2022 Hyundai Kona: MOT pass rate and reliability

95.7% of 2022 Hyundai Konas pass the MOT first time, measured across 372 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 30,263 miles.

How the 2022 compares

  • Against all Hyundai Konas (90.9%, 26,025 tests): +4.8 points
  • Against all 2022 cars (93.7%): +2 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Hyundai Kona model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2022 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Hyundai Kona:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2017 89.7% 417 43,320
2018 89.8% 6,704 40,061
2019 90.6% 6,984 34,897
2020 91% 5,840 36,197
2021 92.4% 5,663 31,728
2022 95.7% 372 30,263

What this means if you are buying a 2022 Kona

The 2022 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 4.8 points more often than the Hyundai Kona average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. 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 4-year-old car fails on

A 2022 car is 4 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 below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2022 Hyundai Kona the average at test was 30,263 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.

2022 is the strongest year on record for this model at 95.7%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.

Nearby model years

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