2017 Hyundai Ioniq: MOT pass rate and reliability

87.9% of 2017 Hyundai Ioniqs pass the MOT first time, measured across 5,726 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 86,236 miles.

How the 2017 compares

  • Against all Hyundai Ioniqs (90.4%, 43,203 tests): -2.5 points
  • Against all 2017 cars (83.5%): +4.4 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Hyundai Ioniq model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2017 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Hyundai Ioniq:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2016 86.1% 466 86,723
2017 87.9% 5,726 86,236
2018 89.1% 8,685 77,702
2019 90.9% 9,041 60,936
2020 92.4% 7,480 42,759
2021 90.6% 10,983 35,817
2022 95.1% 798 34,049

What this means if you are buying a 2017 Ioniq

The 2017 is a weaker year for this model, passing 2.5 points less often than the Hyundai Ioniq average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2017 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 9-year-old car fails on

A 2017 car is 9 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, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2017 Hyundai Ioniq the average at test was 86,236 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 2022 at 95.1%, and the weakest in our data is 2016 at 86.1%. That 9.0 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2017 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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