How many Kia Carenses are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, how new registrations have changed and which fuels they use. Built from DVLA licensing records and 13,720 DVSA MOT tests.
Licensed in Great Britain12,031−8.3% on a year earlier
Declared SORN1,772Off the road, not taxed
MOT first-time pass rate, 202563.0%Cars of the same ages 70.6%
Rank by number licensedNo. 318of 1,159 models we cover
Peak year201523,155 licensed
Average annual mileage7,810miles a year
How many Kia Carenses are left in Great Britain?
There were 12,031 Kia Carenses licensed in Great Britain at the end of March 2026, and a further 1,772 declared off the road (SORN).
That is 48.0% fewer than the peak of 23,155 in 2015.
Kia Carenses licensed in Great Britain
Numbers peaked in 2015 and have fallen every year since, as older cars are scrapped faster than new ones are registered.
In 2025, 63.0% of Kia Carens MOT tests were passed first time,
against 72.8% for all cars.
Cars of the same ages as the Kia Carenses tested pass 70.6% of the time, so the Kia Carens does worse than average for its age, by 7.6 points. In 2024 its pass rate was 63.5%.
MOT first-time pass rate by age: Kia Carens vs all cars
Comparing like with like: each bar pair covers cars of the same age, so an older average age does not count against a model.
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Kia Carens
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MOT first-time pass rate by vehicle age, Kia Carens compared with all cars
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment is the most common reason a Kia Carens fails its MOT,
appearing on 39.9% of failed tests. A failed test can have defects in
more than one category, so shares add up to more than 100%.
12.1% of Kia Carens tests found at least one dangerous defect, against 7.3% for all cars.
Most common MOT failure categories
Share of failed Kia Carens MOT tests with at least one defect in each category
The single most common reason a Kia Carens failed its MOT in 2025 was
“Stop lamp: not working”, on 15.1% of 5,077 failed tests.
62.1% of tests ended with at least one advisory, a problem to watch that did not fail the test; the most common was “Tread depth: worn close to legal limit or worn on edge”.
The same fault on any wheel or side counts once.
Most common reasons for failure
Share of failed tests with each defect. A test can fail for more than one.
Most common specific MOT defects on failed Kia Carens tests, 2025
Defect
Share of failed tests
Stop lamp: not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
8 years of the Kia Carens, by year of first registration, have their own page with MOT results, common faults, mileage and how many are left. Against all cars of the same age, the 2014 cars did best at their 2025 MOT (64.4% passed first time) and the 2016 cars worst (66.1%).
Registered: cars on the DVLA record at the end of the year they were first registered (these counts start in 2014, so older years show a dash). Left:
licensed or declared SORN at the end of 2025.
Both cover the United Kingdom. Pass rate: first-time passes at normal MOT tests in Great
Britain in 2025; all cars: every car first registered the same year.
Kia Carens annual mileage
The average Kia Carens covers 7,810 miles a year,
worked out from odometer readings at consecutive MOT tests.
Average annual mileage by age
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10k
9,354
6–7 years
8,558
8–10 years
7,610
11–14 years
5,542
15–19 years
Average annual mileage of a Kia Carens by vehicle age
Registrations of Kia Carenses for the first time in Great Britain peaked at 3,660 in 2008. In 2025, 3 were registered. With almost none registered new, the number on the road is likely to keep falling.
Registered for the first time, by year
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Kia Carenses registered for the first time in Great Britain, by year
Of the 12,811 Kia Carenses licensed in the UK at the end of 2025, 65.3% have an engine of 1,601cc to 1,700cc, and 19.9% have an engine of 1,501cc to 1,600cc. The share with an engine of 1,901cc to 2,000cc has fallen from 67.8% in 2014 to 14.4%. Diesels made up 73.1% of those licensed in 2014 and 77.2% in 2025.
Engine sizes, end of 2025
DVLA records engine size in 100cc bands.
