63.8%
Hyundai IX35
Hyundai IX35 MOT pass rate and common problems
The Hyundai IX35 passed 63.8% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 8.5 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the IX35 compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
73.9%
Hyundai average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The IX35 runs 10.2 points behind the Hyundai average. It is 11th of the 17 Hyundai models in the data. The average IX35 arrived at its test 11.8 years old with 93,117 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
IX35 MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Hyundai IX35 cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 70.6% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 59.5%, a drop of 11.1 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 to 10 years | 19,166 | 70.6% | 1.7 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 30,606 | 59.5% | 12.8 pts below |
That is a typical decline as cars age. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where IX35 failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Hyundai IX35 cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Brakes and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 49.6% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common IX35 MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Hyundai IX35 cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 43.2% of everything testers recorded against failed Hyundai IX35 cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a IX35
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Brakes
Recorded most often: rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements, brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick and service brake performance excessively binding. 13.7% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn, ball joint excessively worn and coil spring fractured or broken. 11.6% of failure items.
3
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 6.7% of failure items.
4
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working. 5.3% of failure items.
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Hyundai IX35 MOT FAQs
What is the Hyundai IX35 MOT pass rate?
63.8% of Hyundai IX35 cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 49,772 tests. That is 8.5 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 446th of 575 models.
What does a Hyundai IX35 most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Hyundai IX35 cars failing their 2025 MOT was tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, on 6.7% of failure items. Next were position lamp not working (5.3%) and rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (5%).
Which area causes the most Hyundai IX35 MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was brakes at 29.3%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 20.3%.
Do older Hyundai IX35 cars fail their MOT more often?
Hyundai IX35 cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 70.6% of MOT tests in 2025, against 59.5% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Hyundai IX35 has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Hyundai IX35 that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Hyundai IX35's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.