Hyundai ix35 — MOT statistics 2024
The Hyundai ix35 failed 35.09% of 51,662 first MOT attempts in 2024 ("first-time", excluding retests). Adjusted for the age of the fleet, its initial-failure ratio is 109.3 (100 = expected for its age profile). This car fails its MOT about 9% more often than expected for its age.
Age-adjusted peer: Vauxhall Insignia (index 108.3) — the two published results are 1.0 index points apart.
Hyundai ix35 common problems: what actually fails the MOT
Brakes stand out at 20.1 per 100 tests, against 8.8 per 100 tests across UK vehicles of the same ages.
higher bar = fails more oftenrate per 100 tests
family vs national — matched to UK vehicles of the same ages — top component groups, per 100 tests. Legend: This family · National avg. Combined labels: family / national average. A gap here reflects how these vehicles are driven, used and maintained as well as how they were built — an MOT defect is a test outcome, not a breakdown.
Component-group comparison table
Each ratio carries a 95% interval. With 6 groups compared here, roughly one apparent difference in twenty is chance alone.
| Group | This family | Cases behind it | UK, same ages | Family / national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 20.1 | 65,075 | 8.8 | 2.29×2.28–2.31 |
| Lamps & electrical | 14.0 | 45,220 | 12.3 | 1.14×1.12–1.14 |
| Tyres | 10.3 | 33,315 | 8.9 | 1.16×1.14–1.17 |
| Suspension | 8.9 | 28,714 | 11.5 | 0.77×0.76–0.78 |
| Visibility | 7.3 | 23,638 | 6.8 | 1.07×1.06–1.09 |
| Steering | 6.0 | 19,390 | 2.2 | 2.78×2.74–2.82 |
| What failed | per 100 tests (this family) | per 100 tests (UK average) | ratio family / UK | What to check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mma brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 4.47 | 2.15 | 2.08× | Feel for brake judder and pulling on the test drive |
| Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover…Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated | 2.91 | 0.76 | 3.84× | Ask the seller about: Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover damaged or det |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirementParking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 2.91 | 1.24 | 2.35× | Feel for brake judder and pulling on the test drive |
| Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the…Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements | 5.25 | 3.59 | 1.46× | Check tyre tread depth across the full width |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake…Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 2.35 | 1.03 | 2.28× | Feel for brake judder and pulling on the test drive |
| Rear registration plate lamp or light source…A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources | 3.45 | 2.83 | 1.22× | Try every light and switch — lamps are a top failure |
| Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the…Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen | 2.42 | 2.22 | 1.09× | Check wipers, washers and windscreen chips in the driver's view |
| Lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a…A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning | 2.18 | 2.09 | 1.04× | Try every light and switch — lamps are a top failure |
| Spring or spring component fractured or seriously…A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened | 2.22 | 2.86 | 0.78× | Ask the seller about: A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened |
| Suspension pin, bush or joint excessively wornA suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn | 3.81 | 4.87 | 0.78× | Listen for knocks over bumps — worn joints show up on the test |
Named defects ranked by how much more often they appear than the national average — not by raw rate.
Hyundai ix35 MOT advisories: what gets flagged
Tyres are highest at 48.0 per 100 tests; Identification is lowest at 1.9 per 100 tests — the gap is 46.1 per 100 tests.
higher bar = flagged more oftenadvisory items per 100 initial tests
Advisory rates table
| Group | Advisories per 100 |
|---|---|
| Tyres | 48 |
| Brakes | 45.6 |
| Suspension | 15.6 |
| Non-component advisories | 10.9 |
| Identification | 1.9 |
| Emissions & leaks | 1.9 |
Advisories are wear the tester noted but didn't fail — what will need money soon.
Tyres, brakes and suspension: Hyundai ix35 against cars of the same age
| Age | Part | Hyundai ix35 | Same age, petrol and diesel | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 years | Tyres | 6.39 | 4.54 | 1.85 |
| 4 years | Brakes | 6.37 | 2.43 | 3.94 |
| 4 years | Suspension | 0.52 | 1.21 | -0.69 |
| 5 years | Tyres | 7.04 | 5.06 | 1.98 |
| 5 years | Brakes | 7.67 | 3.09 | 4.58 |
| 5 years | Suspension | 0.65 | 2.19 | -1.54 |
| 6 years | Tyres | 6.66 | 5.54 | 1.12 |
| 6 years | Brakes | 8.62 | 3.81 | 4.81 |
| 6 years | Suspension | 1.36 | 3.72 | -2.36 |
| 7 years | Tyres | 6.81 | 5.95 | 0.86 |
| 7 years | Brakes | 9.53 | 4.55 | 4.98 |
| 7 years | Suspension | 3.05 | 5.68 | -2.63 |
| 8 years | Tyres | 7.1 | 6.31 | 0.79 |
| 8 years | Brakes | 10.62 | 5.38 | 5.24 |
| 8 years | Suspension | 4.88 | 7.78 | -2.90 |
Failing items per 100 initial tests, 2019-2024. The comparison group is every petrol or diesel car tested at the same age, so weight and drivetrain show up rather than fleet age.
If a car like this fails, does it fail again?
A failure rate does not say whether a failure is a one-off or the start of something. This follows the same vehicles into their next ordinary MOT a year later — retests after a repair are excluded, because they follow a failure by definition. 2019-2024.
| After this year's test | Fails next year | Vehicles followed |
|---|---|---|
| It failed | 34.0% | 17,344 |
| It passed | 26.9% | 182,881 |
A failed test raises next year's chance of failing again by 7.1 percentage points. The failure most likely to come back is steering — 33.5% of those vehicles fail again next year. Some of this is the vehicle and some is the owner: a car that was let go once tends to be let go again. One caveat: a car that fails may be sold or scrapped rather than tested again, so these figures describe the vehicles that came back.
