2009 KIA Picanto 1.1L Petrol · FN09 VWV

The 2009 Kia Picanto presents as roadworthy with a stable maintenance trend. The most recent test on 9 July 2025 at 72,588 miles returned a pass with no defects recorded, continuing a clean run of annual examinations. The vehicle shows no escalating faults, recurring advisories, or structural concerns across the supplied history. Mileage sits low for a seventeen-year-old car at 72,588 recorded miles, averaging roughly 4,270 miles per year. The record traces a steady climb: 61,490 miles on 22 June 2022, 61,500 the next day, then 65,231 by 29 June 2023, 69,627 on 3 July 2024, and 72,588 by July 2025. The single anomalous entry is the 22 June 2022 failure at 61,490 miles, which the DVSA data lists with no defects recorded. This suggests an administrative rejection, possibly a documentation or identification mismatch rather than mechanical fault, and the car passed cleanly twenty-four hours later. The sparse, clean record gives the buyer little to act on from a fault standpoint. No tester flagged worn suspension bushes, corroded subframes, binding calipers, or exhaust issues at any stage. Low annual mileage paired with a one-day failure and immediate pass implies the previous keeper maintained basic statutory compliance but may have left the car standing for long periods. A pre-purchase inspection should still confirm underside structural integrity and check for dormant corrosion on sills and suspension mounts given the age. Verify brake disc condition and tyre sidewall cracking from intermittent use. The absence of advisories does not exempt a seventeen-year-old vehicle from age-related rubber perishing and fluid degradation invisible to the MOT lane.