Hyundai i10 MOT pass rate and common failures
What the MOTs of 241,481 Hyundai i10 cars in 2025 show. These are patterns across all tests recorded by DVSA, not a verdict on any one car.
How often does a Hyundai i10 pass its MOT first time?
In 2025, 72.3% of the 241,481 Hyundai i10 cars tested passed their MOT first time. Cars of all makes from the same registration years passed 71.8% of the time, so the Hyundai i10 was about level with them.
Pass rate by registration year
First-time pass rate in 2025 for each year the car was first registered, next to all cars registered in the same year. Older cars fail more often, so compare like with like. Years with fewer than 1,000 cars tested are not shown.
Compared with all cars registered in the same year, the Hyundai i10 did best for 2016 registrations (4.1 points above all cars of that year) and worst for 2022 registrations (5.8 points below all cars of that year).
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| Registered | Hyundai i10 | All cars | Cars tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 83.3% | 89.1% | 7,083 |
| 2021 | 85.1% | 88.2% | 7,840 |
| 2020 | 86.7% | 86.8% | 6,192 |
| 2019 | 81.8% | 84.2% | 17,682 |
| 2018 | 79.9% | 81.7% | 20,594 |
| 2017 | 81.4% | 78.9% | 23,091 |
| 2016 | 79.6% | 75.5% | 21,548 |
| 2015 | 76.1% | 72.4% | 21,554 |
| 2014 | 70.9% | 68.9% | 22,080 |
| 2013 | 63.0% | 65.9% | 19,598 |
| 2012 | 62.3% | 63.5% | 19,088 |
| 2011 | 63.2% | 61.3% | 16,017 |
| 2010 | 61.8% | 59.1% | 17,360 |
| 2009 | 58.2% | 57.9% | 17,479 |
| 2008 | 55.1% | 56.7% | 4,181 |
What the Hyundai i10 failed on most
Of the 66,974 Hyundai i10 cars that failed first time in 2025, the share with each fault on the MOT. One car can fail on several faults.
- 1.Sidelight or rear light not working14.9%
- 2.Wiper blade not clearing the screen12.1%
- 3.Brake light not working11.8%
- 4.Windscreen washers not working11.0%
- 5.Badly damaged tyre8.3%
By area of the car: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 41.0%, brakes 28.5%, visibility 22.9%, tyres 21.8%, suspension 19.1%.
Typical mileage by age
The median odometer reading at the MOT, by the car's age at the test to the nearest year, up to 20 years. Half the cars had covered more and half less. A rough guide when a car's mileage looks high or low for its age.
| Age | Hyundai i10 | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 14,700 | 23,200 |
| 4 years | 18,700 | 30,600 |
| 5 years | 21,800 | 36,100 |
| 6 years | 28,100 | 42,400 |
| 7 years | 33,700 | 50,100 |
| 8 years | 39,300 | 58,200 |
| 9 years | 42,500 | 65,200 |
| 10 years | 47,900 | 72,100 |
| 11 years | 52,400 | 78,800 |
| 12 years | 53,300 | 84,700 |
| 13 years | 57,500 | 90,400 |
| 14 years | 62,400 | 95,900 |
| 15 years | 65,200 | 97,900 |
| 16 years | 67,200 | 98,600 |
| 17 years | 72,800 | 103,500 |
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Source
Calculated by Carhealth from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2025: 28,468,316 cars. How we worked it out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).