Adjusted for how much these are actually driven
The headline index adjusts for the fleet's age. Wear, though, follows mileage: a three-year-old taxi and a three-year-old garage queen sit in the same age band. These two rows compare every car with vehicles of the same age, and then with vehicles of the same age and the same annual mileage, 2019-2024, on 323,287 tests. Both stand on the six-year corpus so they are measured on identical data — compare them with each other, not with the headline index above, which is measured on 2024 alone.
| Standardised for | Index | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Age only | 106.9 | fails more often than expected |
| Age and annual mileage | 103.3 | fails more often than vehicles driven as much |
| Share doing under 3,000 miles a year | 1.3% | a normal spread of use |
Mileage changes little here (-3.6 points): this fleet is driven about as much as the vehicles it is compared with. One limit to keep in mind: mileage is partly a result of how often a car breaks down — one that spends weeks in the workshop covers fewer miles — so the mileage-matched figure can understate a real weakness. Tests with no usable odometer reading are left out of it.
How the Hyundai ix35 compares with cars of its own age and size
Not against the whole fleet — against cars of the same size class tested at the same age, 2019-2024.
| Age | Hyundai ix35 | Same class, same age | Difference | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 9.59% | 11.69% | -2.1 pp | 344 |
| 4 years | 16.38% | 13.28% | +3.1 pp | 12,779 |
| 5 years | 19.69% | 15.03% | +4.66 pp | 26,364 |
| 6 years | 23.3% | 17.27% | +6.03 pp | 37,141 |
| 7 years | 26.04% | 20.07% | +5.97 pp | 45,839 |
| 8 years | 28.63% | 23.12% | +5.51 pp | 51,259 |
| 9 years | 30.94% | 26.65% | +4.28 pp | 53,579 |
| 10 years | 34.41% | 29.96% | +4.45 pp | 41,092 |
| 11 years | 38.71% | 33.39% | +5.32 pp | 27,502 |
| 12 years | 40.65% | 36.43% | +4.21 pp | 16,617 |
| 13 years | 42.47% | 38.87% | +3.59 pp | 8,013 |
| 14 years | 44.1% | 40.83% | +3.27 pp | 2,814 |
Raw first-time failure rates within each age, so fleet age cannot flatter either side. A positive difference means this model fails more often than its own class at that age.
How does the Hyundai ix35 perform as it gets older?
The ix35 at age 11 stands out at 38.9%, against 33.2% for all vehicles of the same age.
higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points
Chart axes: car age, years · failure-rate scale 0–48%.
Takeaway: a 10-year-old ix35 has roughly a 30% chance of failing its MOT; from about age 11 it stays above the national age curve.
Data table
| Age | Hyundai ix35 | All vehicles | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 28.4% | 23.3% | +5.1 pp |
| 9 | 27.7% | 26.5% | +1.2 pp |
| 10 | 30.1% | 30.1% | -0.0 pp |
| 11 | 38.9% | 33.2% | +5.7 pp |
| 12 | 40.8% | 35.7% | +5.1 pp |
| 13 | 43.3% | 38.2% | +5.2 pp |
| 14 | 44.1% | 40.4% | +3.7 pp |
Is a Hyundai ix35 ULEZ compliant?
The share of classifiable 2024 Hyundai ix35 MOT tests likely ULEZ compliant by first-registration date is 18.4%.
Based on 51,630 classifiable initial MOT tests. This describes the tested fleet, not a specific car. MOT data do not record Euro class, so likely compliance is inferred from fuel and first-registration date. For the only authoritative answer, check the registration with TfL's official ULEZ checker.
higher = larger share likely compliantinferred from fuel and first-registration date; not a recorded Euro class
| Vehicle age at test | Likely ULEZ-compliant share | Tests |
|---|---|---|
| Under 3 years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 0 |
| 3–5 years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 0 |
| 6–7 years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 0 |
| 8 years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 324 |
| 9 years | 34.6% Check a registration with TfL | n = 11,641 |
| 10–14 years | 13.0% Check a registration with TfL | n = 39,665 |
| 15–17 years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 0 |
| 18 years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 0 |
| 19 years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 0 |
| 20+ years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 0 |
How dangerous are Hyundai ix35 MOT failures?
Major defects are well below the reference at 41.9 per 100 tests, against 52.8 per 100 tests nationally.
higher bar = fails more oftenrate per 100 tests
Severity table
| Severity | This family /100 | National /100 | Family / national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor | 13.07 | 14.22 | 0.92× |
| Major | 41.87 | 52.75 | 0.79× |
| Dangerous | 14.28 | 11.15 | 1.28× |
Chart values: Minor 13.1 · Major 41.9 · Dangerous 14.3.
Per 100 tests on this family. National average: Minor 14.2 · Major 52.8 · Dangerous 11.2 per 100.
Does the month of a Hyundai ix35 MOT matter?
Nov is highest at 31.2%; Mar is lowest at 28.1% — the gap is 3.1 percentage points.
higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points
Chart scale: 27%–33%.
bars: Hyundai ix35 · dashed: all class-4 cars
Month-by-month table
| Month | Hyundai ix35 | All vehicles | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30.28% | 31.12% | -0.8 pp |
| Feb | 28.65% | 29.99% | -1.3 pp |
| Mar | 28.05% | 28.26% | -0.2 pp |
| Apr | 29.4% | 29.78% | -0.4 pp |
| May | 29.14% | 28.79% | +0.4 pp |
| Jun | 28.63% | 28.15% | +0.5 pp |
| Jul | 29.06% | 29.33% | -0.3 pp |
| Aug | 29.83% | 29.2% | +0.6 pp |
| Sep | 29.35% | 28.19% | +1.2 pp |
| Oct | 30.29% | 30.34% | -0.1 pp |
| Nov | 31.16% | 30.58% | +0.6 pp |
| Dec | 29.7% | 29.33% | +0.4 pp |
Takeaway: the spread between best and worst month is 3.1 percentage points — noticeable seasonality. Seasonality partly reflects registration-date clustering, not weather.
