Common problems

Hyundai ix35 common problems

What MOT testers find on the Hyundai ix35: the parts that fail or get advisories most often at each age, against all cars of the same age. From 209,126 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 28 September 2026

At 10 years, the most tested age

Brakes fails per 100 MOTs (n=44,084)13.6

All cars at 10 years (n=9,049,507)6.5

Brakes advisories and minor defects per 100 MOTs (n=44,084)29.8

All cars, same age (n=9,049,507)21.6

What stands out

Brakes fails show up on 13.6 of every 100 MOTs of a Hyundai ix35 at 10 years old (n=44,084), against 6.5 for all cars of that age (n=9,049,507).
Suspension fails are less common: 7.0 per 100 MOTs against 9.7 for all cars at the same age.
The fail item testers record most often at 10 years: tyre tread below 1.6 mm, on 4.0 per 100 MOTs (all cars 2.7).
The most common advisory or minor defect: tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge, on 18.8 per 100 MOTs.

Problems by part at 10 years

How many of every 100 MOTs found a fail, or an advisory or minor defect, in each area. A test with faults in two areas counts in both.

Hyundai ix35 at 10 years (n=44,084) against all cars at 10 years (n=9,049,507). Per 100 MOTs.
Area	Fails	All cars	Advisories	All cars
Brakes	13.6	6.5	29.8	21.6
Lights and electrics	10.3	11.2	6.9	5.9
Tyres	8.1	6.9	28.5	26.4
Suspension	7.0	9.7	14.3	18.2
Windscreen, wipers and mirrors	4.5	4.4	3.5	3.9
Steering	4.2	2.1	4.6	2.4
Exhaust, emissions and leaks	1.3	2.8	3.4	4.0
Body and structure	0.6	2.9	1.5	3.9
Number plates and VIN	0.3	0.3	2.6	2.0
Seat belts and airbags	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.4
Road wheels	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.8

What testers fail most on the ix35 at 10 years

Fail items on the Hyundai ix35 at 10 years (n=44,084), per 100 MOTs, with all cars at the same age (n=9,049,507).
Item	Area	Per 100 MOTs	All cars	Typical repair (estimate)
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm	Tyres	4.0	2.7	£88 to £145 per tyre
Handbrake too weak	Brakes	3.9	1.0
Brake pads under 1.5 mm	Brakes	3.6	2.1	£72 to £174 per axle (rough guide)
Side/position light not working	Lights and electrics	2.9	2.4	£10 to £47 per lamp
Service brake performance: excessively binding	Brakes	2.4	0.7	£55 to £267 per wheel (rough guide)
Steering track rod end: ball joint play	Steering	2.3	1.3	£54 to £128 per side (rough guide)
Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative	Tyres	2.2	0.7	£53 to £125 per wheel (rough guide)
Wipers not clearing screen	Windscreen, wipers and mirrors	2.1	1.8	£15 to £30 per blade
Coil spring broken	Suspension	1.9	3.2	£64 to £236 per spring (rough guide)
Parking brake performance: inoperative on one side	Brakes	1.8	0.5

Early warnings: advisories and minor defects at 10 years

Advisories and minor defects are recorded, but the car still passes. Across all cars, a part with an advisory or minor defect failed at the next MOT 5.5 times in 100 (n=88,666,940 pairs of consecutive MOTs), against 0.3 times in 100 when the same part had none (n=12,936,860,350).

Advisories and minor defects on the Hyundai ix35 at 10 years (n=44,084), per 100 MOTs, with all cars at the same age (n=9,049,507).
Item	Area	Per 100 MOTs	All cars	If it needs replacing (estimate)
Tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge	Tyres	18.8	17.0	£88 to £145 per tyre
Brake discs: worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened	Brakes	14.1	9.6	£148 to £376 per axle (rough guide)
Brake pads: wearing thin	Brakes	13.7	8.1	£72 to £174 per axle (rough guide)
Tyre condition: slightly damaged/cracking or perishing	Tyres	10.1	8.6	£88 to £145 per tyre
Suspension arm pins and bushes: pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement	Suspension	5.1	5.8	£92 to £237 per arm (rough guide)
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources	Lights and electrics	4.6	3.2
Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt	Other	4.3	2.2
Service brake performance: binding but not excessively	Brakes	3.7	1.3	£55 to £267 per wheel (rough guide)
Brake discs: worn, but not excessively	Brakes	3.6	2.7	£148 to £376 per axle (rough guide)
Track rod end: ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt	Steering	3.1	0.8

Repair estimates are a guide for an independent garage: labour at the national median local garage rate (median £78 an hour from 65 garages, ONS price quotes) times estimated labour hours, plus a parts band. Labour hours and most parts bands are estimates, not quotes, and prices vary by model, engine and region. A warning light fault shows the cost of the diagnosis only.

How problems change with age

Fails per 100 MOTs in the three most common areas at 10 years. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
Age	Tests (n)	Brakes	Lights and electrics	Tyres
7 years	12,236	9.5	5.6	7.7
8 years	25,923	10.8	6.0	7.9
9 years	36,483	12.9	8.8	8.1
10 years	44,084	13.6	10.3	8.1
11 years	37,477	14.4	12.5	8.6
12 years	26,821	14.5	16.3	7.9
13 years	15,942	14.7	17.5	8.1
14 years	7,594	15.1	17.6	7.8
15 years	2,566	13.9	17.8	9.0

Mileage

At 10 years, Hyundai ix35 cars showing 30,000 to 60,000 miles failed 22.3% of MOTs (n=7,979); the band that failed most, 120,000 to 150,000 miles, failed 41.2% (n=2,804). For pass and fail rates by age, see Hyundai ix35 MOT fail rates.

What to check on a viewing

On the Hyundai ix35, testers most often record tyre tread below 1.6 mm; handbrake too weak; brake pads under 1.5 mm. Look at these first, then the areas below.

Brakes

On the test drive the car should stop in a straight line without pulling, juddering or grinding.
Look at the discs through the wheels for a deep lip, heavy rust or scoring.
Check that the handbrake or electronic parking brake holds the car on a slope.
Ask when the pads, discs and brake fluid were last changed, and for the receipts.

Lights and electrics

With someone outside, try every light: dipped and main beam, indicators, brake lights, fog lights and number plate lamps.
Check that the warning lights come on with the ignition and go out once the engine runs.
Look for misted, cracked or yellowed headlamp lenses.

Tyres

Check the tread across the full width of all four tyres, and the spare if there is one.
Look for cuts, bulges and cracking in the sidewalls.
Wear on one edge only can point to worn suspension or the tracking being out.

Ask for the car's MOT history and service record: advisories that repeat from one year to the next show what has been left. GOV.UK MOT history.

Questions

What are the most common problems on the Hyundai ix35?

At 10 years, the age with the most MOT tests (44,084), the fail items testers record most often on the Hyundai ix35 are tyre tread below 1.6 mm (4.0 per 100 MOTs), handbrake too weak (3.9 per 100 MOTs), brake pads under 1.5 mm (3.6 per 100 MOTs). The most common advisories or minor defects are tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (18.8) and brake discs: worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (14.1).

Which parts of the Hyundai ix35 fail more often than on other cars?

At 10 years: brakes (13.6 per 100 MOTs against 6.5 for all cars); steering (4.2 per 100 MOTs against 2.1 for all cars); tyres (8.1 per 100 MOTs against 6.9 for all cars). Compared with 9,049,507 MOTs of all cars the same age.

Hyundai ix35 problems by area

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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 28 September 2026.

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