Hyundai Tucson MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Hyundai Tucson in Great Britain in 2025 — 168,553 tests. Figures cover every Tucson first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Tucson ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
83.0%
10.7 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
168,553
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
5.8%
of Tucson first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
78,750
middle half: 63,750–96,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Hyundai Tucson cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 260,272 Hyundai Tucson cars that were taxed or on SORN: 256,427 taxed and 3,845 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Hyundai Tucson vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
256,427
98.5% of the 260,272 Tucson cars taxed or on SORN; 124 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
3,845
declared off the road by their keepers — 1.5% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Tucson cars is still rising: 256,427 at the end of 2025, up 25,596 (11.1%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 190 at the end of 2014 to 3,845 at the end of 2025, up 1923.7%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Tucson cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

0100k200k300k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Tucson cars, year 2014: 15kTaxed Tucson cars, year 2015: 21kTaxed Tucson cars, year 2016: 44kTaxed Tucson cars, year 2017: 71kTaxed Tucson cars, year 2018: 95kTaxed Tucson cars, year 2019: 117kTaxed Tucson cars, year 2020: 126kTaxed Tucson cars, year 2021: 148kTaxed Tucson cars, year 2022: 174kTaxed Tucson cars, year 2023: 205kTaxed Tucson cars, year 2024: 231kTaxed Tucson cars, year 2025: 256k256k
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YearTaxed Tucson cars
201415,361
201520,689
201644,241
201771,223
201894,975
2019116,962
2020125,611
2021148,022
2022174,470
2023204,847
2024230,831
2025256,427

Tucson cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

01k2k3k4k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Tucson cars on SORN, year 2014: 190Tucson cars on SORN, year 2015: 305Tucson cars on SORN, year 2016: 557Tucson cars on SORN, year 2017: 905Tucson cars on SORN, year 2018: 1kTucson cars on SORN, year 2019: 2kTucson cars on SORN, year 2020: 3kTucson cars on SORN, year 2021: 2kTucson cars on SORN, year 2022: 3kTucson cars on SORN, year 2023: 3kTucson cars on SORN, year 2024: 4kTucson cars on SORN, year 2025: 4k4k
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YearTucson cars on SORN
2014190
2015305
2016557
2017905
20181,253
20192,154
20202,556
20212,469
20222,759
20233,305
20243,571
20253,845

Which model years survive

Taxed Tucson cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 256,427 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Tucson cars
202526,13710.2%
202430,38411.8%
202333,62813.1%
202226,22310.2%
202121,1268.2%
202013,4815.3%
201926,73510.4%
201825,2419.8%
201724,6239.6%
201620,8688.1%
20154,9031.9%
All other build years (ten years, each under 1%)3,0781.2%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model names TUCSON, TUCSON ADVANCE PHEV AUTO under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Tucson ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Tucson vs all cars, 2025.

Hyundai TucsonAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Hyundai Tucson, vehicle age 3: 89.4%Hyundai Tucson, vehicle age 4: 89.5%Hyundai Tucson, vehicle age 5: 84.3%Hyundai Tucson, vehicle age 6: 84.1%Hyundai Tucson, vehicle age 7: 82.1%Hyundai Tucson, vehicle age 8: 79.4%Hyundai Tucson, vehicle age 9: 77.1%Hyundai Tucson, vehicle age 10: 73.5%Hyundai Tucson, vehicle age 16: 58.3%Hyundai Tucson, vehicle age 18: 53.3%Hyundai Tucson, vehicle age 19: 52.5%Hyundai Tucson, vehicle age 20: 53%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%All cars 57.6%Hyundai Tucson 53%
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Age (years)Tucson testsTucson pass rateAll cars
327,72789.4%88.5%
421,58689.5%87.2%
513,06184.3%86.0%
626,83884.1%83.5%
725,01082.1%80.9%
823,90379.4%78.2%
920,16977.1%74.9%
104,72873.5%71.9%
1650458.3%58.3%
1869653.3%57.4%
1982852.5%57.0%
2076053.0%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Tucson's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Tucson beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Tucson aheadTucson behind
-6-3+0+3+6Age 3: +0.9 points vs the average car3Age 4: +2.3 points vs the average carAge 5: -1.7 points vs the average car5Age 6: +0.6 points vs the average carAge 7: +1.2 points vs the average car7Age 8: +1.2 points vs the average carAge 9: +2.2 points vs the average car9Age 10: +1.6 points vs the average carAge 16: +0.0 points vs the average carAge 18: -4.1 points vs the average carAge 19: -4.5 points vs the average car19Age 20: -4.6 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+0.9
4+2.3
5-1.7
6+0.6
7+1.2
8+1.2
9+2.2
10+1.6
16+0.0
18-4.1
19-4.5
20-4.6