Before reading the shape: most of it is not about cars. Britain changes its registration plates twice a year, and 18.9% of these cars were first registered in March with another17.1% in September — 36% in two months against the 17% an even spread would give. An MOT falls due three years after first registration, so the buying calendar becomes the testing calendar. That shapes how many cars are tested each month — not how often they fail: the busiest months here are not the worst ones, so read the failure line on its own and the volume behind it separately.
Hyundai ix35 average mileage by age
At age 8, the middle half of ix35s runs from 44,379 miles to 73,602 miles, against 58,511 miles as the median.
further right = more milesmedian is the typical car; band is p25–p75
Chart axes: car age, years · odometer scale 0–132k mi.
Does high mileage mean more Hyundai ix35 MOT failures at the same age?
Within the same age group, split by odometer (2024 MOTs), so this separates wear from age: at ages 10–14, 16.1% of those with under 40,000 miles failed first time versus 48.3% of those with over 140,000 miles.Inside this age group, higher mileage goes with more failures.
| Age | Odometer | % failing | 95% interval | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–9 | <40k miles | 12.3% | 10.2–14.7% | 816 |
| 6–9 | 40-70k miles | 22.6% | 21.5–23.8% | 4,809 |
| 6–9 | 70-100k miles | 32.3% | 31–33.7% | 4,768 |
| 6–9 | 100-140k miles | 36.6% | 34.1–39.1% | 1,410 |
| 6–9 | 140k+ miles | 44.7% | 37.3–52.4% | 161 (rough estimate) |
| 10–14 | <40k miles | 16.1% | 13.9–18.4% | 1,034 |
| 10–14 | 40-70k miles | 26.7% | 25.8–27.7% | 8,267 |
| 10–14 | 70-100k miles | 37.3% | 36.5–38% | 16,479 |
| 10–14 | 100-140k miles | 44.6% | 43.7–45.5% | 11,699 |
| 10–14 | 140k+ miles | 48.3% | 46.2–50.4% | 2,170 |
line: median · band: middle half of the fleet (p25–p75)
Mileage by age (p25 / median / p75)
| Age | p25 | Median | p75 | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 44,379 | 58,511 | 73,602 | 324 |
| 9 | 57,529 | 72,020 | 88,140 | 11,641 |
| 10 | 64,742 | 80,489 | 97,538 | 13,203 |
| 11 | 70,310 | 87,337 | 105,184 | 10,372 |
| 12 | 75,505 | 93,639 | 112,052 | 8,210 |
| 13 | 83,597 | 102,302 | 122,005 | 5,066 |
| 14 | 88,236 | 106,013 | 125,868 | 2,814 |
A typical 8-year-old ix35 has ~58,511 miles on the clock. Much more — ask why; much less — check for gaps in the MOT history.
Where in Britain the Hyundai ix35 fails its MOT most
Dundee area is highest at 43.1%; Southend-on-Sea area is lowest at 22.0% — the gap is 21.1 percentage points.
higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points
| Toughest areas | % failing | vs model overall |
|---|---|---|
| Dundee (DD) | 43.07% | +13.6 pp |
| Aberdeen (AB) | 38.99% | +9.5 pp |
| Kirkcaldy (KY) | 38.37% | +8.9 pp |
| Galashiels (TD) | 35.26% | +5.8 pp |
| Paisley (PA) | 34.71% | +5.2 pp |
| Easiest areas | % failing | vs model overall |
|---|---|---|
| Southend-on-Sea (SS) | 22.02% | -7.5 pp |
| St Albans (AL) | 22.18% | -7.3 pp |
| Romford (RM) | 22.39% | -7.1 pp |
| Kingston upon Thames (KT) | 23.18% | -6.3 pp |
| Kirkwall (KW) | 23.37% | -6.1 pp |
Why do areas differ?
For each external factor we correlate the area fail rate with the factor across postcode areas that have ≥800 tests of this family, then compare the bottom vs top fifth (quintile) of the factor. Correlation, not causation — factors travel together (the north is colder and often poorer; urban areas are denser and less salted). Road surface condition is joined now, for the 91 English areas the DfT publishes, and it explains nothing: the correlation with suspension failures is −0.01 and with body and structure failures 0.07. Potholes wreck wheels and tyres between tests, but by the time a car reaches the bay the road it drives on leaves no measurable trace.
In areas with the highest mot centre density this model fails 5.4 pp more often than in the lowest fifth (r=0.47, n=104 areas with ≥800 tests).
In areas with the highest frost days this model fails 3.2 pp more often than in the lowest fifth (r=0.41, n=104 areas with ≥800 tests).
In areas with the highest road-salt proxy this model fails 4.1 pp more often than in the lowest fifth (r=0.40, n=104 areas with ≥800 tests).
| Factor | Low Q | High Q | Gap | Correlation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOT centre density | 26.1% | 31.5% | +5.4 pp | r=0.47 |
| Frost days | 28.4% | 31.6% | +3.2 pp | r=0.41 |
| Road-salt proxy | 27.6% | 31.7% | +4.1 pp | r=0.40 |
Factors that only mean something combined
Some conditions are useless on their own and informative multiplied together. Frost days alone say little — Britain barely freezes. Salt tonnage alone says little — it tracks frost. Distance to the sea alone says little. Multiply the first two and divide by the third and you get an index of how hard an area attacks a car's underside, and it lines up with the corrosion defects we actually record. We built five such combinations and tested each against our own data. Three survived; two did not, and the failures are listed here on purpose — a proxy that was never checked is decoration. One survivor only survived on the second attempt: built from a crude stand-in for street parking it failed outright, and rebuilt from the census — terraced streets carrying more cars than they have driveways — it works, and carries information the salt index does not.
| Composite | Built from | Tested against | r | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underbody corrosion | frost days × salt load ÷ (distance to coast + 1) | share of tests with a corrosion defect | +0.42 | holds (116 areas) |
| Tyre wear | rain days × annual miles ÷ age at first tyre advisory | share of tests failing on tyres | +0.45 | holds (116 areas) |
| Overnight corrosion | terraced housing × cars per household × frost days | share with a corrosion defect | +0.41 | holds (102 areas) — and adds signal beyond the first index |
| Deferred maintenance | deprivation × advisory-to-failure conversion ÷ labour rate | cars repeating the same advisory | −0.26 | fails (118 areas) |
| Powertrain stress | engine capacity ÷ kerb weight | suspension, brake and emissions failures | −0.16 | fails (22 models) |
The deprivation result is the one worth dwelling on. The intuition that poorer areas defer repairs is strong enough that most people treat it as established. We tested it twice — once on raw failure rates (r = 0.04) and again, more fairly, on whether an advisory turns into a failure — and it did not hold any of the three times we tried it — on raw failure rates, on advisory-to-failure conversion, and again with deprivation measured properly inside each nation rather than England alone. We are closing it. What does predict local failure rates is the density of test centres, which is a statement about testing, not about cars.
