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2015 Hyundai ix35: MOT pass rate and common faults

11,403 initial MOT tests in 2025 on cars first used in 2015 · DVSA data · For guidance only · How we count

71.0%passed first time

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 70.2% to 71.8% (±0.9 points).

That is 0.9 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2015 (71.9%). These cars were about 10 years old at the test.

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Failure areas compared with all 2015 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2015, failures are more common in brakes (2.3×) and tyres (1.1×), and less common in lights and electrics (0.8×), suspension (0.5×), noise, emissions, leaks (0.7×) and body, chassis, structure (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 2015.

  1. Brakes13.4 in 100 tests2.3× compared with 5.9 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2015
  2. Tyres7.9 in 100 tests1.1× compared with 7.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2015
  3. Lights and electrics7.6 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 9.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2015
  4. Suspension4.9 in 100 tests0.5× compared with 9.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2015
  5. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors4.0 in 100 tests1.0× compared with 3.9 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2015
  6. Noise, emissions, leaks1.9 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 2.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2015
  7. Steering1.4 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2015
  8. Body, chassis, structure0.6 in 100 tests0.3× compared with 2.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2015

All vehicles first used in 2015: the 235 models in our data, 2,524,723 tests (98.0% of all 2,576,147 tests on vehicles first used in 2015). 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 test79,300

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

After an MOT advisory

2015 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 2015.

Tyres

Of 2015 Hyundai ix35 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 8.7% failed on tyres, against 5.7% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,563 and 4,937 cars.

  • With a tyre advisory8.7%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted5.7%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 9.1% of those with a tyre advisory and 8.3% of the others.

Brakes

Of 2015 Hyundai ix35 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 15.9% failed on brakes, against 10.3% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,664 and 4,838 cars.

  • With a brake advisory15.9%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted10.3%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 9.3% of those with a brake advisory and 8.2% of the others.

Not enough 2015 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 2015 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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