MOT comparison

Hyundai ix35 1st Gen vs Kia Sportage Mk3

How the Hyundai ix35 1st Gen (LM) (2009–2015) and the Kia Sportage Mk3 (2010–2015) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Hyundai ix35 1st Gen (LM)

612,309

MOT tests compared · built 2009–2015

Passes more often in 3 of 14 mileage bands

Kia Sportage Mk3

863,690

MOT tests compared · built 2010–2015

Passes more often in 8 of 14 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Hyundai ix35 1st Gen Kia Sportage Mk3

Under 10,000 miles 92.4% vs 91.1%

2,964 and 4,584 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 91.0% vs 89.9%

21,763 and 31,513 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 86.6% vs 85.2%

52,756 and 74,731 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 82.2% vs 82.2%

69,526 and 97,226 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 79.4% vs 80.5%

73,124 and 103,187 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 76.1% vs 77.6%

71,913 and 101,837 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 72.5% vs 74.4%

68,050 and 95,524 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 68.8% vs 71.1%

61,073 and 86,221 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 65.8% vs 67.5%

52,101 and 73,197 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 63.4% vs 64.7%

42,208 and 59,298 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 59.7% vs 61.7%

64,164 and 89,754 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 57.3% vs 58.4%

23,865 and 33,986 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 55.9% vs 55.8%

6,988 and 10,041 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 54.6% vs 55.3%

1,814 and 2,591 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

Hyundai ix35 1st Gen fails more often on

Front position lamp

Fails about 18 times as often as the Kia Sportage Mk3: 4.1% of MOTs against 0.24%.

In 11 of 14 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Side repeater

Fails about 4 times as often as the Kia Sportage Mk3: 1.4% of MOTs against 0.42%.

In 11 of 14 mileage bands

Kia Sportage Mk3 fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Hyundai ix35 1st Gen.

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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.