Kia Carenses licensed in the UK at the end of 2025, by engine size
Engine size
Share of those licensed
1,601cc to 1,700cc 8,368 licensed
65.3%
1,501cc to 1,600cc 2,545 licensed
19.9%
1,901cc to 2,000cc 1,851 licensed
14.4%
1,701cc to 1,800cc 46 licensed
0.4%
Other sizes 1 licensed
0.0%
Source:DfT / DVLAEnd of 2014 to end of 2025Updated
Engine size and fuel together, end of 2025
Engine size and fuel together, end of 2025
Engine size
Fuel
Licensed
Share
1,601–1,700cc
Diesel
8,368
65.3%
1,501–1,600cc
Petrol
2,282
17.8%
1,901–2,000cc
Diesel
1,260
9.8%
1,901–2,000cc
Petrol
589
4.6%
1,501–1,600cc
Diesel
261
2.0%
Engine sizes, 2014 to 2025
Share of those licensed at the end of each year, for the most common sizes.
Kia Carenses licensed in the UK by fuel type, share of each year’s total
Year
Diesel
Petrol
2014
73.1%
26.7%
2015
75.3%
24.6%
2016
76.9%
23.0%
2017
77.5%
22.4%
2018
77.3%
22.6%
2019
77.3%
22.7%
2020
77.4%
22.5%
2021
77.2%
22.7%
2022
77.1%
22.8%
2023
77.0%
23.0%
2024
77.0%
23.0%
2025
77.2%
22.8%
Source:DfT / DVLAEnd of 2014 to end of 2025Updated
United Kingdom figures from DfT table VEH0220 (licensed cars at the end of each year, SORN
excluded), so they differ slightly from the Great Britain counts elsewhere on this page.
How we use engine sizes.
Kia Carens fuel economy and CO2
The Vehicle Certification Agency’s new car data lists the Kia Carens from 2000, when the data begins, to 2018. On the NEDC test (listings 2000 to 2018), official combined fuel economy for its petrol and diesel versions ranges from 30.7 to 67.2 mpg, with CO2 of 109 to 216 g/km.
Official NEDC figures by engine and fuel, listed 2000 to 2018
Official NEDC figures by engine and fuel, listed 2000 to 2018
Official figures from laboratory type-approval tests. VCA says they may not be achieved in
real-world driving, and should not be used to rank cars with similar figures.
Engine sizes are rounded to the nearest 0.1 litre. A version is one line in
VCA’s data (description, gearbox, engine and fuel), counted once however many years it was
listed.
Matched from VCA’s model names “Carens”, “New Carens”, “Carens 2003 Model Year”, “Carens (2001 Model Year)”. How we use VCA’s figures.
Kia Carens safety recalls
DVSA lists 4 safety recalls for the Kia Carens since 1992, the first in 2003. The most recent was launched on 5 December 2024.
The HECU hydraulic electronic control unit of affected vehicles equipped with Anti-lock Brake Systems ABS and Electronic Stability Control ESC could leak internally and cause an electrical short over time. In extreme cases the HECU could overheat with a possible risk of an under bonnet fire.
Remedy
The recall will replace the fuses in the junction box with a lower rated version.
A recall applies to cars built on particular dates or with particular VINs, not to every Kia Carens. The details come from manufacturers through DVSA, which says they may be delayed or
incomplete. To check a specific car, use GOV.UK’s vehicle recall check or ask the manufacturer or a
dealer. How we match recalls to models.
Figures cover Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Northern Ireland is not included.
Licensed counts are vehicles with a current tax or exemption at the end of each year (or the latest quarter). SORN counts are shown separately.
First registrations count vehicles registered in Great Britain for the first time, including used imports.
Models are grouped by DVLA’s generic model name, so every generation and trim counts together.
MOT figures cover normal tests of cars aged three and over in 2025; retests are excluded. Age is rounded to the nearest year.
DVSA records the model name typed in at the test. We match those names to DVLA’s generic models, so a handful of tests may be counted under a close relative.
