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Kia Picanto vs Volkswagen up!

Both are city cars. First-time MOT failure at age 7, and what each one is known to fail on.

The Volkswagen up! is the more reliable of the two. It fails its first MOT at age 7 17.2% of the time, against 18.7% for the Kia Picanto.

Kia Picanto

18.7%

fail at age 7

Rank 127 of 239 · 39k miles at 7 · 164,894 tests

Volkswagen up!

17.2%

fail at age 7

Rank 98 of 239 · 40k miles at 7 · 125,481 tests

What each one fails on

Measured

The faults each records most at ages 6 to 9. Same figures as each full report.

A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively wornAdvisory5.3%

Brake pipe damaged or excessively corrodedAdvisory4.8%

Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirementFail1.8%

A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively wornFail1.7%

Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brakeAdvisory1.6%

A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioningFail1.5%

A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively wornAdvisory9.6%

A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively wornFail2.7%

A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioningFail2.1%

Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brakeAdvisory2.0%

Play in steering rack inner joint(s)Advisory1.4%

An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source mFail1.1%