All external-factor correlations (machine-readable)
| Factor | r | n areas | Low-Q fail % | High-Q fail % | Gap pp | Low-Q factor | High-Q factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOT centre density (per 10k vehicles) | 0.468 | 104 | 26.1 | 31.5 | +5.4 | 5.1 | 8.5 |
| Frost days (days/year) | 0.405 | 104 | 28.4 | 31.6 | +3.2 | 11.8 | 38.9 |
| Road-salt proxy (g/m²-yr) | 0.402 | 104 | 27.6 | 31.7 | +4.1 | 224.8 | 687.3 |
| Urban share (0–1) | -0.318 | 104 | 30.1 | 26.6 | -3.5 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Distance to coast (km) | -0.269 | 104 | 31.5 | 28.8 | -2.7 | 5.8 | 80.8 |
| Terrain gradient (% grade) | 0.125 | 62 | 28.9 | 30.3 | +1.5 | 0.5 | 3.7 |
| Income deprivation (score) | -0.074 | 88 | 28.8 | 28.1 | -0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Deprivation uses England IMD 2019 income score only (Scotland SIMD is a different scale). Salt proxy is a simplified NWSRG-style dry-salt sum from air Tmin; coastalness is distance from the area centroid to the nearest coastline.
Every dot is a postcode area — size = how many were tested there, colour = share failing. These figures are not age-adjusted: coastal and rural areas often run older fleets and salted roads, so higher raw fail rates do not automatically mean a worse local stock of this model.
Map labels: Scotland · N. England · Wales · London · S. West. Colour scale: 24%–35% failing.
Hyundai ix35 survival: which cars are still on the road
By age 14 is well below the reference at 11.1%, against 100.0% at the ages 4–6 reference level.
higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points
Chart axes: car age, years · survival vs ages 4–6 · scale 0–105%.
Survival vs fail rate by age
| Age | Tests | Survival vs ages 4–6 | Fail % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 344 | 1.4% | 9.59% |
| 4 | 12,779 | 50.3% | 16.38% |
| 5 | 26,364 | 100% | 19.69% |
| 6 | 37,141 | 100% | 23.3% |
| 7 | 45,839 | 100% | 26.04% |
| 8 | 51,259 | 100% | 28.63% |
| 9 | 53,579 | 100% | 30.94% |
| 10 | 41,092 | 100% | 34.41% |
| 11 | 27,502 | 100% | 38.71% |
| 12 | 16,617 | 65.3% | 40.65% |
| 13 | 8,013 | 31.5% | 42.47% |
| 14 | 2,814 | 11.1% | 44.1% |
By age 14, only about 11% as many cars of this family present for MOT as at ages 4–6 (reference n≈25,428); survivors still fail at 44.1% vs 16.4% at age 4. Older cars that still appear are a selected subset — weaker ones have already left.
How many miles does a Hyundai ix35 last?
100,000+ miles is highest at 14.6%; 150,000+ miles is lowest at 1.2% — the gap is 13.4 percentage points.
higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points
| Odometer | Tests ≥ threshold | Share of sample |
|---|---|---|
| 100,000+ miles | 47,197 | 14.6% |
| 150,000+ miles | 3,859 | 1.19% |
Of 323,321 tests of this family with a usable odometer in 2024, 14.6% had reached 100k miles, 1.2% had reached 150k miles. This is a cross-section of cars still presenting for MOT, not a full birth cohort.
How many years is a Hyundai ix35 likely to last?
Bought at age 5 is highest at 7.6 years; Bought at age 12 is lowest at 1.2 years — the gap is 6.4 years.
bigger number = longer remaining lifeyears on the observed survival curve
| Age now | Typical mileage (p50) | Expected years left |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | — | 7.6 |
| 8 | — | 4.6 |
| 10 | — | at least 2.6 |
| 12 | — | at least 1.2 |
estimateEstimate only — not a warranty: a typical 10-year-old example of this family has at least 2.6 expected years of further MOT-present life. The curve is observed only until age 14, so the true figure is likely higher.
Hyundai ix35 faults that come together
Body & structure + Emissions & leaks stand out at 8.70×, against 1.00× if the faults were independent.
