Pass rate
72.3%
Below average — 0.2 pts behind the 72.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 65 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £73–£198
2006 Hyundai Elantra MOT pass rate
- 2006
- typical 96,082 mi
Only 65 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Suspension
27.6% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2006 72.3% pass · this year
- Avoid 2005 67.1% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 5.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 64.0%
- Typical mileage
- 96k mi
The 2006 Hyundai Elantra MOT pass rate is 72.3% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Hyundai Elantra does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 27.6% of everything recorded on the 2006 Hyundai Elantra, against 21.0% nationally — 6.6 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 22% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 65 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2006 Hyundai Elantra compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.5%, so this figure is 0.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 64.0%. The median 2006 Hyundai Elantra in this dataset had covered 96,082 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", noted on 6.15% of tests.
- 65 recorded tests behind this page.
- 72.3% overall pass rate, 64.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Hyundai Elantra, the average is 68.8% — best year 2006 (72.3%), worst 2005 (67.1%).
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
- 65
- Typical mileage (median)
- 96,082 mi
- Make and model
- Hyundai Elantra
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Corrosion Welding Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Elantra MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 56% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Elantra
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 22 | 54.5% |
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 2006 Elantra
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 2006 Elantra
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 corrosion 6.2% 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.
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Check the brake pipes 4.6% of tests
“rigid brake pipes excessively corroded”
Brake pipes run under the car, usually in front of the rear wheels. Flaking or crusty metal is what fails; a light dusting of surface rust does not. Worth asking a garage to look while it is on a ramp.
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Check the lights 3.1% of tests
“anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault”
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.
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 2006 Elantra through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £73–£198 — and 22% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £73–£198
- Cheapest common item: anti-lock braking system warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: engine mounting condition damaged or…
- £200–£700
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 22%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 65 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 Elantra, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2001 to 2006. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.1% to 72.3% — a spread of 5.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2001 70.7% component mounting prescribed…
- 2002 67.7% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2003 70.0% battery(ies) insecure but not…
- 2004 67.4% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2005 67.1% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2006 72.3%component mounting prescribed…
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 2006 Hyundai Elantra 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 2006 cars with a similar record
- Volvo XC90 72.3%
- Mercedes-Benz B-Class 72.3%
- Honda Civic 72.2%
- Audi A3 72.4%
- Volkswagen Passat 72.4%
- Honda Cr-V 72.5%
Closest pass rates among 2006 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 2006 Hyundai Elantra 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 245 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 | 68 | 27.60% | 20.98% | +6.62 |
| Brakes | 64 | 26.00% | 20.89% | +5.11 |
| Tyres | 27 | 11.00% | 19.76% | −8.76 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 24 | 9.80% | 12.21% | −2.41 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 21 | 8.50% | 5.57% | +2.93 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 15 | 6.10% | 5.52% | +0.58 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 9 | 3.70% | 1.76% | +1.94 |
| Steering | 7 | 2.80% | 2.57% | +0.23 |
| Visibility | 5 | 2.00% | 4.97% | −2.97 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 2.00% | 4.18% | −2.18 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 6.2% | £180–450 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 6.2% | £60–150 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 4.6% | £60–150 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 4.6% | £45–110 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 4.6% | £80–180 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 3.1% | £3–15 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 3.1% | £18–45 |
| Engine mounting condition damaged or deteriorated resulting in excessive movement Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.1% | £200–700 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.1% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.1% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 21.5% | £180–450 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 20.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 18.5% | £45–110 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Advisory | 16.9% | £180–450 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 16.9% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 15.4% | £80–180 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 6 | 83.3% | 47,035 mi |
| 60-90k | 22 | 81.8% | 82,201 mi |
| 90-120k | 14 | 64.3% | 102,293 mi |
| 120k+ | 23 | 65.2% | 151,277 mi |
Source: 65 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.
2006 Elantra MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2006 Hyundai Elantra?
72.3% of the 65 2006 Hyundai Elantra tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.5% for cars first used in 2006. First-attempt pass rate: 64.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2006 Hyundai Elantra?
The three most recorded items are component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (6.15%), service brake performance excessively binding (6.15%), parking brake performance inoperative on one side (4.62%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2006 Hyundai Elantra MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.3% of the time, falling to 65.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2006 Hyundai Elantra in this dataset had covered 96,082 mi.