26,519 tests in 2025
Hyundai Ix20 reliability and MOT pass rate
75.8% passed first time. The 24.2% fail rate is 1.6 points worse than the all-car average, on a median example 10 years old with 51,527 miles.
Pass rate
75.8%
22.6% of all cars failed; 24.2% of these did.
Fixed on the day
6.8%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
51,527 mi
10 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 114 | — |
| 6-9 years | 10,296 | 12.5% |
| 10-13 years | 12,588 | 30.4% |
| 14+ years | 3,521 | 36.7% |
What the Ix20 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.
- Brakes1,385 dangerous47.2%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment27 dangerous33.8%
- Steering100 dangerous24.8%
- Suspension29 dangerous24.7%
- Tyres1,136 dangerous17.6%
- Visibility1 dangerous12.6%
- Body, chassis, structure27 dangerous5.8%
- Noise, emissions and leaks6 dangerous3.9%
Is the Ix20 getting worse?
The fail rate rose 5.9 points to 24.2% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 3 years. Ageing alone would predict about 7.7 points, so it is holding up better than the fleet average for its age.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29,186 | 7 | 18.3% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 29,227 | 8 | 21.1% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 24,620 | 10 | 23.7% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 26,516 | 10 | 24.2% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Ix20 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 Ix20 in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play1,400 tests
- 2Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements1,303 tests
- 3Stop lamp: not working865 tests
- 4Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick742 tests
- 5Parking brake performance: inoperative on one side737 tests
- 6Position lamp: not working671 tests
- 7Ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt589 tests
- 8Service brake performance: excessively binding401 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Ix20 collects 2.55 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.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm3,706 tests
- 2Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure3,103 tests
- 3Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick2,776 tests
- 4Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened2,481 tests
- 5Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play1,001 tests
- 6Service brake performance: excessively binding925 tests
- 7Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn905 tests
- 8Coil spring: corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened892 tests
Questions
What is the Hyundai Ix20 MOT pass rate?
75.8% of the 26,519 Hyundai Ix20 first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 24.2% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 6.8% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Hyundai Ix20 usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play", recorded on 1,400 failed tests, followed by "Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements" and "Stop lamp: not working". By section, brakes appears in 47.2% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 33.8% of failures, steering appears in 24.8% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 6.1%; at 14+ years it was 36.7%. The median Hyundai Ix20 tested in 2025 was 10 years old with 51,527 miles.
Is the Hyundai Ix20 getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 5.9 points to 24.2% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 3 years. Ageing alone would predict about 7.7 points, so it is holding up better than the fleet average for its age.
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 Ix20 trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
Other Hyundai models
- I10 21%
- Tucson 14.1%
- Ix35 31.3%
- Kona 10.7%
- Ioniq 10.7%
- Santa 26.4%
- I40 24.1%
- Kona Electric 9.3%
- Getz 37.1%
- Ioniq Electric 8%
Checking a particular Ix20?
The odds above are the model. The car in front of you has its own record: every test, every advisory, the mileage at each one.
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