Pass rate
70.8%
Below average — 3.2 pts behind the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 209 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £20–£54
2009 Hyundai Iload MOT pass rate
- 2009
- typical 120,210 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
24.4% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2018 90.6% pass
- Avoid 2009 70.8% pass · this year
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 19.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 60.9%
- Typical mileage
- 120k mi
The 2009 Hyundai Iload MOT pass rate is 70.8% of its MOT tests — 3.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 24.4% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.8× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 22.3% of everything recorded on the 2009 Hyundai Iload, against 12.2% nationally — 10.1 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 24.4%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 74.0%; this one manages 70.8% — 3.2 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 209 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 2009 Hyundai Iload compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 3.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 60.9%. The median 2009 Hyundai Iload in this dataset had covered 120,210 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 67.2% of the time, April–September 76.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 20.10% of tests.
- 209 recorded tests behind this page.
- 70.8% overall pass rate, 60.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Hyundai Iload, the average is 75.4% — best year 2018 (90.6%), worst 2009 (70.8%).
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
- 209
- Typical mileage (median)
- 120,210 mi
- Make and model
- Hyundai Iload
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Iload MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 60% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Hyundai Iload is most common
Across all Iload model years on record (2009–2019): 1,198 Hyundai Iload cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 3,253 tests. Truro (TR) has the most, with 67 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Truro (TR) | 67 | 71.1% |
| 2 | Plymouth (PL) | 49 | 70.1% |
| 3 | Sheffield (S) | 34 | 85.4% |
| 4 | Exeter (EX) | 31 | 67.8% |
| 5 | Swansea (SA) | 30 | 80.5% |
| 6 | Bristol (BS) | 26 | 74.0% |
| 7 | Birmingham (B) | 26 | 85.7% |
| 8 | Nottingham (NG) | 25 | 75.4% |
| 9 | Doncaster (DN) | 23 | 73.0% |
| 10 | Reading (RG) | 21 | 79.7% |
| 11 | Cardiff (CF) | 20 | 71.2% |
| 12 | Derby (DE) | 20 | 79.2% |
| 13 | Ashford (TN) | 20 | 84.4% |
| 14 | Swindon (SN) | 18 | 71.9% |
| 15 | Milton Keynes (MK) | 18 | 75.6% |
| 16 | Guildford (GU) | 18 | 81.0% |
| 17 | Gloucester (GL) | 17 | 68.3% |
| 18 | Portsmouth (PO) | 17 | 75.5% |
| 19 | Southampton (SO) | 17 | 72.7% |
| 20 | Carlisle (CA) | 16 | 80.0% |
The twenty areas with the most Hyundai Iload cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Iload
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 80 | 67.5% |
| South East | 34 | 64.7% |
| East of England | 22 | 81.8% |
| West Midlands | 18 | 83.3% |
| Wales | 16 | 81.3% |
| East Midlands | 15 | 66.7% |
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 2009 Iload
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 2009 Iload
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 20.1% 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 the suspension joints 9.6% 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 3.4% 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 2009 Iload through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £20–£54 — and 50% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £20–£54
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- 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 209 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 Iload, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2009 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 70.8% to 90.6% — a spread of 19.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2009 70.8%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 74.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 74.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 73.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 77.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 76.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 79.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 75.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 76.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 90.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 83.5% 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 2009 Hyundai Iload 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 2009 cars with a similar record
- Renault Scenic 70.8%
- Vauxhall Zafira 70.7%
- Volkswagen Fox 70.7%
- Chevrolet Matiz 70.7%
- Suzuki SX4 70.7%
- Kia Carens 70.7%
Closest pass rates among 2009 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 2009 Hyundai Iload 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 685 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 | 170 | 24.40% | 20.89% | +3.51 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 155 | 22.30% | 12.21% | +10.09 |
| Suspension | 129 | 18.50% | 20.98% | −2.48 |
| Tyres | 57 | 8.20% | 19.76% | −11.56 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 42 | 6.00% | 5.57% | +0.43 |
| Non-component advisories | 39 | 5.60% | 4.18% | +1.42 |
| Steering | 28 | 4.00% | 2.57% | +1.43 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 28 | 4.00% | 1.76% | +2.24 |
| Visibility | 20 | 2.90% | 4.97% | −2.07 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 17 | 2.40% | 0.82% | +1.58 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 20.1% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 9.6% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 9.6% | £5–25 |
| Rear reflectors defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.7% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 5.7% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 5.3% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.3% | £30–80 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 4.3% | £60–150 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.4% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.4% | £80–200 |
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 | 17.7% | £80–180 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 16.8% | £120–300 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 14.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.0% | £45–110 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 12.0% | £20–80 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.1% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 6 | 83.3% | 26,363 mi |
| 30-60k | 10 | 90.0% | 48,021 mi |
| 60-90k | 23 | 73.9% | 75,443 mi |
| 90-120k | 65 | 69.2% | 105,326 mi |
| 120k+ | 105 | 68.6% | 163,537 mi |
Source: 209 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.
2009 Iload MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Hyundai Iload?
70.8% of the 209 2009 Hyundai Iload tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 60.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Hyundai Iload?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (20.10%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (9.57%), headlamp lens slightly defective (9.57%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Hyundai Iload MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.3% of the time, falling to 68.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Hyundai Iload in this dataset had covered 120,210 mi.
Does the season affect the 2009 Hyundai Iload MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 67.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 76.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.