Hyundai MOT failure rates by model
Hyundai cars fail 22.8% of MOT tests. Here is every Hyundai model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.
What is the MOT failure rate for Hyundai cars?
Across 14,396,709 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 22.8% of Hyundai cars fail. That is 2.9 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Hyundai models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.
| Model | Failure rate | Tests | Top failure area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyundai S | 37.5% | 8,687 | Brakes |
| Hyundai H100 | 34.7% | 39,553 | Lamps & electrical |
| Hyundai Lantra | 34.3% | 145,947 | Lamps & electrical |
| Hyundai Atoz | 33.0% | 109,357 | Lamps & electrical |
| Hyundai Pony | 33.0% | 24,004 | Brakes |
| Hyundai Trajet | 32.8% | 141,026 | Lamps & electrical |
| Hyundai X2 | 32.8% | 1,879 | Brakes |
| Hyundai Coupe | 32.1% | 733,201 | Brakes |
| Hyundai Accent | 32.0% | 750,761 | Brakes |
| Hyundai Atoz+ | 31.9% | 1,088 | Lamps & electrical |
| Hyundai Elantra | 30.6% | 73,620 | Brakes |
| Hyundai Amica | 28.2% | 392,992 | Lamps & electrical |
| Hyundai Iload | 27.9% | 31,790 | Brakes |
| Hyundai Sonata | 27.8% | 76,889 | Brakes |
| Hyundai Terracan | 27.4% | 80,277 | Brakes |
| Hyundai Matrix | 27.2% | 306,325 | Lamps & electrical |
| Hyundai Getz | 26.9% | 1,145,785 | Lamps & electrical |
| Hyundai I800 | 26.9% | 102,621 | Brakes |
| Hyundai Xg30 | 26.5% | 7,213 | Brakes |
| Hyundai Santa | 25.8% | 817,441 | Suspension |
| Hyundai I30 | 23.4% | 1,565,730 | Brakes |
| Hyundai Veloster | 23.3% | 38,476 | Suspension |
| Hyundai Ix35 | 21.5% | 768,680 | Brakes |
| Hyundai I40 | 20.3% | 285,763 | Brakes |
| Hyundai Ix20 | 19.8% | 347,089 | Brakes |
| Hyundai I10 | 19.5% | 3,030,994 | Lamps & electrical |
| Hyundai I20 | 19.5% | 1,601,887 | Brakes |
| Hyundai Tucson | 16.3% | 1,240,694 | Brakes |
| Hyundai Bayon | 12.9% | 14,261 | Visibility/wipers |
| Hyundai Ioniq | 11.3% | 266,977 | Tyres |
| Hyundai Kona | 11.3% | 238,393 | Tyres |
| Hyundai Tucsn | 10.6% | 1,147 | Tyres |
Which Hyundai fails its MOT most, and which least?
The Hyundai S has the highest failure rate at 37.5%, and the Hyundai Tucsn the lowest at 10.6%. A higher rate reflects how old and how hard a model tends to be used as much as how it was built, so the oldest models in the range usually sit near the top.
Compare another make
Failure rates for other makes with a large MOT sample.
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Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain