Kia SORENTO - 2013
233.4 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2013 is 221.9 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Kia SORENTO, model year 2013.
Sample size: 2,229 cars, 5,302 tests and 12,374 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 2,229 cars
The 2013 KIA Sorento has an overall defect rate of 233 per 100 vehicles, which is 6% higher than the average for cars of the same year. Notably, as mileage increases, the defect rate for this model also rises, particularly in the highest mileage category, where it reaches 394 defects per 100 vehicles. The Sorento performs significantly better in the areas of lights and electrics, with a defect rate 30% lower than the average, and body structure, which is 45% lower. Conversely, it shows a concerning trend in steering defects, being over 250% higher than the average, alongside a notable rise in equipment-related issues.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 2,229 cars
Categories
Brakes
▼ 11.4% worse
109.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 98.4 / 100 tests
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▼ 244.2% worse
44.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 12.9 / 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
- A steering ball joint: worn to the extent there is a serious risk of detachment
Visibility
▲ 7.2% better
16.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 18.0 / 100 tests
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- 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
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
Lights & Electrics
▲ 31.3% better
34.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 50.1 / 100 tests
- Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
- A lens defective: which has no effect on emitted light
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- A direction indicator: lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 3.3% worse
226.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 219.6 / 100 tests
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▲ 48.5% better
10.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.0 / 100 tests
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- A towbar component damaged, defective or fractured
- A door will not open using the relevant control or close properly
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
Equipment
▼ 44.2% worse
7.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.2 / 100 tests
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
Other
▲ 12.8% better
17.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 19.6 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Emissions test unable to be completed
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
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: 1,981
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,082
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 692
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 681
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 590
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 487
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 479
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 420
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 417
A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
FAIL
Occurrences: 398
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 420
A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
FAIL
Occurrences: 398
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 150
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 149
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 133
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 127
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 96
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 80
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 72
A door will not open using the relevant control or close properly
FAIL
Occurrences: 71