MOT comparison

Kia Sportage Mk4 vs Peugeot 3008 Mk2

How the Kia Sportage Mk4 (2015–2021) and the Peugeot 3008 Mk2 (2016–2026) 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

1,073,721

MOT tests compared · built 2015–2021

Passes more often in 5 of 12 mileage bands

Peugeot 3008 Mk2

426,341

MOT tests compared · built 2016–2026

Passes more often in 4 of 12 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Kia Sportage Mk4 Peugeot 3008 Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 92.7% vs 95.4%

15,924 and 10,765 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.4% vs 92.5%

102,438 and 50,285 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 86.4% vs 88.5%

190,372 and 82,207 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 84.5% vs 85.3%

199,608 and 81,782 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 82.8% vs 82.6%

171,227 and 67,671 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 81.1% vs 79.5%

132,734 and 49,481 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 79.4% vs 76.8%

96,468 and 33,575 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 76.9% vs 74.3%

65,624 and 21,415 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 75.0% vs 72.9%

42,218 and 12,586 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 73.3% vs 71.9%

25,835 and 7,513 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 71.4% vs 70.7%

25,489 and 7,404 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 69.6% vs 71.2%

5,784 and 1,657 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 14 times as often as the Peugeot 3008 Mk2: 2.5% of MOTs against 0.18%.

In 12 of 12 mileage bands · Braking System
Front brake pad

Fails about twice as often as the Peugeot 3008 Mk2: 2.2% of MOTs against 1.1%.

In 9 of 12 mileage bands · Braking System
Rear suspension arm

Fails over 20 times as often as the Peugeot 3008 Mk2: 0.65% of MOTs against 0.00%.

In 7 of 12 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints

Peugeot 3008 Mk2 fails more often on

Front drive shaft

Fails about 14 times as often as the Kia Sportage Mk4: 3.0% of MOTs against 0.34%.

In 9 of 12 mileage bands
Front ball joint

Fails about 6 times as often as the Kia Sportage Mk4: 2.0% of MOTs against 0.51%.

In 9 of 12 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints

Own one of these?

Enter your registration to see your own car's MOT history, its predicted pass chance and what usually fails next at its mileage.

Check a car's MOT Compare the Kia Sportage Mk4 with another model

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.