Pass rate
67.7%
Below average — 6.1 pts behind the 73.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,091 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £52–£144
2000 Hyundai Amica MOT pass rate
- 2000
- typical 64,261 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
23.0% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2008 76.2% pass
- Avoid 2000 67.7% pass · this year
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 8.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 57.3%
- Typical mileage
- 64k mi
The 2000 Hyundai Amica MOT pass rate is 67.7% of its MOT tests — 6.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Hyundai Amica does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with tyres
Tyres are 11.5% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 73.8%; this one manages 67.7% — 6.1 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 24% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2000 Hyundai Amica compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.8%, so this figure is 6.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 57.3%. The median 2000 Hyundai Amica in this dataset had covered 64,261 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 67.9% of the time, April–September 67.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 9.17% of tests.
- 1,091 recorded tests behind this page.
- 67.7% overall pass rate, 57.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Hyundai Amica, the average is 73.6% — best year 2008 (76.2%), worst 2000 (67.7%).
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
- 1,091
- Typical mileage (median)
- 64,261 mi
- Make and model
- Hyundai Amica
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Amica MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 48% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Amica
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 349 | 69.1% |
| South West | 151 | 64.2% |
| East of England | 148 | 70.9% |
| West Midlands | 127 | 68.5% |
| East Midlands | 102 | 61.8% |
| North West | 78 | 75.6% |
| Wales | 55 | 56.4% |
| Yorkshire | 41 | 68.3% |
| London | 22 | 72.7% |
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 2000 Amica
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 2000 Amica
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 suspension joints 9.2% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the lights 4.8% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
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 corrosion 4.4% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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 2000 Amica through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £52–£144 — and 24% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £52–£144
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 24%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,091 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 →
Every year of the Amica, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2000 to 2008. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.7% to 76.2% — a spread of 8.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 67.7%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2001 70.3% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2002 70.3% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2003 69.2% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 73.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 74.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 76.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2000 Hyundai Amica 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 2000 cars with a similar record
- Peugeot 206 67.8%
- Ford Fiesta 68.3%
- Volkswagen Beetle 66.9%
- Honda Cr-V 68.7%
- Renault Clio 69.0%
- Ford Focus 69.3%
Closest pass rates among 2000 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 2000 Hyundai Amica 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 3,899 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 905 | 23.00% | 20.98% | +2.02 |
| Brakes | 848 | 21.50% | 20.89% | +0.61 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 583 | 14.80% | 12.21% | +2.59 |
| Tyres | 452 | 11.50% | 19.76% | −8.26 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 402 | 10.20% | 5.57% | +4.63 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 304 | 7.70% | 5.52% | +2.18 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 137 | 3.50% | 1.76% | +1.74 |
| Visibility | 128 | 3.20% | 4.97% | −1.77 |
| Steering | 88 | 2.20% | 2.57% | −0.37 |
| Non-component advisories | 52 | 1.30% | 4.18% | −2.88 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 9.2% | £18–45 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 8.8% | £80–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 5.9% | £80–250 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 5.6% | £45–110 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.8% | £5–20 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 4.4% | £180–450 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.2% | £5–25 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.8% | £60–140 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.7% | £3–12 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.5% | £30–80 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 26.2% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 20.4% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 20.0% | £45–95 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 15.7% | £20–55 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 12.9% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 11.8% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 78 | 79.5% | 22,557 mi |
| 30-60k | 406 | 71.4% | 47,633 mi |
| 60-90k | 404 | 63.1% | 73,797 mi |
| 90-120k | 171 | 66.7% | 100,941 mi |
| 120k+ | 32 | 56.3% | 148,002 mi |
Source: 1,091 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.
2000 Amica MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2000 Hyundai Amica?
67.7% of the 1,091 2000 Hyundai Amica tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.8% for cars first used in 2000. First-attempt pass rate: 57.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2000 Hyundai Amica?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (9.17%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (8.80%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.87%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2000 Hyundai Amica MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 79.5% of the time, falling to 56.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2000 Hyundai Amica in this dataset had covered 64,261 mi.
Does the season affect the 2000 Hyundai Amica MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 67.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 67.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.