Hyundai Tucson MOT pass rate and common failures
What the MOTs of 156,199 Hyundai Tucson cars in 2025 show. These are patterns across all tests recorded by DVSA, not a verdict on any one car.
How often does a Hyundai Tucson pass its MOT first time?
In 2025, 82.6% of the 156,199 Hyundai Tucson cars tested passed their MOT first time. Cars of all makes from the same registration years passed 82.5% of the time, so the Hyundai Tucson was about level with them.
Pass rate by registration year
First-time pass rate in 2025 for each year the car was first registered, next to all cars registered in the same year. Older cars fail more often, so compare like with like. Years with fewer than 1,000 cars tested are not shown.
Compared with all cars registered in the same year, the Hyundai Tucson did best for 2016 registrations (1.4 points above all cars of that year) and worst for 2020 registrations (2.6 points below all cars of that year).
See the figures
| Registered | Hyundai Tucson | All cars | Cars tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 89.2% | 89.1% | 22,406 |
| 2021 | 89.4% | 88.2% | 20,734 |
| 2020 | 84.2% | 86.8% | 12,584 |
| 2019 | 84.1% | 84.2% | 25,842 |
| 2018 | 82.1% | 81.7% | 24,032 |
| 2017 | 79.3% | 78.9% | 22,957 |
| 2016 | 76.9% | 75.5% | 19,399 |
| 2015 | 73.3% | 72.4% | 4,583 |
What the Hyundai Tucson failed on most
Of the 27,108 Hyundai Tucson cars that failed first time in 2025, the share with each fault on the MOT. One car can fail on several faults.
- 1.Brake pads or shoes worn too thin16.3%
- 2.Tyre tread below the legal limit12.5%
- 3.Wiper blade not clearing the screen12.4%
- 4.Badly damaged tyre9.0%
- 5.Windscreen washers not working8.0%
By area of the car: brakes 35.4%, tyres 26.5%, visibility 20.6%, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 16.8%, suspension 10.1%.
Typical mileage by age
The median odometer reading at the MOT, by the car's age at the test to the nearest year, up to 20 years. Half the cars had covered more and half less. A rough guide when a car's mileage looks high or low for its age.
| Age | Hyundai Tucson | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 25,000 | 23,200 |
| 4 years | 31,900 | 30,600 |
| 5 years | 37,700 | 36,100 |
| 6 years | 43,600 | 42,400 |
| 7 years | 52,400 | 50,100 |
| 8 years | 63,500 | 58,200 |
| 9 years | 72,200 | 65,200 |
| 10 years | 79,500 | 72,100 |
| 16 years | 102,000 | 98,600 |
| 17 years | 106,300 | 103,500 |
| 18 years | 110,400 | 104,800 |
| 19 years | 110,000 | 104,100 |
| 20 years | 109,100 | 103,100 |
Looking at a Hyundai Tucson?
Averages describe thousands of cars. The one you are looking at has its own history.
- Hyundai Tucson buyer's guideCommon problems and what to check before you buy.
- Free MOT history checkEvery MOT result, failure and advisory for one registration.
- Full car history checkFinance, write-off, stolen and mileage records for the exact car.
- MOT league tableMakes and models ranked against cars of the same age.
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Source
Calculated by Carhealth from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2025: 28,468,316 cars. How we worked it out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).