Pass rate
67.6%
Below average — 4.6 pts behind the 72.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,411 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £51–£148
2004 Hyundai Coupe MOT pass rate
- 2004
- typical 85,569 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
28.0% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2001 69.3% pass
- Avoid 2000 66.8% pass
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 2.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 57.7%
- Typical mileage
- 86k mi
The 2004 Hyundai Coupe MOT pass rate is 67.6% of its MOT tests — 4.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Hyundai Coupe does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.3× the national share
Brakes make up 28.0% of everything recorded on the 2004 Hyundai Coupe, against 20.9% nationally — 7.1 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 72.2%; this one manages 67.6% — 4.6 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 34% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2004 Hyundai Coupe compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.2%, so this figure is 4.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 57.7%. The median 2004 Hyundai Coupe in this dataset had covered 85,569 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 66.5% of the time, April–September 69.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements", noted on 10.42% of tests.
- 1,411 recorded tests behind this page.
- 67.6% overall pass rate, 57.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Hyundai Coupe, the average is 68.4% — best year 2001 (69.3%), worst 2000 (66.8%).
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
- 1,411
- Typical mileage (median)
- 85,569 mi
- Make and model
- Hyundai Coupe
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Discs and Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Coupe MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 53% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Coupe
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 368 | 67.9% |
| South West | 177 | 66.7% |
| West Midlands | 167 | 71.9% |
| North West | 159 | 68.6% |
| East of England | 156 | 68.6% |
| Yorkshire | 117 | 64.1% |
| East Midlands | 103 | 67.0% |
| London | 58 | 75.9% |
| Wales | 41 | 53.7% |
| Scotland | 40 | 55.0% |
| North East | 25 | 72.0% |
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 2004 Coupe
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 2004 Coupe
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 6.8% 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 exhaust and emissions 4.9% of tests
“exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check corrosion 4.2% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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 2004 Coupe through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £51–£148 — and 34% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £51–£148
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 34%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,411 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 Coupe, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2000 to 2009. Across them the pass rate runs from 66.8% to 69.3% — a spread of 2.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 66.8% component mounting prescribed…
- 2001 69.3% component mounting prescribed…
- 2002 68.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2003 67.4% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2004 67.6%rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2005 68.7% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2006 69.0% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2007 67.6% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2008 69.0% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2009 68.9% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
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 2004 Hyundai Coupe 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 2004 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Meriva 67.4%
- Suzuki Alto 67.4%
- Fiat Panda 67.8%
- Citroen C2 68.0%
- Peugeot 307 68.1%
- Volvo V40 67.0%
Closest pass rates among 2004 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 2004 Hyundai Coupe 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 5,035 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 1,428 | 28.00% | 20.89% | +7.11 |
| Suspension | 895 | 17.50% | 20.98% | −3.48 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 590 | 11.60% | 5.57% | +6.03 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 544 | 10.70% | 12.21% | −1.51 |
| Tyres | 509 | 10.00% | 19.76% | −9.76 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 441 | 8.60% | 5.52% | +3.08 |
| Steering | 231 | 4.50% | 2.57% | +1.93 |
| Visibility | 159 | 3.10% | 4.97% | −1.87 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 150 | 2.90% | 1.76% | +1.14 |
| Non-component advisories | 88 | 1.70% | 4.18% | −2.48 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 10.4% | £45–110 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 7.1% | £80–250 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.8% | £5–20 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.9% | £45–120 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.8% | £80–250 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.3% | £5–25 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 4.2% | £180–450 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.5% | £60–250 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.5% | £5–25 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.4% | £3–12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 21.5% | £80–180 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 17.9% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 16.6% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 14.8% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 12.9% | £45–95 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 12.3% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 26 | 92.3% | 21,721 mi |
| 30-60k | 240 | 77.1% | 47,597 mi |
| 60-90k | 518 | 67.6% | 75,207 mi |
| 90-120k | 392 | 64.0% | 103,559 mi |
| 120k+ | 232 | 61.6% | 141,631 mi |
Source: 1,411 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.
2004 Coupe MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2004 Hyundai Coupe?
67.6% of the 1,411 2004 Hyundai Coupe tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.2% for cars first used in 2004. First-attempt pass rate: 57.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2004 Hyundai Coupe?
The three most recorded items are rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (10.42%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (7.09%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.80%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2004 Hyundai Coupe MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.3% of the time, falling to 61.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2004 Hyundai Coupe in this dataset had covered 85,569 mi.
Does the season affect the 2004 Hyundai Coupe MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 66.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 69.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.