Kia CARENS - 2018
138.8 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2018 is 123.2 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Kia CARENS, model year 2018.
Sample size: 1,588 cars, 3,711 tests and 5,150 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 1,588 cars
The 2018 KIA Carens has an overall defect rate of 139 defects per 100 vehicles, which is 16% higher than the average for vehicles of the same year. Notably, this model shows significantly better performance in the categories of steering and body/structure, with defect rates notably lower than the average. However, it struggles with brake issues, exhibiting a defect rate that is 54% higher than average, as well as higher rates in lights & electrics, equipment, and other categories. Mileage trends indicate that defect rates increase with higher mileage, particularly within the 124,000+ miles segment, where the rate reaches 279 defects per 100 vehicles.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 1,588 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▼ 49.4% worse
102.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 68.8 / 100 tests
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 74.0% better
1.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.0 / 100 tests
- Steering
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Excessive radial movement between the top of the steering column and the shaft indicating an excessively worn top bearing
- Excessive roughness in operation of steering
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
Visibility
▲ 0.7% better
13.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.9 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 27.3% worse
22.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 17.6 / 100 tests
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 5.4% better
119.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 126.7 / 100 tests
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▲ 62.7% better
1.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.1 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Bumper: insecure or with damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted
- A body panel or body component: damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure
- A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
Equipment
▼ 86.4% worse
4.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.2 / 100 tests
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt:
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Other
▼ 61.4% worse
11.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limits
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,006
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 677
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 591
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 536
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 230
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 164
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 133
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 91
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 80
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 77
Serious faults (Top 10)
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 164
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 133
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 77
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 74
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 52
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 48
An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 46
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 46
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 42
Emissions levels exceed default limits
FAIL
Occurrences: 39