MOT comparison

Volkswagen Golf Mk7 vs Kia Ceed Mk2

How the Volkswagen Golf Mk7 (2012–2019) and the Kia Ceed Mk2 (JD) (2012–2018) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Volkswagen Golf Mk7

3,651,227

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2019

Passes more often in 15 of 15 mileage bands

Kia Ceed Mk2 (JD)

541,236

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2018

Passes more often in 0 of 15 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Volkswagen Golf Mk7 Kia Ceed Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 93.4% vs 92.0%

49,856 and 5,641 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 90.5% vs 88.9%

249,307 and 32,720 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 88.7% vs 85.8%

450,072 and 64,701 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 87.9% vs 82.6%

510,712 and 74,971 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 86.6% vs 79.8%

486,768 and 72,305 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 85.0% vs 76.8%

430,018 and 64,635 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 83.2% vs 73.8%

362,339 and 55,149 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 81.4% vs 70.7%

293,529 and 45,492 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 80.0% vs 67.8%

230,229 and 35,766 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 78.5% vs 66.0%

175,030 and 27,160 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 77.0% vs 62.2%

254,468 and 38,787 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 75.7% vs 59.6%

104,393 and 15,448 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 74.3% vs 58.4%

37,212 and 5,489 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 73.8% vs 57.0%

12,156 and 1,953 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 71.0% vs 60.3%

5,138 and 1,019 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

Volkswagen Golf Mk7 fails more often on

Rear coil spring

Fails over 20 times as often as the Kia Ceed Mk2: 1.3% of MOTs against 0.04%.

In 10 of 15 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks
Shock absorbers

Fails about 7 times as often as the Kia Ceed Mk2: 2.1% of MOTs against 0.43%.

In 9 of 15 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks
Engine management light

Fails about twice as often as the Kia Ceed Mk2: 1.5% of MOTs against 0.71%.

In 8 of 15 mileage bands · Dashboard Warning Lights

Kia Ceed Mk2 fails more often on

Front position lamp

Fails about 17 times as often as the Volkswagen Golf Mk7: 2.0% of MOTs against 0.14%.

In 15 of 15 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Headlamp

Fails about 1.5 times as often as the Volkswagen Golf Mk7: 3.2% of MOTs against 1.9%.

In 14 of 15 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.