Kia Niro — reliability by registration year

2016–2024 · 9 registration years · 86,380 first tests

2022 breaks the run — 1.3 pp worse than the years either side

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.

Kia Niro first-attempt MOT results by registration year
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% Tyres — Condition (rear) 20.6%
1.3 pp worse than the years either side What failed 2022 Niros most often: Tyres — Condition (rear) (20.6%) · Visibility — Wipers (front) (16.4%) · Tread depth (front) (11.5%)
2021 22,687 87.5% 91.0% Tyres — Condition (rear) 21.6%
2020 17,538 86.4% 89.6% Tyres — Condition (rear) 20.9%
2019 8,770 85.9% 89.4% Tyres — Condition (front) 19.1%
2018 6,079 85.5% 88.9% Tyres — Condition (rear) 17.4%
2017 4,067 83.8% 86.5% Tyres — Condition (front) 16.0%
2016 1,188 84.1% 86.2%

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