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Hyundai ix35 exhaust, emissions and leaks problems

DVSA MOT tests 2022–2025 · 44,084 MOT tests · Updated

At 10 years, 1.3 in 100 MOT tests of the Hyundai ix35 failed on exhaust, emissions and leaks, against 2.8 for all class 4 vehicles the same age (all test years; 44,084 MOT tests) [1].

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  • Against all class 4 vehicles the same age: fails less often than all class 4 vehicles the same age (0.4–0.5×) (all test years), 552 MOT tests with a fail
  • By age: seen at 9 ages from 7 to 15 years, 209,126 MOT tests
  • MOT tests at 10 years: 44,084 for the Hyundai ix35

Figures are for the model as a whole, not for one car.

What the MOT tests show

What we know

1.3 fails per 100 MOT tests at 10 years, against 2.8 for all class 4 vehicles tested at 10 (all test years). The Hyundai ix35 fails less often here.

Why it matters

An exhaust, emissions and leaks fail stops the car passing until it is fixed.

What to check

Start the car from cold and look for smoke at the exhaust, listen for blowing joints, and look under the engine and gearbox for fresh oil or fluid drips.

Hyundai ix35 exhaust, emissions and leaks fails by age

Hyundai ix35 exhaust, emissions and leaks fails per 100 MOT tests by ageSolid line: the Hyundai ix35. Dashed line: all cars the same age. The table below lists every value.02467 years: 0.5 per 100 (all cars 1.7), 12,236 MOT tests78 years: 0.7 per 100 (all cars 2.1), 25,923 MOT tests89 years: 0.8 per 100 (all cars 2.4), 36,483 MOT tests910 years: 1.3 per 100 (all cars 2.8), 44,084 MOT tests1011 years: 1.5 per 100 (all cars 3.2), 37,477 MOT tests1112 years: 1.7 per 100 (all cars 3.7), 26,821 MOT tests1213 years: 1.9 per 100 (all cars 4.3), 15,942 MOT tests1314 years: 1.6 per 100 (all cars 5.1), 7,594 MOT tests1415 years: 2.4 per 100 (all cars 5.7), 2,566 MOT tests15
Fails per 100 MOT tests by age, all first-use years pooled. Hyundai ix35 All class 4 vehicles the same age
AgeMOT testsFails per 100All class 4 vehicles the same age
712,2360.51.7
825,9230.72.1
936,4830.82.4
1044,0841.32.8
1137,4771.53.2
1226,8211.73.7
1315,9421.94.3
147,5941.65.1
152,5662.45.7

All first-use years of the Hyundai ix35 pooled at each age, against all class 4 vehicles at that age over all 2022–2025 test years.

What fails in the exhaust, emissions and leaks at 10 years

Advisories (not fails)

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By engine and fuel

  • 1.7 diesel: 0.8 per 100 at 10 years, fails less often than diesel class 4 vehicles the same age (0.2–0.3×) (all test years; 27,098 MOT tests)
  • 2.0 diesel: 0.4 per 100 at 10 years, about average for diesel class 4 vehicles the same age (all test years; 9,834 MOT tests)

How to check on a test drive

Start the car from cold and look for smoke at the exhaust, listen for blowing joints, and look under the engine and gearbox for fresh oil or fluid drips.

The most common advisory here in MOT records: Engine oil leaks: leak, but not excessive.

Check one Hyundai ix35, not the average

The figures here describe Hyundai ix35 cars as a group. These free tools answer for one car. Each line says what the tool reads.

Other Hyundai ix35 problems

Exhaust, emissions and leaks on rival models

Questions people ask

Does the Hyundai ix35 have more exhaust, emissions and leaks problems than other cars?

0.4 to 0.5 times the exhaust, emissions and leaks fail rate of all class 4 vehicles the same age at 10 years (all test years), from 44,084 MOT tests. The interval is clear of 0.8 in the same direction at 7 of the 9 ages seen (ages up to 18 with at least 100 MOT tests with a fail).

How common are Hyundai ix35 exhaust, emissions and leaks problems?

1.3 in 100 MOT tests at 10 years failed on exhaust, emissions and leaks, against 2.8 for all class 4 vehicles the same age (all test years; 44,084 MOT tests).

Sources

  1. Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2022 to 2025. DVSA MOT data, Open Government Licence v3.0, 209,126 MOT tests. Accessed 7 Oct 2026.

Parts: against all class 4 vehicles at the same age, all 2022–2025 test years pooled, not adjusted for mileage. Breakdowns and non-MOT faults are not in this data. How we compare