above 1.0× = more than expectedbelow 1.0× = less
| Group A | Group B | Together | Lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body, chassis, structure | Noise, emissions and leaks | 170 | 8.7× (rough estimate) |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 37 | 6.84× (rough estimate) |
| Body, chassis, structure | Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 46 | 6.14× (rough estimate) |
| Body, chassis, structure | Road Wheels | 32 | 5.36× (rough estimate) |
| Body, chassis, structure | Identification of the vehicle | 34 | 4.52× (rough estimate) |
| Body, chassis, structure | Suspension | 799 | 4.1× |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Road Wheels | 255 | 3.81× (rough estimate) |
| Road Wheels | Tyres | 179 | 3.76× (rough estimate) |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 305 | 3.64× (rough estimate) |
| Road Wheels | Suspension | 157 | 3.64× (rough estimate) |
| Brakes | Noise, emissions and leaks | 821 | 3.49× |
| Identification of the vehicle | Tyres | 205 | 3.42× (rough estimate) |
| Identification of the vehicle | Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 287 | 3.41× (rough estimate) |
| Brakes | Road Wheels | 244 | 3.4× (rough estimate) |
| Brakes | Identification of the vehicle | 307 | 3.39× (rough estimate) |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Noise, emissions and leaks | 716 | 3.27× |
| Body, chassis, structure | Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 981 | 3.24× |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | Suspension | 455 | 3.23× (rough estimate) |
| Identification of the vehicle | Suspension | 169 | 3.12× (rough estimate) |
| Identification of the vehicle | Visibility | 153 | 3.04× (rough estimate) |
| Brakes | Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 266 | 2.95× (rough estimate) |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Visibility | 146 | 2.91× (rough estimate) |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Tyres | 172 | 2.88× (rough estimate) |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Suspension | 6,271 | 2.87× |
| Brakes | Tyres | 7,342 | 2.83× |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | Tyres | 439 | 2.82× (rough estimate) |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Suspension | 149 | 2.76× (rough estimate) |
| Body, chassis, structure | Brakes | 896 | 2.75× |
| Body, chassis, structure | Visibility | 485 | 2.68× (rough estimate) |
| Road Wheels | Visibility | 107 | 2.68× (rough estimate) |
| Brakes | Suspension | 6,174 | 2.63× |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Visibility | 5,280 | 2.61× |
| Steering | Suspension | 2,413 | 2.6× |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | Visibility | 339 | 2.59× (rough estimate) |
| Body, chassis, structure | Tyres | 556 | 2.58× |
| Brakes | Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 9,296 | 2.55× |
| Tyres | Visibility | 3,649 | 2.53× |
| Road Wheels | Steering | 70 | 2.47× (rough estimate) |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Tyres | 5,816 | 2.41× |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Steering | 3,423 | 2.38× |
| Identification of the vehicle | Steering | 83 | 2.32× (rough estimate) |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Steering | 82 | 2.3× (rough estimate) |
| Brakes | Visibility | 4,957 | 2.28× |
| Body, chassis, structure | Steering | 293 | 2.28× (rough estimate) |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | Steering | 210 | 2.26× (rough estimate) |
| Suspension | Tyres | 3,434 | 2.21× |
| Suspension | Visibility | 2,696 | 2.06× |
| Brakes | Steering | 3,077 | 1.99× |
| Steering | Tyres | 1,854 | 1.81× |
| Steering | Visibility | 1,560 | 1.81× |
| Identification of the vehicle | Noise, emissions and leaks | 18 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | Road Wheels | 17 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Identification of the vehicle | Road Wheels | 11 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Identification of the vehicle | Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 9 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Road Wheels | Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 8 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Seat belt installation check | 5 | too few (rough estimate) |
Defects in «Body, chassis, structure» and «Suspension» appear together 4.10× more often than chance (799 co-occurrences in the same test; lift≥1.3, n≥500).
Lift = how many times more often both groups appear on the same test than if independent. A pair is listed from 5 tests with both faults; the lift is shown from 20, and called above chance only when its 95% interval excludes 1 (see rough estimates).
Is low mileage better for a Hyundai ix35?
Cars driven under 5,000 miles a year is well below the reference at 17.6%, against 33.7% for cars driven 8,000–12,000 miles a year.
higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points
| Band | Fail % | Tests |
|---|---|---|
| <5k miles/year | 17.62% | 27,680 |
| 8–12k miles/year | 33.65% | 130,966 |
| Gap (low − normal) | -16.03 pp | — |
By fuel and age
Diesel
| Age | Low-use fail % | n | Normal fail % | n | Gap pp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 11.23 | 1,487 | 20.8 | 9,574 | -9.57 pp |
| 6 | 13.86 | 2,287 | 25.04 | 13,905 | -11.18 pp |
| 7 | 15.57 | 2,923 | 28.86 | 17,254 | -13.3 pp |
| 8 | 17.51 | 3,450 | 31.94 | 19,527 | -14.43 pp |
| 9 | 17.25 | 3,653 | 35.02 | 20,445 | -17.77 pp |
| 10 | 19.5 | 2,944 | 38.79 | 16,062 | -19.29 pp |
| 11 | 23.89 | 2,055 | 42.93 | 10,641 | -19.04 pp |
| 12 | 24.37 | 1,235 | 45.81 | 6,413 | -21.44 pp |
| 13 | 25.17 | 584 | 47.78 | 3,148 | -22.61 pp |
| 14 | 30.36 | 224 | 47.1 | 1,017 | -16.74 pp |
Petrol
| Age | Low-use fail % | n | Normal fail % | n | Gap pp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 9.17 | 709 | 22.05 | 1,451 | -12.89 pp |
| 6 | 13.45 | 952 | 25.47 | 1,849 | -12.03 pp |
| 7 | 16.57 | 1,165 | 29.66 | 2,289 | -13.1 pp |
| 8 | 16.23 | 1,232 | 34.72 | 2,448 | -18.49 pp |
| 9 | 17.42 | 1,263 | 36.95 | 2,460 | -19.53 pp |
| 10 | 18.18 | 803 | 43.07 | 1,579 | -24.88 pp |
| 11 | 25.19 | 528 | 44.03 | 1,072 | -18.84 pp |
| 12 | 25.77 | 291 | 49.05 | 634 | -23.28 pp |
| 13 | 27.62 | 105 | 48.36 | 213 | -20.74 pp |
| 14 | 35.42 | 48 | 43.21 | 81 | -7.79 pp |
At matched ages 5–14, cars averaging under 5k miles/year fail at 17.6% vs 33.6% for 8–12k miles/year — 16.0 pp lower (n_low=27,680, n_normal=130,966). In this family low annual use is associated with fewer MOT fails, not more — the ‘garage queen’ penalty is not visible in overall fail rates. Diesel alone: 17.9% low-use vs 33.8% normal (-16.0 pp).
