Pass rate
93.2%
Above average — 5.3 pts ahead of the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 6,644 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £25–£61
2018 Hyundai IX20 MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 26,231 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
42.1% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 95.7% pass
- Avoid 2010 72.3% pass
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 23.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 92.7%
- Typical mileage
- 26k mi
The 2018 Hyundai IX20 MOT pass rate is 93.2% of its MOT tests — 5.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 42.1% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Hyundai IX20 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.1× the national share
Tyres make up 42.1% of everything recorded on the 2018 Hyundai Ix20, against 19.8% nationally — 22.3 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.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 87.9% and this one manages 93.2% — 5.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
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 IX20 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 5.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 92.7%. The median 2018 Hyundai IX20 in this dataset had covered 26,231 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 98% of tests, with a 93.2% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 93.6% of the time, April–September 92.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick", noted on 1.07% of tests.
- 6,644 recorded tests behind this page.
- 93.2% overall pass rate, 92.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Hyundai IX20, the average is 81.2% — best year 2020 (95.7%), worst 2010 (72.3%).
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
- 6,644
- Typical mileage (median)
- 26,231 mi
- Make and model
- Hyundai IX20
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the IX20 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 74% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (98% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the IX20
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 1,424 | 93.4% |
| South West | 860 | 93.1% |
| West Midlands | 725 | 95.3% |
| East of England | 698 | 93.4% |
| North West | 665 | 94.6% |
| Yorkshire | 555 | 92.3% |
| Scotland | 515 | 89.7% |
| Wales | 364 | 90.4% |
| North East | 322 | 92.5% |
| East Midlands | 305 | 93.4% |
| London | 211 | 95.3% |
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 IX20
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 IX20
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 brakes 1.1% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
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.
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Check the wipers and washers 1.0% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
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.
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Check the windscreen 0.9% 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 2018 IX20 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £25–£61 — and 52% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £25–£61
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 52%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 6,644 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 IX20, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2010 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 72.3% to 95.7% — a spread of 23.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 72.3% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2011 72.9% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2012 73.8% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2013 74.7% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2014 78.0% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2015 84.3% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2016 86.8% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2017 89.5% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2018 93.2%brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2019 93.4% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 95.7% wipers blade defective
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 IX20 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
- Lexus Ct 93.2%
- Toyota Prius 93.3%
- Honda Hr-V 93.3%
- Honda Jazz 93.4%
- Honda Cr-V 92.7%
- Mazda Mx-5 93.7%
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 IX20 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 4,466 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 | 1,892 | 42.10% | 19.76% | +22.34 |
| Brakes | 1,338 | 29.80% | 20.89% | +8.91 |
| Visibility | 376 | 8.40% | 4.97% | +3.43 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 317 | 7.10% | 12.21% | −5.11 |
| Non-component advisories | 248 | 5.50% | 4.18% | +1.32 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 128 | 2.90% | 1.76% | +1.14 |
| Suspension | 86 | 1.90% | 20.98% | −19.08 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 41 | 0.90% | 5.52% | −4.62 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 22 | 0.50% | 0.82% | −0.32 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 18 | 0.40% | 5.57% | −5.17 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.1% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.0% | £8–22 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.98% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.95% | £8–22 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.89% | £80–200 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.66% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.48% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.47% | £30–80 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.42% | £3–12 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 0.41% | £5–15 |
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 | 12.2% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 10.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.8% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 4.2% | £45–110 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 2.1% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.9% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3,913 | 95.2% | 18,557 mi |
| 30-60k | 2,399 | 90.9% | 40,569 mi |
| 60-90k | 291 | 85.9% | 69,484 mi |
| 90-120k | 35 | 82.9% | 98,681 mi |
| 120k+ | 6 | 83.3% | 143,898 mi |
Source: 6,644 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 IX20 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Hyundai IX20?
93.2% of the 6,644 2018 Hyundai IX20 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 92.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Hyundai IX20?
The three most recorded items are brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.07%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.04%), wipers blade defective (0.98%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Hyundai IX20 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.2% of the time, falling to 83.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Hyundai IX20 in this dataset had covered 26,231 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2018 Hyundai IX20?
Petrol: 93.2% pass rate across 6,519 tests. Diesel: 89.6% pass rate across 125 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2018 Hyundai IX20 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 93.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 92.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.