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Hyundai Tucson MOT fail rate by age

How often the Hyundai Tucson fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 520,466 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 6 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 6 (n=97,247)16.1%
All cars at 6 years (n=10,382,720)17.8%
Median mileage at test45,738
All cars, median mileage44,951

150 of 340 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 6 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Hyundai Tucson fails 12.4% of MOTs (91,328 tests), about the same as the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 10 years it fails 26.4% (4,746 tests), 3.9 points below the 30.3% average.
  • The gap is widest at 9 years: 4.0 points below all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 6 years: Parking brake control lever: has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment, at 0.7 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age, first used undefined or later

3 years 10 years 33.3%

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Hyundai Tucson (first used undefined or later): share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
AgeMOT fail rateTests (n)All carsDifferenceMedian mileage
3 years12.4%91,32812.1%+0.3 pts23,082 miles
4 years13.8%87,73413.4%+0.4 pts29,485 miles
5 years15.0%90,04415.3%−0.3 pts37,194 miles
6 years16.1%97,24717.8%−1.7 pts45,738 miles
7 years18.5%74,85120.6%−2.1 pts54,642 miles
8 years20.7%49,42323.8%−3.1 pts63,850 miles
9 years23.2%25,09327.1%−4.0 pts72,127 miles
10 years26.4%4,74630.3%−3.9 pts79,849 miles

Most common fail items at 6 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Parking brake control lever: has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment Major0.7
Suspension arm bush worn Major0.7
Handbrake too weak Major0.7

Out of 97,247 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous4.7
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous3.5
Wipers not clearing screen Major2.5
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major1.1
Headlight aimed too high Major0.9
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid Major0.7
Headlamp aim: too low Major0.7

Out of 97,247 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 6 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Hyundai i1017.4%85,73217.8%
Hyundai i2015.2%41,88417.8%
Hyundai i3018.0%28,22017.8%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
200519 years in 202445.9%1,05543.2%
200618 years in 202449.5%1,14743.3%
200716 years in 202345.2%1,21442.6%
201510 years in 202526.4%4,74630.3%
20169 years in 202522.8%20,27027.1%
20178 years in 202520.5%24,03123.8%
20187 years in 202517.8%25,09220.6%
20196 years in 202515.8%27,01417.8%
20205 years in 202515.6%13,26815.3%
20214 years in 202510.4%21,68213.4%
20223 years in 202510.5%27,82212.1%

More on the Hyundai Tucson

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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