Does the Hyundai i10 fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Hyundai i10 records 12.23 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 8.76 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+3.47, 95% interval +3.41 to +3.53). It ranks 163 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Hyundai i10 is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 25,752 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 25,752 | 1.93 |
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 24,813 | 1.86 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 16,455 | 1.23 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 15,079 | 1.13 |
| Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn | 13,089 | 0.98 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,333,364 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
If a Hyundai i10 gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
13.6% of Hyundai i10 MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 4,191 miles later (225,167 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 225,167 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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