MOT comparison

Ford Kuga Mk3 vs Kia Sportage Mk5

How the Ford Kuga Mk3 (2020–2026) and the Kia Sportage Mk5 (2021–2026) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Kuga Mk3

130,751

MOT tests compared · built 2020–2026

Passes more often in 4 of 7 mileage bands

Kia Sportage Mk5

85,774

MOT tests compared · built 2021–2026

Passes more often in 0 of 7 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Ford Kuga Mk3 Kia Sportage Mk5

Under 10,000 miles 94.4% vs 93.9%

6,777 and 3,755 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 93.6% vs 91.4%

28,248 and 20,092 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 91.1% vs 88.7%

38,282 and 28,533 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 89.5% vs 86.9%

28,865 and 19,003 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 87.2% vs 84.8%

16,411 and 8,919 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 84.8% vs 84.6%

8,055 and 3,823 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 83.6% vs 83.8%

4,113 and 1,649 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 Mk3 fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Kia Sportage Mk5.

Kia Sportage Mk5 fails more often on

Windscreen wiper

Fails about 5 times as often as the Ford Kuga Mk3: 3.6% of MOTs against 0.94%.

In 6 of 7 mileage bands · Driver's View
Parking brake

Fails over 20 times as often as the Ford Kuga Mk3: 1.0% of MOTs against 0.02%.

In 6 of 7 mileage bands · Braking System

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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.