Kia PICANTO - 2016
152.9 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2016 is 154.9 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Kia PICANTO, model year 2016.
Sample size: 12,698 cars, 27,454 tests and 41,971 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 12,698 cars
The 2016 KIA Picanto has a slightly higher overall defect rate compared to the average car of the same year, with 153 defects per 100 vehicles versus 151. While tyre wear is a common issue across many models, the Picanto notably excels in several areas, including steering, lights and electrics, and body structure, where it shows significantly lower defect rates than average. However, it does experience a higher incidence of brake-related issues, with a defect rate of 121 per 100 vehicles compared to the average of 77. As mileage increases, the defect rate for the Picanto also rises more sharply than the yearly average, particularly in the higher mileage categories.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 12,698 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▼ 55.1% worse
121.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 78.2 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 58.0% better
3.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 8.1 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Excessive wear or play in a universal joint or a flexible coupling excessively deteriorated
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
Visibility
▼ 8.0% worse
16.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.0 / 100 tests
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 57.1% better
10.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 25.4 / 100 tests
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- A battery insecure: but not likely to fall from carrier
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 9.6% better
144.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 159.4 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▲ 63.7% better
3.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.1 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- Bumper: insecure or with damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
Equipment
▲ 3.0% better
3.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.3 / 100 tests
- 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
- A seat belt:
- A seat belt:
Other
▲ 70.8% better
3.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.3 / 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 levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limits
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 6,061
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,513
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,591
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,002
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,781
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,689
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,402
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 958
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 892
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 842
Serious faults (Top 10)
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 892
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 842
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 816
Parking brake inoperative on one side, or in the case of testing on the road, the vehicle deviates excessively from a straight line
FAIL
Occurrences: 583
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 527
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 521
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 476
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 457
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 423
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 391