2021 Hyundai I10 N MOT pass rate

Pass rate

88.9%

Above average — 2.3 pts behind the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.

Across 2,158 recorded tests.

Typical repair bill £28–£66

Which year to buy

  • Best 2020 90.9% pass
  • Avoid 2021 88.9% pass · this year

Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 2 points. See every year →

First-attempt pass
87.7%
Typical mileage
18k mi

The 2021 Hyundai I10 N MOT pass rate is 88.9% of its MOT tests — 2.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 54.5% of what testers record.

MOT PASS RATES

The 2021 Hyundai I10 N on the real record

88.9% of 2021 Hyundai I10 N MOTs passed — 2,158 tests, 2023–2025

Pass rate

The answer from the DVSA's class-4 MOT records.

Check your postcode

MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Hyundai I10 N does in your corner of the country.

How one model's pass rate varies by postcode →

Expert verdict

Tyres: 2.8× the national share

Tyres make up 54.5% of everything recorded on the 2021 Hyundai I10 N, against 19.8% nationally — 34.7 points above. 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.

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 Hyundai I10 N compare?

Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 2.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 87.7%. The median 2021 Hyundai I10 N in this dataset had covered 17,849 mi.

Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.1% of the time, April–September 89.5%.

The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers blade defective", noted on 2.73% of tests.

  • 2,158 recorded tests behind this page.
  • 88.9% overall pass rate, 87.7% on a first attempt.
  • Across every year of the Hyundai I10 N, the average is 89.5% — best year 2020 (90.9%), worst 2021 (88.9%).

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
2,158
Typical mileage (median)
17,849 mi
Make and model
Hyundai I10 N
Updated
2026-11-05

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.

Top part to budget for

Wiper Blade

Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.

Does mileage affect the I10 N MOT pass rate?

0-30k 89.5%
30-60k 85.2%
60-90k 100.0%

Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 77% so small gaps stay visible.

Regional pass rates for the I10 N

Region Tests Pass rate
Scotland 442 87.6%
South East 254 91.7%
North West 233 91.8%
South West 233 88.8%
West Midlands 231 87.0%
Yorkshire 231 86.1%
North East 152 90.8%
East of England 143 92.3%
East Midlands 116 87.9%
Wales 97 87.6%
London 26 80.8%

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 I10 N

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.

Tyres 54.5%
+34.7 pts vs national national 19.8% Compare tyre prices
Brakes 16.8%
−4.1 pts vs national national 20.9% Price brakes parts
Visibility 12.2%
+7.2 pts vs national national 5.0% Order bulbs & wipers
Advisories 6.1%
+1.9 pts vs national national 4.2% Price advisories parts
Show the other 6 fault categories
  • Lamps & electrics 2.9%
  • Suspension 2.0%
  • Seat belts 2.0%
  • Steering 1.2%
  • Road wheels 1.0%
  • Body & chassis 0.7%

Shares are of every item recorded on 2021 Hyundai I10 N tests — a composition, so they add to 100% across all sections, not per test.

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 I10 N

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.

  1. Check the wipers and washers 2.7% of tests

    “wipers blade defective”

    Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.

  2. Check the tyre tread 0.7% of tests

    “tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”

    Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.

  3. Check the windscreen 0.7% 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 I10 N through its MOT

Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£66 — and 50% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.

Average repair across the 10 common items
£28–£66
Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
£8–£22
Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
£80–£200
Common items a careful owner can do at home
70%
Repairs that still cost under £30
50%

Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,158 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 I10 N, side by side

3 model years on record, from 2020 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 88.9% to 90.9% — a spread of 2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.

  1. 2020 90.9% wipers does not clear the…
  2. 2021 88.9%
    wipers blade defective
  3. 2022 90.1% wipers does not clear the…

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 2021 Hyundai I10 N 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.

Compare 2021 with another year →

Compare two different cars instead →

Other 2021 cars with a similar record

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 Hyundai I10 N 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 1,522 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
Tyres 835 54.50% 19.76% +34.74
Brakes 257 16.80% 20.89% −4.09
Visibility 187 12.20% 4.97% +7.23
Non-component advisories 93 6.10% 4.18% +1.92
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 44 2.90% 12.21% −9.31
Suspension 30 2.00% 20.98% −18.98
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems 30 2.00% 0.82% +1.18
Steering 19 1.20% 2.57% −1.37
Road Wheels 16 1.00% 0.75% +0.25
Body, chassis, structure 11 0.70% 5.57% −4.87

The exact failure items, in the tester's words

Share of the 2,158 tests on this vehicle that recorded each item
Recorded item Severity Tests Est. cost Part
Wipers blade defective Visibility Minor 2.7% £8–22 Wiper Blade →
Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility Major 2.6% £8–22 Wiper Blade →
Has ply or cords exposed Tyres Major 2.1% £45–95 Tyres →
Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility Rectified 1.8% £8–22 Wiper Blade →
Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres Major 1.6% £45–95 Tyres →
Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres Major 0.74% £45–95 Tyres →
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres Major 0.74% £45–95 Tyres →
Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility Minor 0.70% £80–200 Windscreen →
Not functioning as intended Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems Major 0.60% £40–120 Seat Belt →
Retracting mechanism defective Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems Major 0.60% £40–120 Seat Belt →

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.

Items recorded as advisory on this vehicle
Recorded item Severity Tests Est. cost
Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres Advisory 15.8% £45–95
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres Advisory 10.7% £45–95
Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes Advisory 4.6% £45–110
Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres Advisory 2.8% £45–95
Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes Advisory 2.7% £18–45
Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories Advisory 2.2% £45–95

Pass rate by mileage

Mileage Tests Pass rate Median odometer
0-30k 1,819 89.5% 16,109 mi
30-60k 325 85.2% 37,911 mi
60-90k 13 100.0% 69,814 mi

Source: 2,158 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 I10 N MOT questions

What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Hyundai I10 N?

88.9% of the 2,158 2021 Hyundai I10 N tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 87.7%.

What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Hyundai I10 N?

The three most recorded items are wipers blade defective (2.73%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.59%), has ply or cords exposed (2.13%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.

Does mileage affect the 2021 Hyundai I10 N MOT pass rate?

Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.5% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Hyundai I10 N in this dataset had covered 17,849 mi.

Does the season affect the 2021 Hyundai I10 N MOT pass rate?

Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.