Pass rate
90.6%
Above average — 2.7 pts ahead of the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 64 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £17–£53
2018 Hyundai Iload MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 56,676 mi
Only 64 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.
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Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
42.1% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Part only £6–£18 for Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps). What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2018 90.6% pass · this year
- Avoid 2009 70.8% pass
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 19.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 89.5%
- Typical mileage
- 57k mi
The 2018 Hyundai Iload MOT pass rate is 90.6% of its MOT tests — 2.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 42.1% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 3.4× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 42.1% of everything recorded on the 2018 Hyundai Iload, against 12.2% nationally — 29.9 points above. 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.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 57% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
- Based on a small sample. 64 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 2018 Hyundai Iload compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 2.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 89.5%. The median 2018 Hyundai Iload in this dataset had covered 56,676 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 9.38% of tests.
- 64 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.6% overall pass rate, 89.5% 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
- 64
- Typical mileage (median)
- 56,676 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 70% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire | 16 | 87.5% |
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 2018 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 2018 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 9.4% 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 brakes 1.6% of tests
“brake discs significantly and obviously worn”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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 2018 Iload through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £17–£53 — and 57% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £17–£53
- Cheapest common item: front fog lamps not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: leaf spring fractured
- £40–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 57%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 64 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 2018 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- Toyota YARIS 90.6%
- Volvo XC60 90.6%
- Volvo XC40 90.6%
- Mitsubishi Asx 90.6%
- Audi A7 90.6%
- Skoda Citigo 90.5%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 Hyundai Iload 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 5 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 24 | 42.10% | 12.21% | +29.89 |
| Brakes | 15 | 26.30% | 20.89% | +5.41 |
| Tyres | 15 | 26.30% | 19.76% | +6.54 |
| Suspension | 2 | 3.50% | 20.98% | −17.48 |
| Visibility | 1 | 1.80% | 4.97% | −3.17 |
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 | 9.4% | £5–20 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 6.3% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 4.7% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.1% | £30–80 |
| Leaf spring fractured Suspension | Major | 3.1% | £40–150 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 3.1% | £5–25 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 1.6% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Front fog lamps not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.6% | £3–15 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.6% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 20.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.9% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 6.3% | £18–45 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 3.1% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.6% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 18 | 94.4% | 21,529 mi |
| 30-60k | 15 | 93.3% | 46,790 mi |
| 60-90k | 14 | 92.9% | 69,843 mi |
| 90-120k | 14 | 78.6% | 102,078 mi |
| 120k+ | 3 | 100.0% | 138,450 mi |
Source: 64 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.
2018 Iload MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Hyundai Iload?
90.6% of the 64 2018 Hyundai Iload tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 89.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Hyundai Iload?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (9.38%), headlamp not working on dipped beam (6.25%), headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.69%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Hyundai Iload MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.4% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Hyundai Iload in this dataset had covered 56,676 mi.