MOT comparison

Hyundai i30 Mk2 vs Kia Ceed Mk2

How the Hyundai i30 Mk2 (GD) (2012–2017) and the Kia Ceed Mk2 (JD) (2012–2018) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Hyundai i30 Mk2 (GD)

597,402

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2017

Passes more often in 2 of 15 mileage bands

Kia Ceed Mk2 (JD)

541,236

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2018

Passes more often in 11 of 15 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Hyundai i30 Mk2 Kia Ceed Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 92.8% vs 92.0%

5,510 and 5,641 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 90.8% vs 88.9%

30,516 and 32,720 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 87.0% vs 85.8%

65,052 and 64,701 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 82.6% vs 82.6%

80,220 and 74,971 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 78.1% vs 79.8%

79,188 and 72,305 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 73.5% vs 76.8%

72,466 and 64,635 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 69.3% vs 73.8%

62,105 and 55,149 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 65.1% vs 70.7%

51,643 and 45,492 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 62.3% vs 67.8%

41,249 and 35,766 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 60.0% vs 66.0%

31,439 and 27,160 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 57.3% vs 62.2%

46,604 and 38,787 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 55.7% vs 59.6%

19,370 and 15,448 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 55.0% vs 58.4%

7,523 and 5,489 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 54.3% vs 57.0%

2,894 and 1,953 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 55.5% vs 60.3%

1,623 and 1,019 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

Hyundai i30 Mk2 fails more often on

Parking brake

Fails about 3 times as often as the Kia Ceed Mk2: 7.5% of MOTs against 2.7%.

In 13 of 15 mileage bands · Braking System
Rear direction indicator

Fails over 20 times as often as the Kia Ceed Mk2: 1.5% of MOTs against 0.03%.

In 9 of 15 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Stop lamp

Fails about 3 times as often as the Kia Ceed Mk2: 1.8% of MOTs against 0.64%.

In 9 of 15 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

Kia Ceed Mk2 fails more often on

Front service brake

Fails about twice as often as the Hyundai i30 Mk2: 1.5% of MOTs against 0.87%.

In 10 of 15 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.