Hyundai ix35 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Hyundai ix35 in Great Britain in 2025 — 49,770 tests. Figures cover every ix35 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the ix35 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
63.8%
8.5 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
49,770
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
11.1%
of ix35 first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
78,750
middle half: 63,750–96,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Hyundai ix35 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 53,505 Hyundai ix35 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 51,408 taxed and 2,097 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 ix35 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
51,408
96.1% of the 53,505 ix35 cars taxed or on SORN; 41 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
2,097
declared off the road by their keepers — 3.9% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed ix35 cars peaked at 62,562 at the end of 2016 and has since fallen by 11,154 (17.8%) to 51,408 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 146 at the end of 2014 to 2,097 at the end of 2025, up 1336.3%. 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 ix35 cars, year by year

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

020k40k60k80k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed ix35 cars, year 2014: 49kTaxed ix35 cars, year 2015: 61kTaxed ix35 cars, year 2016: 63kTaxed ix35 cars, year 2017: 61kTaxed ix35 cars, year 2018: 60kTaxed ix35 cars, year 2019: 59kTaxed ix35 cars, year 2020: 58kTaxed ix35 cars, year 2021: 58kTaxed ix35 cars, year 2022: 57kTaxed ix35 cars, year 2023: 55kTaxed ix35 cars, year 2024: 54kTaxed ix35 cars, year 2025: 51k51k
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YearTaxed ix35 cars
201449,015
201561,078
201662,562
201760,905
201859,802
201958,654
202057,938
202157,590
202256,673
202355,316
202453,563
202551,408

ix35 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.

05001k2k2k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)ix35 cars on SORN, year 2014: 146ix35 cars on SORN, year 2015: 213ix35 cars on SORN, year 2016: 221ix35 cars on SORN, year 2017: 282ix35 cars on SORN, year 2018: 324ix35 cars on SORN, year 2019: 497ix35 cars on SORN, year 2020: 636ix35 cars on SORN, year 2021: 719ix35 cars on SORN, year 2022: 876ix35 cars on SORN, year 2023: 1kix35 cars on SORN, year 2024: 2kix35 cars on SORN, year 2025: 2k2k
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Yearix35 cars on SORN
2014146
2015213
2016221
2017282
2018324
2019497
2020636
2021719
2022876
20231,143
20241,529
20252,097

Which model years survive

Taxed ix35 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 51,408 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 ix35 cars
201512,12023.6%
201413,60726.5%
201310,29420.0%
20127,92915.4%
20114,6729.1%
20102,4634.8%
All other build years (two years, each under 1%)3230.6%

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 IX35 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 ix35 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, ix35 vs all cars, 2025.

Hyundai ix35All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Hyundai ix35, vehicle age 10: 71%Hyundai ix35, vehicle age 11: 68.2%Hyundai ix35, vehicle age 12: 58.7%Hyundai ix35, vehicle age 13: 58.4%Hyundai ix35, vehicle age 14: 57%Hyundai ix35, vehicle age 15: 56.4%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 ix35 56.4%
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Age (years)ix35 testsix35 pass rateAll cars
1011,40371.0%71.9%
1112,95468.2%68.6%
1210,02558.7%65.8%
137,81358.4%63.5%
144,71757.0%61.2%
152,54656.4%59.3%

Better or worse than the average car?

The ix35's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the ix35 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

ix35 behind
-8-4+0+4+8Age 10: -0.9 points vs the average carAge 11: -0.4 points vs the average car11Age 12: -7.1 points vs the average carAge 13: -5.1 points vs the average car13Age 14: -4.2 points vs the average carAge 15: -2.9 points vs the average car15Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
10-0.9
11-0.4
12-7.1
13-5.1
14-4.2
15-2.9

The ix35 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the ix35 fleet still in use.

05k10k15k20kAge 10: 11k10Age 11: 12kAge 12: 10k12Age 13: 7kAge 14: 4k14Age 15: 2k15Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
1011,403
1112,954
1210,025
137,813
144,717
152,546

What an ix35 fails on

Where the failure items land when an ix35 fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Brakes29.4%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment20.4%
Suspension19.0%
Tyres12.9%
Steering6.4%
Visibility6.2%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.7%
Body, chassis, structure1.6%

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 ix35, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Brakes: 29.8% of advisories29.8%Tyres: 28.3% of advisories28.3%Suspension: 26.7% of advisories26.7%Non-component advisories: 6.0% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 3.3% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 2.1% of advisories
BrakesTyresSuspensionNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaksIdentification of the vehicle
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes29.8%
Tyres28.3%
Suspension26.7%
Non-component advisories6.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.3%
Identification of the vehicle2.1%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid ix35?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested ix35 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%Diesel: 63.6% of 41,998 tests63.6%Diesel41,998 testsPetrol: 64.8% of 7,772 tests64.8%Petrol7,772 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel41,99863.6%
Petrol7,77264.8%

What mileage is normal for an ix35?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) ix35; 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 ix35 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k10121415Vehicle age (years)Age 10: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 63,750–96,250)Age 11: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 71,250–106,250)Age 12: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 76,250–113,750)Age 13: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 81,250–118,750)Age 14: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 88,750–128,750)Age 15: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 91,250–131,250)111k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1063,75078,75096,250
1171,25086,250106,250
1276,25093,750113,750
1381,25098,750118,750
1488,750108,750128,750
1591,250111,250131,250

What fails at each age

The ix35'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.

BrakesSuspensionLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentTyresSteeringVisibilityEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
10-13 yrsBrakes33.7%
10-13 yrsSuspension17.8%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment15.6%
10-13 yrsTyres14.2%
10-13 yrsSteering7.5%
10-13 yrsEverything else11.2%
14+ yrsSuspension32.8%
14+ yrsBrakes24.6%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.1%
14+ yrsTyres10.9%
14+ yrsVisibility5.2%
14+ yrsEverything else10.4%

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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.