Pass rate
69.3%
Below average — 4.5 pts behind the 73.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 274 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £66–£180
2000 Hyundai Atoz MOT pass rate
- 2000
- 2 trims combined
- typical 59,045 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
24.8% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2000 69.3% pass · this year
- Avoid 2000 69.3% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 59.6%
- Typical mileage
- 59k mi
The 2000 Hyundai Atoz MOT pass rate is 69.3% of its MOT tests — 4.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 24.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Hyundai Atoz does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.0× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 10.9% of everything recorded on the 2000 Hyundai Atoz, against 5.6% nationally — 5.3 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 24.8%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 73.8%; this one manages 69.3% — 4.5 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 14% 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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Every Hyundai Atoz first registered in 2000 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2000 Hyundai Atoz compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.8%, so this figure is 4.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 59.6%. The median 2000 Hyundai Atoz in this dataset had covered 59,045 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 68.0% of the time, April–September 70.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 9.85% of tests.
- 274 recorded tests behind this page.
- 69.3% overall pass rate, 59.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Hyundai Atoz, the average is 69.3% — best year 2000 (69.3%), worst 2000 (69.3%).
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
- 274
- Typical mileage (median)
- 59,045 mi
- Make and model
- Hyundai Atoz
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Atoz MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Atoz
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 83 | 72.3% |
| South West | 54 | 70.4% |
| East of England | 44 | 68.2% |
| West Midlands | 41 | 61.0% |
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 Atoz
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 Atoz
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 9.1% 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 windscreen 5.5% 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.
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Check corrosion 3.6% 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 Atoz through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £66–£180 — and 14% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £66–£180
- 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
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 14%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 274 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 2000 Hyundai Atoz 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
- Ford Focus 69.3%
- Nissan Micra 69.4%
- Renault Clio 69.0%
- Honda Accord 69.8%
- Honda Cr-V 68.7%
- Ford Mondeo 70.1%
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 Atoz 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 915 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 | 228 | 24.80% | 20.98% | +3.82 |
| Brakes | 213 | 23.20% | 20.89% | +2.31 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 110 | 12.00% | 12.21% | −0.21 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 100 | 10.90% | 5.57% | +5.33 |
| Tyres | 99 | 10.80% | 19.76% | −8.96 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 74 | 8.10% | 5.52% | +2.58 |
| Visibility | 43 | 4.70% | 4.97% | −0.27 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 27 | 2.90% | 1.76% | +1.14 |
| Steering | 14 | 1.50% | 2.57% | −1.07 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 0.80% | 4.18% | −3.38 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 9.8% | £80–250 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 9.1% | £18–45 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 6.6% | £80–250 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.5% | £80–200 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 4.7% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.6% | £18–45 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 3.6% | £180–450 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.6% | £5–25 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.6% | £3–12 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Major | 3.6% | £180–450 |
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 | 29.6% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 20.1% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 17.9% | £45–95 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 16.1% | £20–55 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.2% | £45–110 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 9.5% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 12 | 75.0% | 21,387 mi |
| 30-60k | 129 | 68.2% | 46,836 mi |
| 60-90k | 82 | 70.7% | 75,267 mi |
| 90-120k | 45 | 66.7% | 101,995 mi |
| 120k+ | 6 | 83.3% | 131,903 mi |
Source: 274 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 Atoz MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2000 Hyundai Atoz?
69.3% of the 274 2000 Hyundai Atoz tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.8% for cars first used in 2000. First-attempt pass rate: 59.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2000 Hyundai Atoz?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (9.85%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (9.12%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.57%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2000 Hyundai Atoz MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 75.0% of the time, falling to 83.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2000 Hyundai Atoz in this dataset had covered 59,045 mi.
Does the season affect the 2000 Hyundai Atoz MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 68.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 70.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.