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Hyundai ix20, Buying guide, MOT record, UK numbers and recalls

28,877 Hyundai ix20s are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 69.2% of initial MOT tests, 3.1 points below the 72.3% UK average.

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Hyundai ix20 at the MOT

69.2% of 28,754 initial tests passed in 2025, ranking the ix20 362nd of 575 models. Hyundai ix20s aged 3 to 5 years passed 90% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 55.9%.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

  • Hyundai ix2069.2%
  • All Hyundai modelsThe ix20 is 4.7 pts behind73.9%
  • All cars72.3%

Pass rate by age at test

Hyundai ix20 tests in 2025.

  • 3 to 5 years1,238 tests90%
  • 6 to 10 years15,465 tests77.9%
  • 11 years and over12,051 tests55.9%

Where ix20s fail

Share of all failure items recorded on Hyundai ix20 tests in 2025.

  • Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment29.3%
  • Brakes28.3%
  • Suspension11.1%
  • Steering9.9%
  • Tyres8.7%

The items testers recorded most often were track rod end ball joint has excessive play (8.5%), stop lamp not working (8.2%) and rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (6.9%).

The MOT page lists every common ix20 MOT failure. For one car's own results and advisories, run a free MOT history check.

Full Hyundai ix20 MOT record

What to look at on a viewing

The ix20's most common failure areas, and what a tester checks in each.

  1. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment

    Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting.29.3% of ix20 failure items

  2. Brakes

    Make sure the pedal feels firm, the car stops in a straight line, the handbrake holds on a slope and no brake warning light is showing.28.3% of ix20 failure items

  3. Suspension

    Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters.11.1% of ix20 failure items

Hyundai ix20s in the UK

28,877 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has grown 84% since the end of 2014, although it peaked at 30,399 at the end of 2021.

Change since 2014
+84%from 15,711 licensed
Typical year of first use
2015half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2015 or earlier
First registered in 2025
2against 4,237 in 2017
Declared off the road
4611.6% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Hyundai ix20s since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

Show the figures
DateLicensed
End of 201415,711
End of 201519,026
End of 201622,837
End of 201726,685
End of 201828,684
End of 201930,260
End of 202030,073
End of 202130,399
End of 202230,105
End of 202329,829
End of 202429,497
End of 202529,207
End of June 202628,877

How old they are

Licensed Hyundai ix20s by year of first use.

  • Licensed at the end of 2025
  • First registered that year
Show the figures
First usedLicensed, end 2025First registered that year
2020124129
20191,5491,593
20182,2122,315
20174,0474,237
20163,7623,979
20153,3613,622
20143,514
20133,374
20123,471
20113,400
2010307

3,361 ix20s first used in 2015 were still licensed at the end of 2025, roughly 93% of the 3,622 first registered that year.

ix20 engines and fuel

1.6 litre engines made up 55% of Hyundai ix20 MOT tests in 2025, followed by 1.4 litre at 45%. Petrol accounts for 88% of licensed ix20s and diesel for 12%.

Engine size at MOT, 2025

Share of 28,747 initial MOT tests in 2025.

  • 1.6 litre55.3%
  • 1.4 litre44.7%

Fuel type, licensed ix20s

DfT licensing statistics, June 2026.

FuelLicensedShare
Petrol25,32588%
Diesel3,54512%
Gas7<0.1%

Hyundai ix20 recalls

1 DVSA safety recall launched from 1992 to October 2026 names the Hyundai ix20. Each covers vehicles built in a set period, so a recall does not mean every ix20 is affected.

  1. Oct 2012 R/2012/117

    Corrosion may affect handbrake performance

    ix20s built Oct 2010 to Apr 2012 · 5,843 vehicles across the whole recall

    Defect and remedy
    Defect
    As a result of water ingress and attendant corrosion in the rear calipers the parking brake may not hold the vehicle on a hill when normal force has been applied to the parking brake lever.
    Remedy
    Recall vehicles likely to be affected to either clean the axle and housing or fit new seals. Where necessary the rear calipers will be replaced.
How to check a specific ix20 for recalls

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Hyundai ix20 FAQs

How many Hyundai ix20s are there in the UK?

28,877 Hyundai ix20s were licensed in the UK at the end of June 2026, with a further 461 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT vehicle licensing statistics.

Is the Hyundai ix20 reliable?

MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 69.2% first-time pass rate for the Hyundai ix20 across 28,754 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.

Has the Hyundai ix20 had any recalls?

1 DVSA safety recall launched from 1992 to October 2026 names the Hyundai ix20. The most recent was published in October 2012. A recall applies to vehicles built in a set period, so check a specific car on the GOV.UK vehicle recall checker.

What should I check before buying a used Hyundai ix20?

On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, brakes and suspension. Then check the individual car's own records. Outstanding finance, insurance write-offs and police stolen markers are not part of the MOT record, so they take a history check.

How do I check a Hyundai ix20's history?

Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.

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Across the 1,548 vehicles of every make Carpeep has checked since November 2025, 19% had outstanding finance recorded and 13% an insurance write-off. More on the Hyundai history check. To confirm a car's identity, see the Hyundai VIN check.

  • Outstanding finance
  • Write-off records
  • Stolen markers
  • Mileage history
  • Previous keepers

MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), which also gives the engine sizes. Licensed, SORN, fuel and registration figures are from the Department for Transport vehicle licensing statistics (VEH0120, VEH0124, VEH0160). Recalls are from the DVSA vehicle recalls data, with recalls launched up to October 2026. Government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability. History-check findings are anonymous counts from reports bought on Carpeep, each vehicle counted once, and are published only where at least 100 vehicles returned an answer.