MOT fail rates

Hyundai Kona MOT fail rate by age

How often the Hyundai Kona fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 150,440 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 22 September 2026

At 3 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 3 (n=54,974)11.8%

All cars at 3 years (n=8,016,463)12.1%

Median mileage at test21,290

All cars, median mileage22,806

184 of 343 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 3 years.

What stands out

At 3 years the Hyundai Kona fails 11.8% of MOTs (54,974 tests), about the same as the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 7 years it fails 13.9% (7,142 tests), 6.8 points below the 20.6% average.
The gap is widest at 7 years: 6.8 points below all cars.
Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 3 years: Suspension arm bush worn, at 0.5 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Hyundai Kona: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
Age	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars	Difference	Median mileage
3 years	11.8%	54,974	12.1%	−0.2 pts	21,290 miles
4 years	12.5%	44,267	13.4%	−0.9 pts	27,491 miles
5 years	13.3%	28,007	15.3%	−2.0 pts	32,823 miles
6 years	13.1%	16,050	17.8%	−4.7 pts	38,115 miles
7 years	13.9%	7,142	20.6%	−6.8 pts	44,077 miles

Most common fail items at 3 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Suspension arm bush worn Major	0.5
Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Major	0.3

Out of 54,974 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Headlight aimed too high Major	3.8
Wipers not clearing screen Major	2.7
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major	2.4
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous	1.8
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous	1.3
Headlamp aim: too low Major	0.5
Tyre condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Dangerous	0.4
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid Major	0.3

Out of 54,974 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 3 years

Model	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
Hyundai Tucson	12.4%	91,328	12.1%
Hyundai i10	14.2%	42,129	12.1%
Hyundai Ioniq	14.2%	34,796	12.1%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated 28 September 2026.

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First used	Age at test	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
2018	7 years in 2025	14.0%	6,725	20.6%
2019	6 years in 2025	13.3%	8,897	17.8%
2020	5 years in 2025	14.2%	11,923	15.3%
2021	4 years in 2025	13.8%	16,457	13.4%
2022	3 years in 2025	13.5%	17,294	12.1%

More on the Hyundai Kona

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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