What are the inspection figures for Kia Niro and Toyota RAV4, per age band?

Kia Niro vs Toyota RAV4: 3-5 years: 92 versus 62. 6-8 years: 75 versus 75. 100 = country average for that age band in this country.

Where do these figures come from?

DVSA MOT-statistiek (data through 03/09/2026) Both models use the same source and the same reference date.

Figures per shared age band: numerator, denominator and country index for both models, from the same source.

Age	Kia Niro		Toyota RAV4		Difference (percentage points)
Age	Inspections with a defect	Country index	Inspections with a defect	Country index	Difference (percentage points)
3-5 years	3651 of 31243 (11.7%)	92	2194 of 27891 (7.9%)	62	+3.82
6-8 years	3244 of 22595 (14.4%)	75	3462 of 24090 (14.4%)	75	-0.01

100 = country average for that age band in this country.

No recalls or complaints registered for this model.

What this does not show

The country index is an average across the entire fleet of this model in this country, not a failure probability for one specific vehicle.
A complaint share is a share of reported complaints, not a failure probability for all vehicles of this model.
The age correction is already built into each band; differences between generations or trims within the same model are not.
These figures apply to United Kingdom and are not directly comparable to a figure from another country.

What are the inspection figures for Kia Niro and Toyota RAV4, per age band?
Kia Niro vs Toyota RAV4: 3-5 years: 92 versus 62. 6-8 years: 75 versus 75. 100 = country average for that age band in this country.
Are any recalls known for Kia Niro or Toyota RAV4?
Kia Niro: 1. Toyota RAV4: 0.
Where do these figures come from?
DVSA MOT-statistiek (data through 03/09/2026) Both models use the same source and the same reference date.

Each row compares inspections from the same age band, in the same country.

The country index rescales the model's defect rate so that 100 equals the country average for that band.

Two models are only compared if they share at least two age bands.

What counts as a failed inspection differs per country; never compare a figure on this page with a figure from another country.

Kia Niro vs Toyota RAV4, United Kingdom, data through 3 September 2026. https://uk.plateop.com/modellen/vergelijk/kia-niro-vs-toyota-rav4