Pass rate
82.9%
Around average — 1.1 pts behind the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,133 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £34–£86
2016 Hyundai IX35 MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 58,499 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
35.9% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2016 82.9% pass · this year
- Avoid 2010 72.5% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 10.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 79.9%
- Typical mileage
- 58k mi
The 2016 Hyundai IX35 MOT pass rate is 82.9% of its MOT tests — 1.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 35.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Hyundai IX35 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.7× the national share
Brakes make up 35.9% of everything recorded on the 2016 Hyundai Ix35, against 20.9% nationally — 15.0 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 16% 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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How does the 2016 Hyundai IX35 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 1.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 79.9%. The median 2016 Hyundai IX35 in this dataset had covered 58,499 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 51% of tests, with a 85.6% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 82.5% of the time, April–September 83.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements", noted on 2.47% of tests.
- 1,133 recorded tests behind this page.
- 82.9% overall pass rate, 79.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Hyundai IX35, the average is 76.9% — best year 2016 (82.9%), worst 2010 (72.5%).
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
- 1,133
- Typical mileage (median)
- 58,499 mi
- Make and model
- Hyundai IX35
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Discs and Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the IX35 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 62% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (51% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the IX35
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 184 | 82.1% |
| South East | 179 | 86.0% |
| North West | 160 | 84.4% |
| Scotland | 128 | 75.8% |
| Yorkshire | 100 | 86.0% |
| East of England | 99 | 82.8% |
| South West | 83 | 79.5% |
| Wales | 73 | 76.7% |
| North East | 57 | 87.7% |
| East Midlands | 42 | 88.1% |
| London | 28 | 89.3% |
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 2016 IX35
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 2016 IX35
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 2.3% 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 tyre tread 1.7% 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.
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Check tyre pressures and valves 1.4% of tests
“tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative”
Set the pressures to the figures on the door pillar, not the tyre wall, and check the valves do not hiss. A leaking valve is a two-minute fix that fails a test.
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 2016 IX35 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £34–£86 — and 16% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £34–£86
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: parking brake performance inoperative on one…
- £60–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 16%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,133 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 IX35, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2010 to 2016. Across them the pass rate runs from 72.5% to 82.9% — a spread of 10.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 72.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 72.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 74.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 74.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 79.3% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2015 81.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 82.9%rbt (sp) efficiency below…
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 2016 Hyundai IX35 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 2016 cars with a similar record
- Volkswagen Polo 82.9%
- Audi A1 82.9%
- Abarth 595 83.0%
- Subaru Forester 83.0%
- Ford Ecosport 83.1%
- Kia Sorento 83.2%
Closest pass rates among 2016 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 2016 Hyundai IX35 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 1,534 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 | 554 | 35.90% | 20.89% | +15.01 |
| Tyres | 424 | 27.50% | 19.76% | +7.74 |
| Suspension | 172 | 11.20% | 20.98% | −9.78 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 92 | 6.00% | 12.21% | −6.21 |
| Non-component advisories | 82 | 5.30% | 4.18% | +1.12 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 70 | 4.50% | 5.52% | −1.02 |
| Visibility | 62 | 4.00% | 4.97% | −0.97 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 37 | 2.40% | 5.57% | −3.17 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 26 | 1.70% | 1.76% | −0.06 |
| Steering | 15 | 1.00% | 2.57% | −1.57 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.5% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 2.3% | £18–45 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 1.7% | £60–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.2% | £5–20 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.97% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.97% | £40–150 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.88% | £18–45 |
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 | 14.7% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 14.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 13.2% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 13.1% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.2% | £20–80 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.9% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 114 | 90.4% | 24,843 mi |
| 30-60k | 475 | 85.1% | 47,144 mi |
| 60-90k | 399 | 81.5% | 71,392 mi |
| 90-120k | 111 | 74.8% | 100,146 mi |
| 120k+ | 34 | 70.6% | 147,599 mi |
Source: 1,133 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.
2016 IX35 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Hyundai IX35?
82.9% of the 1,133 2016 Hyundai IX35 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 79.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Hyundai IX35?
The three most recorded items are rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (2.47%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (2.29%), parking brake performance inoperative on one side (1.68%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Hyundai IX35 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.4% of the time, falling to 70.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Hyundai IX35 in this dataset had covered 58,499 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2016 Hyundai IX35?
Diesel: 85.6% pass rate across 582 tests. Petrol: 80.0% pass rate across 551 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2016 Hyundai IX35 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 82.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.