Daewoo Kalos MOT reliability

Daewoo Kaloss passed their MOT first time 49% of the time across 371 tests in 2025. 252 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

49%

MOTs analysed

371

Still licensed (GB)

252

Body type

Hatchback

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age.

In detail:

First registered

2003 petrol

124 MOTs

Passed first time 49%. Typical mileage 67,358 (most between 51,882 and 89,719).

2005: 86% → 2006: 81% → 2007: 77% → 2008: 71% → 2009: 65% → 2010: 61% → 2011: 53% → 2012: 49% → 2013: 43% → 2014: 42% → 2015: 43% → 2016: 42% → 2017: 41% → 2018: 40% → 2019: 40% → 2020: 41% → 2021: 39% → 2022: 53% → 2023: 51% → 2024: 51% → 2025: 49%

Most common failures

Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (8.9%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (8.9%)
Position lamp: not working (8.1%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (7.3%)
Prescribed areas: prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced (7.3%)

Where 2003 Kaloss fail

Suspension & axles

27.4%

Lights & electrics

19.4%

Brakes

18.5%

Body, structure & corrosion

15.3%

Visibility & wipers

13.7%

Seat belts & other equipment

12.1%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

9.7%

Wheels & tyres

6.5%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.