2013 Hyundai Ix35: MOT pass rate and reliability

67.1% of 2013 Hyundai Ix35s pass the MOT first time, measured across 10,388 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 89,980 miles.

How the 2013 compares

  • Against all Hyundai Ix35s (70.1%, 51,714 tests): -3 points
  • Against all 2013 cars (72.9%): -5.8 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Hyundai Ix35 model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2013 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Hyundai Ix35:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2010 62.2% 2,828 108,819
2011 63.4% 5,071 104,550
2012 65.9% 8,235 95,787
2013 67.1% 10,388 89,980
2014 73.9% 13,219 83,430
2015 76.2% 11,648 75,374
2016 75.4% 325 62,042

What this means if you are buying a 2013 Ix35

The 2013 is a weaker year for this model, passing 3 points less often than the Hyundai Ix35 average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2013 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 13-year-old car fails on

A 2013 car is 13 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 2013 Hyundai Ix35 the average at test was 89,980 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 2015 at 76.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2010 at 62.2%. That 14.0 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2013 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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