Hyundai I800 MOT reliability

Hyundai I800s passed their MOT first time 63% of the time across 7,968 tests in 2025. 6,938 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

63%

MOTs analysed

7,968

Still licensed (GB)

6,938

Body type

Hatchback

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2018 diesel

1,183 MOTs

Passed first time 66%. Typical mileage 75,468 (most between 60,526 and 94,542).

2018: 100% → 2019: 91% → 2020: 86% → 2021: 69% → 2022: 70% → 2023: 67% → 2024: 63% → 2025: 66%

Most common failures

Position lamp: not working (10.1%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (7.3%)
Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (6.3%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (5.2%)
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (5.2%)

Where 2018 I800s fail

Lights & electrics

25.5%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

6.7%

Brakes

6.5%

Wheels & tyres

5.8%

Visibility & wipers

5.3%

Suspension & axles

1.5%

Body, structure & corrosion

0.9%

Steering

0.3%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.