Kia Shuma MOT reliability

Kia Shumas passed their MOT first time 42% of the time across 26 tests in 2025. 15 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 26 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

42%

MOTs analysed

26

Still licensed (GB)

15

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. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2001 petrol

4 MOTs

These figures come from only 4 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 50%. Typical mileage 57,558 (most between 37,625 and 80,678).

2005: 70% → 2006: 67% → 2007: 61% → 2008: 54% → 2009: 47% → 2010: 43% → 2011: 42% → 2012: 39% → 2013: 38% → 2014: 41% → 2015: 40% → 2016: 43% → 2017: 49% → 2018: 44% → 2019: 53% → 2020: 45% → 2021: 32% → 2022: 43% → 2023: 25% → 2024: 25% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Service brake imbalance: across an axle (50.0%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (50.0%)
Headlamp: lens seriously defective (25.0%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (25.0%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (25.0%)

Where 2001 Shumas fail

Body, structure & corrosion

50.0%

Brakes

50.0%

Lights & electrics

25.0%

Suspension & axles

25.0%

Visibility & wipers

25.0%

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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.