Hyundai I10 MOT pass rate and common failures

75% of Hyundai I10 MOTs passed first time, above the 73% for all cars at the same ages.

75%passed first time (cars its age: 73%)
1.9mHyundai I10 MOTs counted since May 2018
3,500typical miles a year at 10 years old

First-time pass rate by year registered

Each year's Hyundai I10s against every car first registered the same year, at the same ages. Newer cars have only had their first few MOTs, so they look better. Years with fewer than 5,000 MOTs are left out.

Share of MOTs passed first time, by year first registered. All cars: every car first registered that year, at the same ages.
Registered	I10	All cars	MOTs
2022	85%	88%	16k
2021	84%	86%	24k
2020	88%	86%	25k
2019	84%	85%	90k
2018	84%	84%	126k
2017	85%	83%	169k
2016	83%	80%	177k
2015	80%	78%	191k
2014	76%	74%	198k
2013	69%	71%	178k
2012	68%	68%	176k
2011	69%	65%	150k
2010	67%	62%	165k
2009	64%	61%	175k
2008	59%	59%	44k

Compare two years of the I10, age for age.

First-time pass rate by age

Share of MOTs at each age that passed first time. Ages with fewer than 10,000 Hyundai I10 MOTs are left out.

Commonest reasons for failure

Wiper does not clear the windscreenOther cars its age: 2.23.5
Position lamp not workingOther cars its age: 1.92.6
Stop lamp (brake light) not workingOther cars its age: 1.82.6
Tyre tread below the legal limitOther cars its age: 2.51.9
Brake pads less than 1.5mm thickOther cars its age: 1.91.7
Windscreen washer gives too little liquidOther cars its age: 1.31.5
Parking brake efficiency too lowOther cars its age: 1.01.3
Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirtOther cars its age: 0.31.2

Out of every 100 Hyundai I10 MOTs, against other cars at the same ages.

Where it comes up more than other cars its age

Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirtFail. Other cars its age: 0.31.2
Shock absorbers has slight external damage to the casingAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.20.7
Daytime running lamp not workingFail. Other cars its age: 0.00.5
Stop lamp(s) all not workingFail. Other cars its age: 0.10.4
Side repeater slightly discolouredAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.10.4
Macpherson strut corroded but not seriously weakenedAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.10.4

Out of every 100 Hyundai I10 MOTs. Only items noted well above other cars of the same ages.

Miles a year

Typical miles a year between one MOT and the next: 3,500 at 3 years old, 3,500 at 18. Rounded to the nearest 1,000.

Counted from DVSA records of 286,058,652 MOTs, 20 May 2018 to 18 October 2026. A test and its retests count as one MOT, and a fail put right at the test counts as a first-time fail, as the DVSA counts it. About Hyundai I10s in general, not a prediction for any one car. Spotted a mistake? Email fuzzyreguk@gmail.com.

Check a Hyundai I10's MOT history

Every test and advisory, free, from the registration.