MOT comparison

Peugeot 3008 Mk2 vs Kia Sportage Mk4

How the Peugeot 3008 Mk2 (2016–2026) and the Kia Sportage Mk4 (2015–2021) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Peugeot 3008 Mk2

426,341

MOT tests compared · built 2016–2026

Passes more often in 4 of 12 mileage bands

Kia Sportage Mk4

1,073,721

MOT tests compared · built 2015–2021

Passes more often in 5 of 12 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Peugeot 3008 Mk2 Kia Sportage Mk4

Under 10,000 miles 95.4% vs 92.7%

10,765 and 15,924 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 92.5% vs 89.4%

50,285 and 102,438 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 88.5% vs 86.4%

82,207 and 190,372 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 85.3% vs 84.5%

81,782 and 199,608 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 82.6% vs 82.8%

67,671 and 171,227 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 79.5% vs 81.1%

49,481 and 132,734 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 76.8% vs 79.4%

33,575 and 96,468 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 74.3% vs 76.9%

21,415 and 65,624 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 72.9% vs 75.0%

12,586 and 42,218 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 71.9% vs 73.3%

7,513 and 25,835 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 70.7% vs 71.4%

7,404 and 25,489 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 71.2% vs 69.6%

1,657 and 5,784 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

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
Rear coil spring

Fails over 20 times as often as the Kia Sportage Mk4: 1.5% of MOTs against 0.00%.

In 8 of 12 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks

Kia Sportage Mk4 fails more often on

Parking brake

Fails about 12 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

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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.

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