The Tucson fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Tucson fleet still in use.

07k15k22k30kAge 3: 27k3Age 4: 21kAge 5: 13k5Age 6: 26kAge 7: 25k7Age 8: 23kAge 9: 20k9Age 10: 4kAge 16: 504Age 18: 696Age 19: 82819Age 20: 76020Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
327,727
421,586
513,061
626,838
725,010
823,903
920,169
104,728
16504
18696
19828
20760

What a Tucson fails on

Where the failure items land when a Tucson fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Brakes30.0%
Tyres20.0%
Visibility13.9%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.8%
Suspension8.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.2%
Steering3.0%
Body, chassis, structure2.6%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.6% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Tucson, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 44.0% of advisories44.0%Brakes: 31.7% of advisories31.7%Non-component advisories: 9.9% of advisories9.9%Suspension: 8.0% of advisories8.0%Noise, emissions and leaks: 1.9% of advisoriesSteering: 1.7% of advisories
TyresBrakesNon-component advisoriesSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksSteering
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres44.0%
Brakes31.7%
Non-component advisories9.9%
Suspension8.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks1.9%
Steering1.7%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Tucson?

First-time pass rate for the four most-tested Tucson fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 83.3% of 83,956 tests83.3%Petrol83,956 testsDiesel: 78.0% of 49,075 tests78.0%Diesel49,075 testsHybrid electric: 90.7% of 29,616 tests90.7%Hybrid29,616 testsElectric diesel: 83.2% of 5,900 tests83.2%Electric diesel5,900 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol83,95683.3%
Diesel49,07578.0%
Hybrid electric29,61690.7%
Electric diesel5,90083.2%

What mileage is normal for a Tucson?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Tucson; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Tucson (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k35791920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 26,250 miles (middle half 18,750–33,750)Age 4: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 23,750–41,250)Age 5: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 28,750–48,750)Age 6: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 33,750–56,250)Age 7: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 41,250–66,250)Age 8: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 51,250–78,750)Age 9: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 56,250–88,750)Age 10: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 63,750–96,250)Age 16: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 76,250–123,750)Age 18: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 88,750–128,750)Age 19: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 88,750–131,250)Age 20: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 86,250–131,250)108k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
318,75026,25033,750
423,75031,25041,250
528,75038,75048,750
633,75043,75056,250
741,25051,25066,250
851,25063,75078,750
956,25071,25088,750
1063,75078,75096,250
1676,250103,750123,750
1888,750111,250128,750
1988,750108,750131,250
2086,250108,750131,250

What fails at each age

The Tucson's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresVisibilityBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNoise, emissions and leaksSuspensionBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres35.5%
3-5 yrsVisibility22.1%
3-5 yrsBrakes17.6%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment6.3%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks5.8%
3-5 yrsEverything else12.7%
6-9 yrsBrakes39.9%
6-9 yrsTyres20.9%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks9.0%
6-9 yrsVisibility8.5%
6-9 yrsSuspension7.3%
6-9 yrsEverything else14.4%
10-13 yrsBrakes48.1%
10-13 yrsTyres14.3%
10-13 yrsSuspension7.9%
10-13 yrsVisibility6.5%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5.8%
10-13 yrsEverything else17.4%
14+ yrsSuspension28.5%
14+ yrsBrakes20.0%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.9%
14+ yrsTyres7.1%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure7.0%
14+ yrsEverything else18.5%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.