Which Hyundai ix35 engine is best?
diesel 1.5–1.8 is highest at 104.6; diesel 1.8–2.0 is lowest at 93.5 — the gap is 11.1 points.
below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age
| Fuel | Capacity | vs own age norm | Raw fail % | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| diesel | 1.8–2.0 litre | 93.5 | 29.42% | 89,680 |
| petrol | 1.5–1.8 litre | 95.1 | 26.89% | 46,432 |
| petrol | 1.8–2.0 litre | 100.2 | 37.41% | 1,866 (rough estimate) |
| diesel | 1.5–1.8 litre | 104.6 | 30.09% | 185,214 |
Splitting this model by fuel alone hides the thing that actually differs. Within the same badge, the diesel 1.5–1.8 runs at 104.6 against this model's own age norm while the diesel 1.8–2.0 runs at 93.5 — a spread of 11.1 points between two cars that share a name.
Read this one with more care than the rest of the page. Age is held constant, but who buys which engine is not: the largest capacity in a range is often a performance or executive variant that is garaged, cherished and lightly driven, while the smallest is frequently a fleet or entry car worked hard from new. The gap below is real in the test records; how much of it is the engine and how much is the owner, this data cannot separate. Bands under 100 tests are not shown; bands under 5,000 tests are rough estimates.
Best year for a Hyundai ix35, and the years to avoid
Build year 2013 is highest at 111.1; Build year 2015 is lowest at 91.4 — the gap is 19.7 points.
below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age
build year vs the same model at the same age · 100 = as expected
Every build year with its confidence interval
| Build year | vs own age norm | 95% CI | Raw fail % | Tests | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 91.8 | 82–101.6 | 20.51% | 1,638 | no different |
| 2015 | 91.4 | 90–92.8 | 21.87% | 71,460 | better |
| 2014 | 91.5 | 90.2–92.7 | 24.62% | 81,933 | better |
| 2013 | 111.1 | 109.7–112.6 | 33.42% | 64,889 | worse |
| 2012 | 106.3 | 104.7–107.8 | 35.01% | 51,782 | worse |
| 2011 | 106.2 | 104.3–108 | 37.83% | 32,683 | worse |
| 2010 | 98.4 | 96–100.7 | 37.57% | 18,599 | no different |
The best build year here is 2015 and the weakest is 2013. Comparing build years sounds simple and is not: within a single year of testing, a car's build year and its age are the same number, so a naive comparison of years is a comparison of ages wearing a disguise. Each year below is measured against the same model at the same age in other cohorts, across six years of testing — 5 of 7 years come out distinguishable from their own model's age norm.
Two limits worth knowing before you act on this. Age, test year and build year are locked together by arithmetic, so the test-year effect is taken from the observed national failure level of each year rather than estimated — it is an adjustment, not a solution.
Hyundai ix35 MOT repair costs
The MOT-failure repair budget per test runs from £75.04 to £142.58, against £54.85 for the test itself.
bigger number = costs morepounds per test, MOT-failing faults only
| Component | Fails per 100 tests | Typical repair | Its price | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 20.1 (nat. 11.25) | Front brake pads (parts + labour, typical hatchback) | £150 | £30.15 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 14.0 (nat. 18.09) | Battery replacement (standard 12V lead-acid) | £140 | £19.60 |
| Suspension | 8.9 (nat. 15.36) | Suspension coil spring (single corner) | £180 | £16.02 |
| Tyres | 10.3 (nat. 8.7) | Tyre (single mid-range 16" fitted) | £90 | £9.27 |
Multiply how often each component fails on this model by what that repair usually costs, and you get the amount an owner should expect to budget per test for MOT-failing faults only — roughly £75 to £143, on top of the test fee itself. It is a budgeting figure, not a quote: the spread between a set of pads and a set of discs is most of the range.
Prices are modal quotes from a hand-kept catalogue of published UK garage guides — we do not scrape the booking sites, their terms forbid it, so this list is short and updated by hand with a source and date against each line. Each line prices one typical repair in that group, not a full remedy, and only groups our catalogue actually covers are counted. The contrast worth noticing is the second card: the legal maximum for the test has been £54.85 since 2010, while the repairs it uncovers have followed inflation the whole time.
For scale from a different direction: Warrantywise, which sees used-car warranty claims rather than test failures, puts the average claim at £2,052 across the ten highest-claim models it ranks and £539 for Honda, the lowest-claim make in its index (Warrantywise index 2026, 1.6 million claims, cars aged 3–15). Those sit an order of magnitude above the figures in this table, and the gap is the point: a warranty claim is a gearbox or an engine, which almost never fails an MOT, while the faults that do fail one are corrosion, lamps and tyres, which no warranty pays for. The two numbers answer different questions and neither replaces the other.
Hyundai ix35 running costs for a fleet
Vehicles failing at age 10 stand out at 30.0%, against 28.0% at age 8, tested in the same year.
higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points
Failure rate and typical odometer by age
| Age | Fails | Median odometer | Tests | Gap vs age 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 28.4% | 58,511 | 324 | — |
| 9 | 27.72% | 72,020 | 11,641 | — |
| 10 | 30.1% | 80,489 | 13,203 | — |
| 11 | 38.88% | 87,337 | 10,372 | — |
| 12 | 40.84% | 93,639 | 8,210 | — |
| 13 | 43.33% | 102,302 | 5,066 | — |
| 14 | 44.1% | 106,013 | 2,814 | — |
The number a fleet manager needs is not the failure rate, it is the year the car starts costing more. Between cars aged 10 and cars aged 11, both tested in 2024, the failure rate of this model is 8.78 percentage points higher — the steepest one-year step in this cross-section of different cars, and a natural planning point for replacement.
Repair spend uses the same modal prices as the section above, so it inherits the same limits: one typical repair per component group, not a full remedy. Downtime is the gap between the failed test and the passed re-test, which is the window a vehicle is legally off the road.
Hyundai ix35 rust problems: where they corrode
Age-standardised corrosion susceptibility is well below the reference at 0.44×, against 1.00× for the national age-standardised rate.
above 1.0× = rusts more than averagebelow 1.0× = rusts less
This Hyundai ix35 fails on corrosion much less often than average once age is held constant, and its owners live in areas that are saltier than most for the models we publish. Both point the same way and reinforce each other: it resists corrosion even though its owners live in saltier areas than most.
