.2% | |