MOT comparison

Kia Sportage Mk4 vs Nissan Qashqai J11

How the Kia Sportage Mk4 (2015–2021) and the Nissan Qashqai J11 (2nd Gen) (2013–2021) 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 8 of 13 mileage bands

Nissan Qashqai J11 (2nd Gen)

2,576,516

MOT tests compared · built 2013–2021

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.

Kia Sportage Mk4 Nissan Qashqai J11

Under 10,000 miles 92.7% vs 94.0%

15,924 and 44,959 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.4% vs 92.0%

102,438 and 226,630 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 86.4% vs 89.0%

190,372 and 392,313 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 84.5% vs 85.4%

199,608 and 419,793 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 82.8% vs 82.4%

171,227 and 379,183 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 81.1% vs 79.7%

132,734 and 314,648 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 79.4% vs 76.8%

96,468 and 245,047 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 76.9% vs 73.7%

65,624 and 182,566 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 75.0% vs 70.8%

42,218 and 130,520 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 73.3% vs 67.9%

25,835 and 89,917 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 71.4% vs 64.6%

25,489 and 108,576 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 69.6% vs 60.8%

5,784 and 32,937 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 71.0% vs 58.7%

1,288 and 9,427 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 11 times as often as the Nissan Qashqai J11: 2.8% of MOTs against 0.24%.

In 13 of 13 mileage bands · Braking System
Rear suspension arm

Fails over 20 times as often as the Nissan Qashqai J11: 0.67% of MOTs against 0.03%.

In 8 of 13 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints

Nissan Qashqai J11 fails more often on

Engine management light

Fails about twice as often as the Kia Sportage Mk4: 2.3% of MOTs against 0.88%.

In 10 of 13 mileage bands · Dashboard Warning Lights
Front suspension arm

Fails about 12 times as often as the Kia Sportage Mk4: 4.1% of MOTs against 0.33%.

In 9 of 13 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints

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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.