MOT comparison

Kia Sportage Mk5 vs Ford Kuga Mk3

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

Kia Sportage Mk5

85,774

MOT tests compared · built 2021–2026

Passes more often in 0 of 7 mileage bands

Ford Kuga Mk3

130,751

MOT tests compared · built 2020–2026

Passes more often in 4 of 7 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Kia Sportage Mk5 Ford Kuga Mk3

Under 10,000 miles 93.9% vs 94.4%

3,755 and 6,777 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 91.4% vs 93.6%

20,092 and 28,248 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 88.7% vs 91.1%

28,533 and 38,282 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 86.9% vs 89.5%

19,003 and 28,865 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 84.8% vs 87.2%

8,919 and 16,411 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 84.6% vs 84.8%

3,823 and 8,055 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 83.8% vs 83.6%

1,649 and 4,113 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 Mk5 fails more often on

Windscreen wiper

Fails about 6 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

Ford Kuga Mk3 fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Kia Sportage Mk5.

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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.