2007 Hyundai I30: MOT pass rate and reliability

60.6% of 2007 Hyundai I30s pass the MOT first time, measured across 835 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 106,516 miles.

How the 2007 compares

  • Against all Hyundai I30s (71%, 103,486 tests): -10.4 points
  • Against all 2007 cars (64.8%): -4.2 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Hyundai I30 model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2007 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Hyundai I30:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2007 60.6% 835 106,516
2008 58.7% 2,438 108,144
2009 63.3% 8,602 94,067
2010 61.4% 10,278 95,461
2011 64% 8,914 92,049
2012 62.4% 8,763 96,183
2013 63.7% 10,497 89,662
2014 68.1% 9,869 82,846
2015 75.8% 13,692 75,036
2016 77.8% 9,564 67,462
2017 83.7% 6,819 57,860
2018 87.1% 7,431 48,815
2019 89.8% 4,157 37,465
2020 88.4% 1,398 35,296
2021 87.7% 227 27,977

What this means if you are buying a 2007 I30

The 2007 is a weaker year for this model, passing 10.4 points less often than the Hyundai I30 average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2007 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 19-year-old car fails on

A 2007 car is 19 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is above average and into the range where cambelts and water pumps are due if they have not already been done, so ask for the service history rather than take the mileage on trust. On a 2007 Hyundai I30 the average at test was 106,516 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2019 at 89.8%, and the weakest in our data is 2008 at 58.7%. That 31.1 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2007 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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