Corrosion is the one failure mode that is as much about geography as about the car. We keep the two apart on purpose: a model can look rusty simply because it is popular in Scotland, and a model can look clean simply because it is bought in Surrey. Blending them into a single score would hide which of the two is doing the work.
Exposure is this model's tests weighted by an area corrosion index built from frost days, salt load and distance to the coast — the composite validated at r = 0.42 against corrosion defects we actually record. It is published as a rank, not a raw score, because every mainstream model skews towards low-corrosion areas for the simple reason that most of Britain's cars are in the south. Susceptibility is standardised to the national age profile, so an old fleet does not get labelled a rusty model.
Does a Hyundai ix35 advisory become a failure?
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment are highest at 23.0%; Non-component advisories are lowest at 0.0% — the gap is 23.0 percentage points.
higher = more likelypercentage is the observed transition probability
chance the same component fails at the next MOT, given an advisory now
| Component | Fails next time | Typical lead time | Miles of warning | Advisories tracked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 23.0% | 12 months | 7,129 | 913 |
| Steering | 22.5% | 12 months | 7,142 | 1,901 |
| Suspension | 18.5% | 12 months | 7,288 | 19,795 |
| Brakes | 15.7% | 12 months | 7,172 | 68,035 |
| Tyres | 10.2% | 12 months | 7,383 | 71,820 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 5.2% | 12 months | 7,288 | 1,354 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3.2% | 12.1 months | 7,956 | 4,257 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 2.6% | 12 months | 9,091 | 797 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2.0% | 12 months | 8,316 | 4,030 |
| Non-component advisories | 0.0% | — | — | 24,459 |
This is the question an advisory note actually raises, and it needs six years of test history to answer. We followed the same vehicles from one MOT to the next across 2019–2024 and measured how often a component that was merely advised came back as a genuine failure at the next test.
Read it as a budgeting horizon, not a prophecy: the most likely component above turns into a failure for about 23 in 100 cars, and the median gap is 12 months and roughly 7,129 miles. The rest were repaired, sold, scrapped, or simply held. Rows with fewer than 500 tracked advisories are not shown.
What will fail next on a Hyundai ix35?
Suspension after a failure at age 12-14 is highest at 23.3%; Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment after a passed at age <3 are lowest at 3.0% — the gap is 20.4 percentage points.
higher = more likelypercentage is the observed transition probability
| Age | Last test | Most likely next failures | Cars tracked |
|---|---|---|---|
| <3 | passed | Tyres 3.6% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 3.0% | 168 (rough estimate) |
| <3 | advisory | Brakes 8.3% | 60 (rough estimate) |
| 3-5 | passed | Brakes 6.4% · Tyres 5.1% · Visibility 4.8% | 29,782 |
| 3-5 | advisory | Brakes 9.6% · Tyres 7.3% · Visibility 6.8% | 18,598 |
| 3-5 | failure | Brakes 12.0% · Tyres 8.9% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 8.3% | 11,851 |
| 6-8 | passed | Brakes 8.5% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 8.1% · Tyres 5.4% | 55,178 |
| 6-8 | advisory | Brakes 11.6% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 10.5% · Tyres 8.0% | 42,577 |
| 6-8 | failure | Brakes 15.7% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 13.6% · Tyres 9.8% | 36,962 |
| 9-11 | passed | Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 11.6% · Suspension 11.3% · Brakes 9.5% | 21,900 |
| 9-11 | advisory | Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 16.0% · Suspension 14.2% · Brakes 13.8% | 20,614 |
| 9-11 | failure | Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 19.0% · Suspension 17.7% · Brakes 17.6% | 24,343 |
| 12-14 | passed | Suspension 17.2% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 14.6% · Brakes 12.4% | 1,683 |
| 12-14 | advisory | Suspension 19.5% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 19.2% · Brakes 14.3% | 2,033 |
| 12-14 | failure | Suspension 23.3% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 22.8% · Brakes 18.8% | 2,858 |
The same chains, cut differently: given a car's age and how its last test went, which component most often causes trouble at the following one.
The pattern that repeats across every family: a failure at one test roughly doubles the chance of a failure on the same component at the next one, and an advisory sits about half-way between a clean pass and a failure. Age bands in years; probabilities are per car, not per defect item.
Hyundai ix35 ownership: what six years of MOTs show
The ten-day re-test pass rate is highest at 54.1%; The later re-test pass rate is lowest at 2.4% — the gap is 51.6 percentage points.
higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points
Failing is usually a same-week event, not a disaster. Of 73,546 failures followed through to their re-test, 43.5% were repaired and passed the same day and 54.06% within ten days; the median gap is 1 day. 174,206 defect items were cleared in the process.
Per mile driven, not per year. Dividing failures by the miles that actually went onto the odometers between consecutive tests gives 0.422 failures per 10,000 miles, on a median of 6,506 miles a year across 54,942 chains. This is the number to compare between models — an annual rate quietly rewards cars that barely leave the drive.
Two populations hide inside one model. 34.77% of these cars strung together three or more tests with nothing recorded at all, while 39.99% carried the same advisory three times or more — the same fault, noted, ignored, noted again. When you buy used you are buying one of those two histories, and the MOT record shows which.
Odometer anomalies: 0.597% of 54,947 chains show a reading lower than the previous test, with a median drop of 15,919 miles. We call this an anomaly and not fraud on purpose — instrument swaps, imports, unit mix-ups and keying errors all land in the same bucket. Obvious typos (drops under 100 miles or over 90% of the reading) are already excluded.
