Common Problems with the
2017 Hyundai ix20

Steering is the ix20's measured weakness: Get Car Wise's MOT analysis finds track rod end ball joints wearing prematurely, with hundreds of tests recording excessive play and even serious-risk-of-detachment categories - far above the people-carrier class average. Fault File records owners reporting a rattle or knock through the electric power steering column plus heavy, inconsistent steering at parking speeds that dealers struggled to cure even with repeated rack and column replacement. It is a cheap part to fix if caught as an advisory (£100-£180 per track rod end) and an MOT failure and safety risk if not.

The diesel ix20 is the classic urban-mum MPV engine used outside its comfort zone: Fault File records flat spots and lost power under acceleration traced to EGR valve wear, sticking injectors and a DPF that never regenerates on short runs, sometimes letting fuel dilute the sump; Get Car Wise tracks the same blockage as the top diesel concern, with limp mode and expensive cleaning or replacement. RAC's owners' survey adds a distinct twist - at least one pull-away power loss was cured by dealer software, and others reported the stop-start system simply dying.

Small but recurring: RAC's owner survey records a floppy, noisy clutch pedal needing replacement on ix20s, while Fault File documents a judder pulling away on post-2016 manual cars traced by dealers to the balance weights inside the clutch plate springs, which required a full clutch assembly to cure (around £400-£700). It is not universal and it does not usually fail suddenly, but on a car this cheap, a shuddering cold-start clutch is a four-figure job that equals the car's value, so test it deliberately at every viewing.