Pass rate
96.2%
Above average — 5.0 pts ahead of the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 53 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£71
2021 Genesis G80 Luxury MOT pass rate
- 2021
- typical 16,248 mi
Only 53 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Brakes
29.6% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 96.2% pass · this year
- Avoid 2021 96.2% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 96.2%
- Typical mileage
- 16k mi
The 2021 Genesis G80 Luxury MOT pass rate is 96.2% of its MOT tests — 5.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Genesis G80 Luxury does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.5× the national share
Tyres make up 29.6% of everything recorded on the 2021 Genesis G80 Luxury, against 19.8% nationally — 9.8 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 29.6%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 91.2% and this one manages 96.2% — 5.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 53 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2021 Genesis G80 Luxury compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 5.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 96.2%. The median 2021 Genesis G80 Luxury in this dataset had covered 16,248 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 57% of tests, with a 96.7% pass rate.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp aim too high", noted on 5.66% of tests.
- 53 recorded tests behind this page.
- 96.2% overall pass rate, 96.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Genesis G80 Luxury, the average is 96.2% — best year 2021 (96.2%), worst 2021 (96.2%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 53
- Typical mileage (median)
- 16,248 mi
- Make and model
- Genesis G80 Luxury
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Alignment
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the G80 Luxury MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 87% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (57% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the G80 Luxury
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 24 | 95.8% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2021 G80 Luxury
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2021 G80 Luxury
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 5.7% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check tyre pressures and valves 1.9% of tests
“tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative”
Set the pressures to the figures on the door pillar, not the tyre wall, and check the valves do not hiss. A leaking valve is a two-minute fix that fails a test.
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Check the windscreen 1.9% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2021 G80 Luxury through its MOT
Across the 8 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£71 — and 40% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 8 common items
- £28–£71
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 75%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 40%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 53 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Compare the 2021 Genesis G80 Luxury with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2021 cars with a similar record
- Lexus Nx 96.3%
- Levc Tx 96.3%
- Honda Jazz 96.1%
- Suzuki Vitara 96.0%
- Suzuki Ignis 96.4%
- Toyota YARIS Cross 96.4%
Closest pass rates among 2021 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2021 Genesis G80 Luxury 8 failure items · 6 advisories · 6 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 27 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 8 | 29.60% | 20.89% | +8.71 |
| Tyres | 8 | 29.60% | 19.76% | +9.84 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 5 | 18.50% | 12.21% | +6.29 |
| Visibility | 3 | 11.10% | 4.97% | +6.13 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 7.40% | 4.18% | +3.22 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 3.70% | 0.75% | +2.95 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 5.7% | £30–80 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.9% | £3–15 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £5–20 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Rectified | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.9% | £80–200 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.9% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.9% | £8–22 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.4% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 7.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 5.7% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.8% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.8% | £45–95 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 1.9% | £20–55 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 48 | 95.8% | 15,762 mi |
| 30-60k | 3 | 100.0% | 37,466 mi |
| 60-90k | 1 | 100.0% | 68,912 mi |
| 90-120k | 1 | 100.0% | 90,190 mi |
Source: 53 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2021 G80 Luxury MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Genesis G80 Luxury?
96.2% of the 53 2021 Genesis G80 Luxury tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 96.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Genesis G80 Luxury?
The three most recorded items are headlamp aim too high (5.66%), has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (1.89%), rear fog lamp not working (1.89%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Genesis G80 Luxury MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.8% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Genesis G80 Luxury in this dataset had covered 16,248 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2021 Genesis G80 Luxury?
Petrol: 96.7% pass rate across 30 tests. Diesel: 95.7% pass rate across 23 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.