Hyundai I30 years to avoid: the early ones

Based on 105,693 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.

The short answer

Avoid 2010, 2012 to 2014, and 2016. The worst is the 2013, which fails its MOT 34% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Hyundai I30 you like?

Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.

Every I30 model year

Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.

MOT failure rate by registration year for the Hyundai I30
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2008	2,796	38.8%	about average
2009	9,421	36.7%	about average
2010	10,973	37.4%	16% worse
2011	9,384	34.5%	about average
2012	9,065	36.0%	29% worse
2013 Worst	10,684	34.3%	34% worse
2014	10,033	29.9%	32% worse
2015	13,840	21.7%	about average
2016	9,669	19.4%	15% worse
2017	6,847	13.1%	about average
2018	7,412	11.7%	about average
2019	4,163	9.5%	about average
2020	1,406	9.8%	about average

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Hyundai I30, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.

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