All generations and engines together · 2,084 MOT tests in the 2025 data
Not enough recent tests to rate this SUV. Not enough recent MOT data to call this one yet.
Owner folklore from forums and the motoring press, with how well each report stands up. Most of it never shows up in an MOT, which is why this section exists at all.
The Integrated Charging Control Unit manages both high-voltage charging and top-up of the small 12V battery, and thermal or electrical stress (especially from repeated AC charging) can damage it or its high-voltage fuse. Owners see a 12V warning light, a sudden drop in available power while driving, or a car that simply won't start after sitting overnight. Kia has run a UK recall (DVSA campaign 241041) covering 2022-2024 build cars to inspect and replace the ICCU and fuse and update the software for free, so check this has been done on any car in that range.
A batch of the earliest UK-delivered EV6s (built roughly September to December 2021) left the factory with a heating fault: no heat at all on startup, or the heat working for about 20 minutes then cutting out and refusing to restart, sometimes affecting the demister too. It's a PTC heater/heat pump control issue, and Kia's fix is a dealer software update rather than new parts. Worth confirming on any very early car that the update has been applied.
A minority of owners report the central touchscreen (and occasionally the driver's instrument cluster) randomly rebooting, freezing solid, or going black until the car is restarted, and this crops up more often around a failed or interrupted software update. It's not tied to a specific mileage or age and isn't officially acknowledged as a defect. A dealer reflash usually sorts it and there's no parts cost, but a car mid-update when you view it is worth a second look.
Because regenerative braking does most of the slowing down, the physical brakes get little work, so rear discs can rust on the friction surface and caliper slide pins can seize, particularly on cars used for short trips or left standing. Owners are split on whether this is a fault or just something EV drivers need to manage with an occasional harder stop. It can show up within a couple of years as grinding, binding, or an MOT advisory for corroded discs; a caliper rebuild or disc replacement runs roughly £150-700 depending on how far it's got.
Separate from the well-known relay-theft risk, some owners find the door handles don't unlock on approach even though the mirrors fold out as expected, forcing them to use the fob button instead, and a few report the remote button locking the car when they meant to unlock it. It seems intermittent and software-related rather than tied to one model year. No cost to the buyer if it's a known glitch since it's a warranty/software matter, but worth testing on a viewing.
Ranked from this model’s own MOT record, then from what owners report.
Saveable checklistThe physical checks its own defect data says are worth your time, most telling first.
These judge the seller’s upkeep rather than the model, and they are where the haggling money is.
Drawn from the reports above rather than the MOT data. These are the model-specific ones.
Computed from DVSA MOT results, all of Great Britain, 2025. Nothing here is opinion.
Share of tests where each item was recorded. The dark tick is the class average across all tracked models; bars are scaled within each group.
The rows that judge the model rather than its keeper. 2,084 tests in this band.
Tyres, pads and stone chips say more about how the car was driven and maintained than about how it was built.
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