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2013 Hyundai ix35: MOT pass rate and common faults

10,025 initial MOT tests in 2025 on cars first used in 2013 · DVSA data · For guidance only · How we count

58.7%passed first time

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 57.8% to 59.7% (±1.0 points).

That is 7.1 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2013 (65.8%). These cars were about 12 years old at the test.

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Failure areas compared with all 2013 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2013, failures are more common in lights and electrics (1.1×), brakes (2.1×), suspension (1.1×), steering (3.5×) and tyres (1.2×), and less common in noise, emissions, leaks (0.5×) and body, chassis, structure (0.4×). 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 electrics15.8 in 100 tests1.1× compared with 14.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
  2. Brakes15.6 in 100 tests2.1× compared with 7.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
  3. Suspension14.3 in 100 tests1.1× compared with 12.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
  4. Steering9.6 in 100 tests3.5× compared with 2.7 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
  5. Tyres8.0 in 100 tests1.2× compared with 6.7 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
  6. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors4.8 in 100 tests1.0× compared with 4.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
  7. Noise, emissions, leaks1.8 in 100 tests0.5× compared with 3.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
  8. Body, chassis, structure1.4 in 100 tests0.4× compared with 3.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
  9. Number plates and VIN0.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2013
  10. 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 –.

Typical mileage at test93,900

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

After an MOT advisory

2013 Hyundai ix35 cars that passed their 2024 MOT first time with an advisory, and what their next MOT found, against similar cars that passed with nothing noted in that area. Only cars first used in 2013.

Tyres

Of 2013 Hyundai ix35 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 9.0% failed on tyres, against 5.9% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,160 and 3,419 cars.

  • With a tyre advisory9.0%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted5.9%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 11.0% of those with a tyre advisory and 9.8% of the others.

Brakes

Of 2013 Hyundai ix35 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 17.1% failed on brakes, against 11.7% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,162 and 3,417 cars.

  • With a brake advisory17.1%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted11.7%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 12.0% of those with a brake advisory and 9.4% of the others.

Not enough 2013 Hyundai ix35 cars with a suspension advisory to show a figure for this year alone.

Similar cars are the same model, first-use year and mileage band. Areas are the DVSA's top-level groups, so the later fail may not be the fault that was advised. These figures describe what happened to these cars. They don't show what a repair would have changed.

Hyundai ix35, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the data

What MOT data can't tell you about any 2013 Hyundai ix35

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

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