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Hyundai Ioniq 5 reliability and MOT pass rate

93.6% passed first time. The 6.4% fail rate is 16.2 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 3 years old with 30,769 miles.

MOT pass rates / Hyundai

Pass rate

93.6%

22.6% of all cars failed; 6.4% of these did.

Fixed on the day

2.2%

Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.

Median at test

30,769 mi

3 years old.

Fail rate by age

Age at testTestsFail rate
3-5 years7,5156.5%
6-9 years0—
10-13 years0—
14+ years0—

What the Ioniq 5 fails on

Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.

  1. Tyres160 dangerous59.4%
  2. Visibility36.4%
  3. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5.7%
  4. Brakes6 dangerous4.2%
  5. Suspension1 dangerous3.2%
  6. Body, chassis, structure1 dangerous1.6%
  7. Identification of the vehicle1.6%
  8. Steering1.6%

Is the Ioniq 5 getting worse?

The fail rate rose 2.3 points to 6.6% from 2024 to 2025, against a falling rate across all cars.

YearTestsMedian ageFail rate All cars
20242,193—4.3%23.2%
20256,008—6.6%22.6%

Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Ioniq 5 at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.

The exact defects that fail it

Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Ioniq 5 in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.

  1. 1Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords172 tests
  2. 2Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively148 tests
  3. 3Condition: has ply or cords exposed52 tests
  4. 4Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm48 tests
  5. 5Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid24 tests
  6. 6Washers: not working14 tests
  7. 7Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative12 tests
  8. 8Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play7 tests

What wears out first

Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Ioniq 5 collects 1.79 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.

  1. 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm720 tests
  2. 2Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure270 tests
  3. 3Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords247 tests
  4. 4Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt247 tests
  5. 5Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre166 tests
  6. 6Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened154 tests
  7. 7Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm129 tests
  8. 8Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure46 tests

Questions

What is the Hyundai Ioniq 5 MOT pass rate?

93.6% of the 7,857 Hyundai Ioniq 5 first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 6.4% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 2.2% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.

What does a Hyundai Ioniq 5 usually fail on?

The single most common failure is "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", recorded on 172 failed tests, followed by "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively" and "Condition: has ply or cords exposed". By section, tyres appears in 59.4% of failures, visibility appears in 36.4% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 5.7% of failures.

Does age change the odds?

Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 6.5%; at 3-5 years it was 6.5%. The median Hyundai Ioniq 5 tested in 2025 was 3 years old with 30,769 miles.

Is the Hyundai Ioniq 5 getting less reliable?

The fail rate rose 2.3 points to 6.6% from 2024 to 2025, against a falling rate across all cars.

First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Ioniq 5 trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.

DVSA has published 5 safety recalls naming the Hyundai Ioniq 5: Hyundai Ioniq 5 recalls.

Other Hyundai models

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