Hyundai ix35 safety recalls and how to check yours
DVSA recall campaigns stand out at 5.
bigger number = more recorded casescompare like-for-like scope, not sample size alone
recall campaigns launched per year
| Reference | Launched | Vehicles | Concern |
|---|---|---|---|
R/2024/309 | 09/09/2024 | 6 | A potential safety defect has been identified which could occur within the ABS control uni |
R/2024/309 | 09/09/2024 | 31,188 | A potential safety defect has been identified which could occur within the ABS control uni |
R/2022/128 | 01/06/2022 | 80,559 | THE ABS CONTROL UNIT WITHIN THE AFFECTED VIN RANGE COULD EXPERIENCE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT |
R/2022/128 | 01/06/2022 | 80,559 | THE ABS CONTROL UNIT WITHIN THE AFFECTED VIN RANGE COULD EXPERIENCE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT |
R/2014/031 | 23/05/2014 | 4,284 | SEAT BELT PRE-TENSIONER MAY FAIL TO WORK PROPERLY |
DVSA lists 5 safety recall campaigns for the Hyundai ix35, covering roughly 196,596 vehicles in total. A recall is the manufacturer fixing a fault for free, so an open recall on your car costs nothing to clear.
Counter-intuitive, and measured on our own data: across the 25 families published here, more recalls go with a lower MOT Risk Index (r = −0.52). Heavily recalled models are not worse cars in the test bay — an active manufacturer removes the fault before it becomes an MOT failure.
Check whether a specific car has an outstanding recall — free, by registration — at DVSA's recall service. Source: DVSA vehicle safety recalls (check-vehicle-recalls.service.gov.uk), OGL.
Hyundai ix35 inspection results in other countries
United Kingdom MOT stands out at 35.1%, against 26.0% nationally.
higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points
| Country | Test | This model fails | National average | Position | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | MOT (class 4) | 35.09% | 26.01% | +9.1 pp | 51,662 |
| Netherlands | APK | 51.1% | 50.8% | +0.3 pp | 13,916 |
| Norway | PKK | 41.4% | 33.7% | +7.7 pp | 2,751 |
| Finland | Katsastus | 32.9% | 26.3% | +6.6 pp | 1,570 |
The verdict is consistent across every regime where the difference is clear, which is the strongest form this comparison takes: independent inspectorates, different rulebooks, same direction of travel.
| Fault area | Share |
|---|---|
| Axles, wheels and suspension | 37.4% |
| Brake systems | 33.7% |
| Steering equipment | 18.7% |
| Environmental hazards | 5.8% |
| Vehicle identification | 1.8% |
Useful as a cross-check on the UK defect table above: the categories are named differently, but a component that dominates in both regimes is a genuine weak point of the model rather than an artefact of one country's testing style.
| Code | Fault | Recorded | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
210 | Tyre pressure not at the correct value | 2,994 | failure |
205 | Tyre with insufficient tread | 1,673 | failure |
497 | Number-plate light not working or missing | 1,263 | failure |
584 | Sidelight not working properly | 1,202 | failure |
576 | Indicator colour wrong or not permitted | 1,184 | failure |
AC1 | Tyre down to 1.6–2.5 mm of tread | 986 | advisory |
516 | Dipped headlight incorrectly aimed | 973 | failure |
250 | Steering gaiter split, no longer sealing | 747 | failure |
Worth dwelling on how mundane the top of that list is: tyre pressure, tread depth, headlight aim. The Dutch APK records 1.251 defects per inspection against a much higher national failure rate than Britain's, and the reason is not that Dutch cars are worse — it is that the two regimes draw the line between "note it" and "fail it" in different places. Codes are the RDW's own; the English wording here is our translation of the Dutch original.
Britain is not the only country that inspects every car every year, and the Hyundai ix35 is on the road in all of them. Each national regime writes its own rules, so the pass rates below are not comparable to each other — what does travel across a border is whether a model sits above or below its own country's average.
Rows with fewer than 500 inspections are not published. Sources: RDW open data — Meldingen Keuringsinstantie + Geconstateerde Gebreken + Gekentekende voertuigen (2024), CC0. Not an RDW endorsement.; Statens vegvesen — Periodisk kjøretøykontroll (PKK) 2024, CC BY 4.0; Traficom — Periodic inspections of cars by model / by model and fault object 2024, CC BY 4.0. Adapted; licences and full notice.
Hyundai ix35 MOT: quick answers
Hyundai ix35 MOT Risk Index stands out at 109.3, against 100 for a car with the same age profile.
below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age
- What is the Hyundai ix35 first-time MOT pass rate?
- 64.91% of first attempts passed in 2024 (51,662 tests). This is the first-time figure: retests after repair are excluded. Basis: first-time, excluding retests.
- Why does this number differ from other sites?
- Other sites often report a pass rate that includes retests or counts all attempts. Our 35.09% figure is the first-time initial failure rate, using 51,662 primary tests as the denominator (first-time, excluding retests). The age-adjusted MOT initial-failure ratio 109.3 is shown separately because raw rates compare fleet age as well as cars.
Compare the Hyundai ix35 with other cars
Mitsubishi L200 is highest at 109.3; Vauxhall Insignia is lowest at 108.3 — the gap is 1.0 points.
below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age
Same brand
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Similar risk
Mitsubishi L200 (index 109.3)Volkswagen Caddy (index 109.0)Vauxhall Insignia (index 108.3)
Same size class
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By build year
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By area
Hyundai ix35 MOT failure rate by postcode area
By failure group
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Inspections abroad
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Data details & how to cite
Scope: class-4 vehicles (cars), initial tests only, outcomes pass / fail / fixed-on-the-spot at the station (PRS counts towards the failure rate — the defect was present at arrival). Index = observed initial failures ÷ failures expected for this fleet's exact age profile, ×100; margin of error is a 95% confidence interval. Covers ALL generations together — a 3-year-old and a 15-year-old are very different cars; a generation split is on the roadmap. Dataset release dataset_release_id=dvsa-2024-v2, frozen baseline; headline claim_id=family-stats:hyundai-ix35:dvsa-2024-v2. Full method: methodology.
Cite: MOT Risk Index (2026). Hyundai ix35 MOT statistics 2024 (data release dvsa-2024-v2; downloadable dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, doi:10.5281/zenodo.22975051). https://motriskindex.co.uk/cars/hyundai-ix35/ · Published 2026-07-30.