Pass rate
91.8%
Above average — 0.2 pts behind the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 13,575 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £33–£79
2022 Hyundai Kona MOT pass rate
- 2022
- typical 23,273 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
53.7% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
3.0 pts down across model years — 6.9% in 2017, 3.9% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 92.9% pass
- Avoid 2017 90.4% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 2.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 91.1%
- Typical mileage
- 23k mi
The 2022 Hyundai Kona MOT pass rate is 91.8% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 53.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Hyundai Kona does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.7× the national share
Tyres make up 53.7% of everything recorded on the 2022 Hyundai Kona, against 19.8% nationally — 33.9 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.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 31% 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 2022 Hyundai Kona compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 0.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 91.1%. The median 2022 Hyundai Kona in this dataset had covered 23,273 mi.
59% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Hybrid, which passed 90.8% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 91.9% of the time, April–September 91.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp aim too high", noted on 2.29% of tests.
- 13,575 recorded tests behind this page.
- 91.8% overall pass rate, 91.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Hyundai Kona, the average is 91.4% — best year 2023 (92.9%), worst 2017 (90.4%).
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
- 13,575
- Typical mileage (median)
- 23,273 mi
- Make and model
- Hyundai Kona
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Alignment
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Kona MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 80% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Hybrid is the most common here (59% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Kona
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 2,612 | 91.3% |
| North West | 1,583 | 93.1% |
| East of England | 1,329 | 93.2% |
| West Midlands | 1,306 | 91.3% |
| Scotland | 1,305 | 88.6% |
| Yorkshire | 1,249 | 91.9% |
| South West | 1,202 | 90.3% |
| East Midlands | 1,123 | 92.0% |
| Wales | 645 | 93.6% |
| North East | 615 | 91.4% |
| London | 606 | 95.2% |
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 2022 Kona
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 2022 Kona
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 2.3% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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 wipers and washers 1.6% 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.
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Check the tyre tread 1.1% 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.
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 2022 Kona through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £33–£79 — and 31% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £33–£79
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 31%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 13,575 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 Kona, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2017 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 90.4% to 92.9% — a spread of 2.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2017 90.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 90.8% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2019 91.5% wipers blade defective
- 2020 91.5% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 91.5% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 91.8%headlamp aim too high
- 2023 92.9% has a cut in excess of 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 2022 Hyundai Kona 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 2022 cars with a similar record
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque 91.8%
- Land Rover R Rover Evoque 91.7%
- Renault Arkana 91.7%
- Vauxhall Crossland 91.7%
- Kia Stonic 91.7%
- SEAT Leon Fr 91.7%
Closest pass rates among 2022 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 2022 Hyundai Kona 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 7,939 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 | 4,288 | 53.70% | 19.76% | +33.94 |
| Brakes | 939 | 11.80% | 20.89% | −9.09 |
| Non-component advisories | 804 | 10.10% | 4.18% | +5.92 |
| Visibility | 746 | 9.30% | 4.97% | +4.33 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 636 | 8.00% | 12.21% | −4.21 |
| Suspension | 308 | 3.90% | 20.98% | −17.08 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 101 | 1.30% | 1.76% | −0.46 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 44 | 0.60% | 5.52% | −4.92 |
| Steering | 43 | 0.50% | 2.57% | −2.07 |
| Road Wheels | 30 | 0.40% | 0.75% | −0.35 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.3% | £30–80 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.1% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.6% | £8–22 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.2% | £8–22 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.0% | £8–22 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.98% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.36% | £30–80 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.34% | £40–150 |
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 | 10.7% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.0% | £45–110 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 2.7% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.2% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.1% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 9,149 | 93.1% | 17,953 mi |
| 30-60k | 3,950 | 88.9% | 39,979 mi |
| 60-90k | 397 | 88.7% | 70,581 mi |
| 90-120k | 62 | 90.3% | 102,289 mi |
| 120k+ | 16 | 100.0% | 152,184 mi |
Source: 13,575 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.
2022 Kona MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 Hyundai Kona?
91.8% of the 13,575 2022 Hyundai Kona tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 91.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 Hyundai Kona?
The three most recorded items are headlamp aim too high (2.29%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.14%), wipers blade defective (1.62%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 Hyundai Kona MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.1% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 Hyundai Kona in this dataset had covered 23,273 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2022 Hyundai Kona?
Hybrid: 90.8% pass rate across 8,042 tests. Electric: 93.2% pass rate across 5,505 tests. Petrol: 84.0% pass rate across 25 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2022 Hyundai Kona MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 91.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 91.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.