Kia CEED - 2009
397.3 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2009 is 311.0 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Kia CEED, model year 2009.
Sample size: 6,977 cars, 15,992 tests and 63,542 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 6,977 cars
The 2009 KIA CEED has a higher overall defect rate, recording 397 defects per 100 vehicles compared to the yearly average of 310 defects. Notably, it stands out for lower issues in equipment and other categories, with 4.9% and 26% of vehicles respectively, which is better than the average. However, the model shows significantly worse performance in steering, lights and electrics, wheels, suspensions, and axles, where defect rates are considerably higher than average. Mileage trends indicate that as the vehicle ages, defect rates increase, particularly in the higher mileage brackets.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 6,977 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▼ 23.5% worse
145.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 117.5 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▼ 103.7% worse
33.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 16.3 / 100 tests
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
- Excessive radial movement between the top of the steering column and the shaft indicating an excessively worn top bearing
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Excessive wear or play in a universal joint or a flexible coupling excessively deteriorated
Visibility
▼ 8.1% worse
25.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 23.4 / 100 tests
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: defective
Lights & Electrics
▼ 37.8% worse
111.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 80.9 / 100 tests
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- A battery insecure: but not likely to fall from carrier
- Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 32.4% worse
396.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 299.8 / 100 tests
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
Body/Structure
▼ 24.8% worse
51.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 41.5 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
Equipment
▲ 41.0% better
4.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 8.3 / 100 tests
- A seat belt:
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- A seat belt:
Other
▲ 24.4% better
26.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 34.4 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Emissions test unable to be completed
- Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 8,729
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,450
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,820
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,888
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,902
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,335
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,242
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,983
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
MINOR
Occurrences: 1,742
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
MINOR
Occurrences: 1,508
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,242
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 849
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 708
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 653
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 613
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 518
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 489
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 470
A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
FAIL
Occurrences: 468
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 411