2009 Hyundai I20 1.2L Petrol · WN59 OCR

The most recent MOT (13 Oct 2025) was a pass, but it listed a cluster of defects: both rear tyres show slight cracking, the front‑right tyre is also marginally damaged, the rear‑right drive‑shaft CV boot is severely deteriorated, both rear brake pipes are corroded and covered in grease, the rear brake hoses have slight ferrule corrosion, the rear‑right brake is binding, and both headlamp lenses are slightly defective. A clear pattern emerges around the rear braking system and tyre condition. Corroded brake pipes appear in every test from 2023 onward, and by 2025 the corrosion has spread to the brake hoses as well. Tyre surface damage has progressed from normal wear in 2023 to cracking on both rear tyres and the front‑right tyre in 2025. The CV boot, which was only slightly deteriorated in 2024, is now described as severely deteriorated, indicating accelerating wear of the drive‑shaft joint. Overall the defect trend is worsening rather than stabilising. The 2022 MOT was clean, but each subsequent year has added new items, and the most recent test shows the greatest number of issues. This suggests that components are reaching the end of their service life and may need replacement soon. Mileage of 127,615 mi on a 2009 model works out to about 7,500 mi per year – roughly average for a vehicle of this age. The figure does not point to extreme high‑use wear, but it also does not rule out periods of light use followed by more intensive driving.