MOT comparison

Ford Kuga Mk2 vs Kia Sportage Mk4

How the Ford Kuga Mk2 (2012–2020) and the Kia Sportage Mk4 (2015–2021) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Kuga Mk2

1,672,369

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2020

Passes more often in 6 of 13 mileage bands

Kia Sportage Mk4

1,075,009

MOT tests compared · built 2015–2021

Passes more often in 3 of 13 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

Share of MOTs passed first time, at the mileage recorded at the test.

Ford Kuga Mk2 Kia Sportage Mk4

Under 10,000 miles 94.3% vs 92.7%

28,102 and 15,924 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 92.5% vs 89.4%

138,776 and 102,438 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 89.2% vs 86.4%

246,043 and 190,372 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 86.9% vs 84.5%

266,998 and 199,608 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 84.8% vs 82.8%

242,843 and 171,227 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 82.8% vs 81.1%

204,198 and 132,734 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 80.2% vs 79.4%

162,740 and 96,468 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 77.5% vs 76.9%

123,543 and 65,624 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 74.9% vs 75.0%

89,945 and 42,218 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 72.6% vs 73.3%

62,795 and 25,835 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 70.2% vs 71.4%

77,103 and 25,489 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 68.1% vs 69.6%

23,039 and 5,784 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 66.1% vs 71.0%

6,244 and 1,288 MOTs

Parts that fail more often

Only differences that hold across at least half of the mileage bands we could compare, and that are far too large to be chance, are listed. How we decide

Ford Kuga Mk2 fails more often on

Front position lamp

Fails over 20 times as often as the Kia Sportage Mk4: 4.0% of MOTs against 0.05%.

In 9 of 13 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

Kia Sportage Mk4 fails more often on

Parking brake

Fails about 6 times as often as the Ford Kuga Mk2: 2.8% of MOTs against 0.67%.

In 13 of 13 mileage bands · Braking System
Front track rod end

Fails about 8 times as often as the Ford Kuga Mk2: 1.4% of MOTs against 0.20%.

In 9 of 13 mileage bands · Steering Issues

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These are differences in real MOT results, not engineering verdicts. Owner mix differs between models (some are more often taxis, first cars or rural cars), which is why every figure compares cars at the same mileage. How we compare cars.

MOT records: DVSA MOT history, which contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See this the other way round.