Hyundai ix20 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Hyundai ix20 in Great Britain in 2025 — 28,752 tests. Figures cover every ix20 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the ix20 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
69.2%
3.1 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
28,752
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
7.8%
of ix20 first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
48,750
middle half: 36,250–66,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Hyundai ix20 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 29,612 Hyundai ix20 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 29,207 taxed and 405 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Hyundai ix20 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
29,207
98.6% of the 29,612 ix20 cars taxed or on SORN; 27 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
405
declared off the road by their keepers — 1.4% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed ix20 cars peaked at 30,399 at the end of 2021 and has since fallen by 1,192 (3.9%) to 29,207 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 18 at the end of 2014 to 405 at the end of 2025, up 2150.0%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed ix20 cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

010k20k30k40k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed ix20 cars, year 2014: 16kTaxed ix20 cars, year 2015: 19kTaxed ix20 cars, year 2016: 23kTaxed ix20 cars, year 2017: 27kTaxed ix20 cars, year 2018: 29kTaxed ix20 cars, year 2019: 30kTaxed ix20 cars, year 2020: 30kTaxed ix20 cars, year 2021: 30kTaxed ix20 cars, year 2022: 30kTaxed ix20 cars, year 2023: 30kTaxed ix20 cars, year 2024: 29kTaxed ix20 cars, year 2025: 29k29k
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YearTaxed ix20 cars
201415,711
201519,026
201622,837
201726,685
201828,684
201930,260
202030,073
202130,399
202230,105
202329,829
202429,497
202529,207

ix20 cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

01002003004005002014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)ix20 cars on SORN, year 2014: 18ix20 cars on SORN, year 2015: 27ix20 cars on SORN, year 2016: 53ix20 cars on SORN, year 2017: 83ix20 cars on SORN, year 2018: 110ix20 cars on SORN, year 2019: 146ix20 cars on SORN, year 2020: 184ix20 cars on SORN, year 2021: 206ix20 cars on SORN, year 2022: 249ix20 cars on SORN, year 2023: 281ix20 cars on SORN, year 2024: 339ix20 cars on SORN, year 2025: 405405
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Yearix20 cars on SORN
201418
201527
201653
201783
2018110
2019146
2020184
2021206
2022249
2023281
2024339
2025405

Which model years survive

Taxed ix20 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 29,207 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed ix20 cars
20191,5495.3%
20182,2127.6%
20174,04913.9%
20163,76412.9%
20153,36311.5%
20143,51812.0%
20133,38411.6%
20123,49412.0%
20113,44011.8%
20103101.1%
All other build years (one year, each under 1%)1240.4%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name IX20 under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the ix20 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, ix20 vs all cars, 2025.

Hyundai ix20All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Hyundai ix20, vehicle age 6: 89.4%Hyundai ix20, vehicle age 7: 88.1%Hyundai ix20, vehicle age 8: 83.1%Hyundai ix20, vehicle age 9: 77%Hyundai ix20, vehicle age 10: 72.5%Hyundai ix20, vehicle age 11: 63.3%Hyundai ix20, vehicle age 12: 56.1%Hyundai ix20, vehicle age 13: 55.6%Hyundai ix20, vehicle age 14: 54.5%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%All cars 57.6%Hyundai ix20 54.5%
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Age (years)ix20 testsix20 pass rateAll cars
61,51589.4%83.5%
72,16988.1%80.9%
83,91283.1%78.2%
93,66277.0%74.9%
103,27972.5%71.9%
113,46363.3%68.6%
123,34356.1%65.8%
133,49255.6%63.5%
143,46154.5%61.2%

Better or worse than the average car?

The ix20's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the ix20 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

ix20 aheadix20 behind
-10-5+0+5+10Age 6: +5.9 points vs the average carAge 7: +7.2 points vs the average car7Age 8: +4.9 points vs the average carAge 9: +2.1 points vs the average car9Age 10: +0.6 points vs the average carAge 11: -5.3 points vs the average car11Age 12: -9.7 points vs the average carAge 13: -7.9 points vs the average car13Age 14: -6.7 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
6+5.9
7+7.2
8+4.9
9+2.1
10+0.6
11-5.3
12-9.7
13-7.9
14-6.7

The ix20 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the ix20 fleet still in use.

01k2k3k4kAge 6: 1k6Age 7: 2kAge 8: 3k8Age 9: 3kAge 10: 3k10Age 11: 3kAge 12: 3k12Age 13: 3kAge 14: 3k14Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
61,515
72,169
83,912
93,662
103,279
113,463
123,343
133,492
143,461

What an ix20 fails on

Where the failure items land when an ix20 fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment29.4%
Brakes28.3%
Suspension11.1%
Steering10.0%
Tyres8.7%
Visibility6.9%
Body, chassis, structure2.3%
Noise, emissions and leaks1.9%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.5% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a ix20, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Brakes: 34.9% of advisories34.9%Tyres: 32.8% of advisories32.8%Suspension: 14.0% of advisories14.0%Non-component advisories: 5.4% of advisoriesSteering: 3.9% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 2.8% of advisories
BrakesTyresSuspensionNon-component advisoriesSteeringNoise, emissions and leaks
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes34.9%
Tyres32.8%
Suspension14.0%
Non-component advisories5.4%
Steering3.9%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.8%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid ix20?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested ix20 fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 71.0% of 25,186 tests71.0%Petrol25,186 testsDiesel: 56.7% of 3,566 tests56.7%Diesel3,566 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol25,18671.0%
Diesel3,56656.7%

What mileage is normal for an ix20?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) ix20; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical ix20 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k68101214Vehicle age (years)Age 6: typical 23,750 miles (middle half 16,250–36,250)Age 7: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 21,250–43,750)Age 8: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 26,250–51,250)Age 9: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 31,250–61,250)Age 10: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 36,250–66,250)Age 11: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 41,250–73,750)Age 12: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 46,250–86,250)Age 13: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 51,250–91,250)Age 14: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 56,250–98,750)76k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
616,25023,75036,250
721,25031,25043,750
826,25036,25051,250
931,25043,75061,250
1036,25048,75066,250
1141,25056,25073,750
1246,25063,75086,250
1351,25071,25091,250
1456,25076,25098,750

What fails at each age

The ix20's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

BrakesTyresLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilitySuspensionSteeringEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
6-9 yrsBrakes41.4%
6-9 yrsTyres21.3%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.9%
6-9 yrsVisibility10.5%
6-9 yrsSuspension3.3%
6-9 yrsEverything else6.6%
10-13 yrsBrakes31.8%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.5%
10-13 yrsSuspension14.3%
10-13 yrsSteering13.3%
10-13 yrsTyres8.2%
10-13 yrsEverything else9.9%
14+ yrsBrakes29.8%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.9%
14+ yrsSuspension15.2%
14+ yrsSteering12.5%
14+ yrsTyres5.8%
14+ yrsEverything else14.8%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.