MOT comparison

Kia Sportage Mk4 vs Ford Kuga Mk2

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

Kia Sportage Mk4

1,075,009

MOT tests compared · built 2015–2021

Passes more often in 3 of 13 mileage bands

Ford Kuga Mk2

1,672,369

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2020

Passes more often in 6 of 13 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Kia Sportage Mk4 Ford Kuga Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 92.7% vs 94.3%

15,924 and 28,102 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.4% vs 92.5%

102,438 and 138,776 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 86.4% vs 89.2%

190,372 and 246,043 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 84.5% vs 86.9%

199,608 and 266,998 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 82.8% vs 84.8%

171,227 and 242,843 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 81.1% vs 82.8%

132,734 and 204,198 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 79.4% vs 80.2%

96,468 and 162,740 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 76.9% vs 77.5%

65,624 and 123,543 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 75.0% vs 74.9%

42,218 and 89,945 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 73.3% vs 72.6%

25,835 and 62,795 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 71.4% vs 70.2%

25,489 and 77,103 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 69.6% vs 68.1%

5,784 and 23,039 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 71.0% vs 66.1%

1,288 and 6,244 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

Kia Sportage Mk4 fails more often on

Parking brake

Fails about 5 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
Front brake pad

Fails about twice as often as the Ford Kuga Mk2: 2.3% of MOTs against 1.3%.

In 9 of 13 mileage bands · Braking System

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

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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.