2013 Hyundai i30: MOT pass rate and common faults

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 56.6% to 58.6% (±1.0 points).

• 2013 Hyundai i3057.6%
• All vehicles first used in 201365.8%

That is 8.2 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2013 (65.8%). These cars were about 12 years old at the test.

Failure areas compared with all 2013 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2013, failures are more common in lights and electrics (1.2×), brakes (2.3×), steering (4.6×) and windscreen, wipers, mirrors (1.5×), and less common in suspension (0.8×), body, chassis, structure (0.5×) and noise, emissions, leaks (0.3×). Other differences are within the margin of error.

Failed tests with a fault in each area, per 100 tests. The right-hand column shows how many times as often as all vehicles first used in 2013.

1. Lights and electrics17.5 in 100 tests1.2× compared with 14.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
2. Brakes17.1 in 100 tests2.3× compared with 7.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
3. Steering12.6 in 100 tests4.6× compared with 2.7 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
4. Suspension9.9 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 12.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
5. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors6.7 in 100 tests1.5× compared with 4.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
6. Tyres6.4 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 6.7 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
7. Body, chassis, structure1.9 in 100 tests0.5× compared with 3.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
8. Noise, emissions, leaks1.2 in 100 tests0.3× compared with 3.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
9. Wheels0.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2013

All vehicles first used in 2013: the 203 models in our data, 1,963,366 tests (96.9% of all 2,025,441 tests on vehicles first used in 2013). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.

Median odometer reading at the 2025 MOT test, in miles. Half had more and half had less.

What MOT data can't tell you about any 2013 Hyundai i30

Outstanding finance, write-offs, theft and plate changes aren't in MOT records. For a particular car, you need a history check.

Other Hyundai i30 years

• 2015 Hyundai i3067.5%

Other cars first used in 2013

• 2013 Ford Fiesta60.5%
• 2013 Vauxhall Corsa58.6%
• 2013 Ford Focus62.2%
• 2013 Volkswagen Golf75.4%
• 2013 MINI Hatch73.1%