Hyundai I30 MOT failures and reliability

In 2023 the Hyundai I30 took 106,883 MOT tests in Britain and passed 66% of them first time, below the national average of 71% for all cars. The figures below come from the DVSA's record of every test, so they show what testers actually found on these cars rather than what owners report.

MOT tests in 2023: 106,883
First-time pass rate: 66%
All cars: 71%

What the I30 fails on

Share of tests with at least one failure in each area, against the figure for all cars.

Lights and electrics14.4% (all cars 11.3%)
Brakes11.8% (all cars 6.8%)
Suspension8.4% (all cars 9.0%)
Tyres7.1% (all cars 6.4%)
Steering5.7% (all cars 1.8%)
Visibility5.1% (all cars 4.8%)
Body and structure1.8% (all cars 3.5%)
Exhaust and emissions1.5% (all cars 3.1%)

Most common failure items

Share of tests on which each item was recorded.

Stop lamp: not working 4.7%
Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements 4.4%
Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play 4.3%
Position lamp: not working 3.4%
Headlamp: not working on dipped beam 3.2%
Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm 3.1%
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick 2.6%
Parking brake performance: inoperative on one side 2.5%

Most common advisories

Tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge 20.5%
Brake discs: worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened 11.4%
Brake pads: wearing thin 9.6%
Tyres, condition: slightly damaged/cracking or perishing 9.5%
Suspension arms, pins and bushes: pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement 5.4%
Service brake performance: binding but not excessively 3.9%
Coil spring: corroded 3.7%
Linkage ball joints: ball joint has slight play 2.9%

Pass rate by year of registration

Older cars fail more often whatever the model, so compare a car with others of the same age.

First registered	Tests	Pass rate
2007	955	54%
2008	2,796	52%
2009	9,425	54%
2010	10,977	53%
2011	9,387	56%
2012	9,065	58%
2013	10,684	59%
2014	10,033	65%
2015	13,843	72%
2016	9,670	75%
2017	6,848	83%
2018	7,412	85%
2019	4,164	88%
2020	1,564	88%

Typical mileage by age

Average odometer reading at the MOT, by the car's age in years at the test.

Age at test	Average mileage
3 years	25,763 miles
4 years	29,753 miles
5 years	40,293 miles
6 years	49,168 miles
7 years	58,823 miles
8 years	66,801 miles
9 years	74,594 miles
10 years	82,179 miles
11 years	89,550 miles
12 years	86,553 miles
13 years	90,505 miles
14 years	89,854 miles
15 years	105,025 miles
16 years	102,735 miles

Check a particular I30

Model figures tell you what to look out for. To see one car's own MOT history, mileage and tax, enter its registration.

Other Hyundai models

Source: Department for Transport, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023, cars and light vans, normal tests only. Pass rates are first-time passes; a pass after repair at the test station counts as a fail. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.