Pass rate
74.7%
Below average — 1.6 pts ahead of the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 423 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £15–£44
2008 Hyundai Accent MOT pass rate
- 2008
- typical 78,880 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
24.8% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2008 74.7% pass · this year
- Avoid 2001 66.7% pass
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 67.3%
- Typical mileage
- 79k mi
The 2008 Hyundai Accent MOT pass rate is 74.7% of its MOT tests — 1.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 24.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Hyundai Accent does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Failures here tend to be cheap ones
65% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2008 Hyundai Accent compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 1.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 67.3%. The median 2008 Hyundai Accent in this dataset had covered 78,880 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 75.1% of the time, April–September 74.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 6.62% of tests.
- 423 recorded tests behind this page.
- 74.7% overall pass rate, 67.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Hyundai Accent, the average is 71.5% — best year 2008 (74.7%), worst 2001 (66.7%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 423
- Typical mileage (median)
- 78,880 mi
- Make and model
- Hyundai Accent
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Accent MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Accent
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 82 | 81.7% |
| East of England | 56 | 78.6% |
| West Midlands | 56 | 71.4% |
| North West | 54 | 70.4% |
| East Midlands | 40 | 65.0% |
| Yorkshire | 35 | 71.4% |
| North East | 29 | 72.4% |
| London | 24 | 79.2% |
| South West | 22 | 81.8% |
| Scotland | 21 | 76.2% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2008 Accent
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2008 Accent
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 6.6% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the suspension joints 4.0% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2008 Accent through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £15–£44 — and 65% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £15–£44
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: service brake performance excessively binding
- £60–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 65%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 423 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Accent, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2000 to 2009. Across them the pass rate runs from 66.7% to 74.7% — a spread of 8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 69.9% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2001 66.7% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2002 72.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2003 71.6% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2004 69.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2005 71.7% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 72.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 73.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 74.7%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 73.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2008 Hyundai Accent with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2008 cars with a similar record
- Land Rover Freelander 74.7%
- Volkswagen Passat 74.7%
- Toyota RAV4 74.9%
- Suzuki Grand Vitara 74.5%
- Chrysler Jeep 300 74.5%
- Volkswagen Scirocco 74.4%
Closest pass rates among 2008 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2008 Hyundai Accent 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 1,256 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 313 | 24.80% | 20.98% | +3.82 |
| Brakes | 304 | 24.10% | 20.89% | +3.21 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 203 | 16.10% | 12.21% | +3.89 |
| Tyres | 188 | 14.90% | 19.76% | −4.86 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 48 | 3.80% | 5.57% | −1.77 |
| Non-component advisories | 45 | 3.60% | 4.18% | −0.58 |
| Visibility | 43 | 3.40% | 4.97% | −1.57 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 41 | 3.20% | 1.76% | +1.44 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 37 | 2.90% | 5.52% | −2.62 |
| Steering | 34 | 2.70% | 2.57% | +0.13 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.6% | £5–20 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.2% | £5–25 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 4.7% | £3–12 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.0% | £18–45 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 4.0% | £60–150 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.8% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.5% | £5–25 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.3% | £18–45 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.3% | £45–110 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.4% | £5–25 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 19.9% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 16.1% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 14.7% | £40–150 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 12.3% | £80–180 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.1% | £45–110 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 10.6% | £25–65 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 12 | 66.7% | 23,458 mi |
| 30-60k | 94 | 83.0% | 45,949 mi |
| 60-90k | 156 | 73.7% | 74,164 mi |
| 90-120k | 105 | 70.5% | 102,577 mi |
| 120k+ | 56 | 73.2% | 140,850 mi |
Source: 423 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2008 Accent MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Hyundai Accent?
74.7% of the 423 2008 Hyundai Accent tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 67.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Hyundai Accent?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.62%), headlamp lens slightly defective (6.15%), stop lamp not working (4.73%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Hyundai Accent MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 66.7% of the time, falling to 73.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Hyundai Accent in this dataset had covered 78,880 mi.
Does the season affect the 2008 Hyundai Accent MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 75.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 74.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.