MOT comparison

Ford Focus Mk3 vs Hyundai i30 Mk2

How the Ford Focus Mk3 (2011–2018) and the Hyundai i30 Mk2 (GD) (2012–2017) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Focus Mk3

4,411,119

MOT tests compared · built 2011–2018

Passes more often in 15 of 15 mileage bands

Hyundai i30 Mk2 (GD)

597,402

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2017

Passes more often in 0 of 15 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

Share of MOTs passed first time, at the mileage recorded at the test.

Ford Focus Mk3 Hyundai i30 Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 94.4% vs 92.8%

62,286 and 5,510 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 92.0% vs 90.8%

278,250 and 30,516 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 88.6% vs 87.0%

498,515 and 65,052 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 85.1% vs 82.6%

574,842 and 80,220 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 81.7% vs 78.1%

564,789 and 79,188 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 78.0% vs 73.5%

516,290 and 72,466 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 74.2% vs 69.3%

451,972 and 62,105 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 70.5% vs 65.1%

377,042 and 51,643 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 67.5% vs 62.3%

301,793 and 41,249 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 65.3% vs 60.0%

230,842 and 31,439 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 62.6% vs 57.3%

338,483 and 46,604 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 60.4% vs 55.7%

138,833 and 19,370 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 59.5% vs 55.0%

50,834 and 7,523 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 58.4% vs 54.3%

17,858 and 2,894 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 58.4% vs 55.5%

8,490 and 1,623 MOTs

Parts that fail more often

Only differences that hold across at least half of the mileage bands we could compare, and that are far too large to be chance, are listed. How we decide

Ford Focus Mk3 fails more often on

Front coil spring

Fails about 6 times as often as the Hyundai i30 Mk2: 3.8% of MOTs against 0.83%.

In 13 of 15 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks
Headlamp aim

Fails about twice as often as the Hyundai i30 Mk2: 2.4% of MOTs against 1.1%.

In 11 of 15 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Exhaust emissions

Fails about 10 times as often as the Hyundai i30 Mk2: 1.5% of MOTs against 0.29%.

In 10 of 15 mileage bands · Exhaust & Emissions

Hyundai i30 Mk2 fails more often on

Parking brake

Fails about 14 times as often as the Ford Focus Mk3: 7.5% of MOTs against 1.0%.

In 13 of 15 mileage bands · Braking System
Front track rod end

Fails about 14 times as often as the Ford Focus Mk3: 5.1% of MOTs against 0.51%.

In 11 of 15 mileage bands · Steering Issues

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These are differences in real MOT results, not engineering verdicts. Owner mix differs between models (some are more often taxis, first cars or rural cars), which is why every figure compares cars at the same mileage. How we compare cars.

MOT records: DVSA MOT history, which contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See this the other way round.