Pass rate
90.4%
Above average — 0.9 pts ahead of the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 4,136 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£66
2019 Hyundai Kona Play T-Gdi MOT pass rate
- 2019
- typical 30,369 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
42.5% 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 →
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 91.7% pass
- Avoid 2021 89.6% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 2.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 89.5%
- Typical mileage
- 30k mi
The 2019 Hyundai Kona Play T-Gdi MOT pass rate is 90.4% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 42.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Hyundai Kona Play T-Gdi does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.2× the national share
Tyres make up 42.5% of everything recorded on the 2019 Hyundai Kona Play T-Gdi, against 19.8% nationally — 22.7 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.
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 2019 Hyundai Kona Play T-Gdi compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 0.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 89.5%. The median 2019 Hyundai Kona Play T-Gdi in this dataset had covered 30,369 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.1% of the time, April–September 91.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 2.01% of tests.
- 4,136 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.4% overall pass rate, 89.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Hyundai Kona Play T-Gdi, the average is 91.1% — best year 2020 (91.7%), worst 2021 (89.6%).
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
- 4,136
- Typical mileage (median)
- 30,369 mi
- Make and model
- Hyundai Kona Play T-Gdi
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Kona Play T-Gdi MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 72% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Kona Play T-Gdi
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 800 | 87.8% |
| South East | 706 | 89.8% |
| North West | 508 | 92.5% |
| South West | 406 | 91.6% |
| West Midlands | 370 | 92.4% |
| Yorkshire | 327 | 89.6% |
| East Midlands | 264 | 89.4% |
| North East | 248 | 90.3% |
| East of England | 247 | 92.7% |
| Wales | 194 | 92.3% |
| London | 66 | 87.9% |
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 2019 Kona Play T-Gdi
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 2019 Kona Play T-Gdi
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 wipers and washers 2.0% 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 brakes 1.6% 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 1.1% 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 2019 Kona Play T-Gdi through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£66 — and 44% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£66
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £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
- 44%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 4,136 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 Play T-Gdi, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2019 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 89.6% to 91.7% — a spread of 2.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 90.4%wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 91.7% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 89.6% wipers does not clear 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 2019 Hyundai Kona Play T-Gdi 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 2019 cars with a similar record
- Jaguar E-Pace 90.4%
- Nissan Leaf 90.4%
- BMW 218I 90.4%
- BMW 225XE 90.4%
- Kia Stinger 90.4%
- Ford Fiesta 90.5%
Closest pass rates among 2019 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 2019 Hyundai Kona Play T-Gdi 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 3,530 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 | 1,507 | 42.50% | 19.76% | +22.74 |
| Brakes | 1,056 | 29.80% | 20.89% | +8.91 |
| Visibility | 287 | 8.10% | 4.97% | +3.13 |
| Non-component advisories | 278 | 7.80% | 4.18% | +3.62 |
| Suspension | 182 | 5.10% | 20.98% | −15.88 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 117 | 3.30% | 12.21% | −8.91 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 43 | 1.20% | 5.52% | −4.32 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 23 | 0.60% | 5.57% | −4.97 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 20 | 0.60% | 1.76% | −1.16 |
| Road Wheels | 17 | 0.50% | 0.75% | −0.25 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.0% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.4% | £8–22 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.4% | £8–22 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.97% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.44% | £30–80 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.44% | £40–150 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.36% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 16.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 12.5% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 12.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.9% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.5% | £40–150 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.7% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2,015 | 92.8% | 20,749 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,881 | 88.7% | 40,849 mi |
| 60-90k | 210 | 84.3% | 69,005 mi |
| 90-120k | 25 | 80.0% | 97,765 mi |
| 120k+ | 5 | 80.0% | 158,544 mi |
Source: 4,136 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.
2019 Kona Play T-Gdi MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Hyundai Kona Play T-Gdi?
90.4% of the 4,136 2019 Hyundai Kona Play T-Gdi tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 89.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Hyundai Kona Play T-Gdi?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.01%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.55%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.40%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Hyundai Kona Play T-Gdi MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.8% of the time, falling to 80.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Hyundai Kona Play T-Gdi in this dataset had covered 30,369 mi.
Does the season affect the 2019 Hyundai Kona Play T-Gdi MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.1% 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.