Used car guide
2012 Kia Carens: petrol or diesel?
Petrol, diesel and hybrid versions go wrong in different ways, so each has its own figures from the MOTs these cars had during 2023–2025. Pick the one you’re looking at: the fuel is on the logbook and in the car’s MOT history.
Petrol and Hybrid versions had too few MOTs for figures of their own, or weren’t sold.
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Other years
Every year of the Kia Carens compared
| Year | MOT tests | Most flagged |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 269 | Tyres 32% |
| 2018 | 4,844 | Tyres 33% |
| 2017 | 5,533 | Tyres 32% |
| 2016 | 5,331 | Brakes 35% |
| 2015 | 6,361 | Brakes 38% |
| 2014 | 6,477 | Brakes 38% |
| 2013 | 4,112 | Brakes 40% |
| 2011 | 1,008 | Suspension 49% |
| 2010 | 969 | Suspension 47% |
| 2009 | 3,208 | Suspension 54% |
| 2008 | 2,865 | Suspension 58% |
| 2007 | 1,285 | Suspension 60% |
| 2006 | 809 | Brakes 54% |
| 2005 | 434 | Brakes 55% |
| 2004 | 294 | Brakes 55% |
| 2003 | 177 | Brakes 51% |
| 2002 | – | Too few tests |
| 2001 | – | Too few tests |
| 2000 | – | Too few tests |