Pass rate
77.8%
Around average — 4.8 pts ahead of the 73.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 333 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £36–£93
2007 Hyundai Sonata MOT pass rate
- 2007
- typical 93,881 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
25.7% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2002 82.7% pass
- Avoid 2008 69.3% pass
Across the 9 years on record, a spread of 13.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 73.7%
- Typical mileage
- 94k mi
The 2007 Hyundai Sonata MOT pass rate is 77.8% of its MOT tests — 4.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Hyundai Sonata does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.4× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 17.6% of everything recorded on the 2007 Hyundai Sonata, against 12.2% nationally — 5.4 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 25.7%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 73.0% and this one manages 77.8% — 4.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 333 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 2007 Hyundai Sonata compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.0%, so this figure is 4.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 73.7%. The median 2007 Hyundai Sonata in this dataset had covered 93,881 mi.
71% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 76.8% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 80.9% of the time, April–September 74.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 12.61% of tests.
- 333 recorded tests behind this page.
- 77.8% overall pass rate, 73.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Hyundai Sonata, the average is 75.2% — best year 2002 (82.7%), worst 2008 (69.3%).
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
- 333
- Typical mileage (median)
- 93,881 mi
- Make and model
- Hyundai Sonata
- 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 Sonata MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 63% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (71% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Sonata
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 80 | 81.3% |
| East of England | 43 | 74.4% |
| South West | 36 | 72.2% |
| West Midlands | 35 | 85.7% |
| Wales | 27 | 70.4% |
| North West | 27 | 77.8% |
| London | 27 | 92.6% |
| Yorkshire | 22 | 77.3% |
| East Midlands | 19 | 73.7% |
| Scotland | 17 | 58.8% |
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 2007 Sonata
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 2007 Sonata
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 12.6% 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 windscreen 3.6% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the suspension joints 2.4% 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 2007 Sonata through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £36–£93 — and 53% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £36–£93
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 53%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 333 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 Sonata, side by side
9 model years on record, from 2002 to 2010. Across them the pass rate runs from 69.3% to 82.7% — a spread of 13.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 82.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2003 77.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2004 75.6% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2005 73.2% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 74.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 77.8%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 69.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 74.9% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2010 79.7% door condition cannot be opened…
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 2007 Hyundai Sonata 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 2007 cars with a similar record
- BMW 116 77.9%
- Toyota Land Cruiser 77.9%
- BMW 120 77.6%
- Mercedes-Benz Cls 77.4%
- Land Rover Defender 77.3%
- BMW X3 77.3%
Closest pass rates among 2007 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 2007 Hyundai Sonata 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 909 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 | 236 | 25.70% | 20.89% | +4.81 |
| Suspension | 203 | 22.10% | 20.98% | +1.12 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 161 | 17.60% | 12.21% | +5.39 |
| Tyres | 107 | 11.70% | 19.76% | −8.06 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 60 | 6.50% | 5.52% | +0.98 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 36 | 3.90% | 1.76% | +2.14 |
| Visibility | 31 | 3.40% | 4.97% | −1.57 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 28 | 3.10% | 5.57% | −2.47 |
| Non-component advisories | 27 | 2.90% | 4.18% | −1.28 |
| Steering | 20 | 2.20% | 2.57% | −0.37 |
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 | 12.6% | £5–20 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 4.5% | £60–150 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.6% | £80–200 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.3% | £45–110 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 3.0% | £5–25 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.7% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.4% | £18–45 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.4% | £60–140 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 2.4% | £180–450 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 19.5% | £45–110 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 17.7% | £25–65 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 15.6% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 14.4% | £200–700 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 12.6% | £60–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.6% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 7 | 85.7% | 24,213 mi |
| 30-60k | 47 | 85.1% | 47,064 mi |
| 60-90k | 98 | 82.7% | 77,301 mi |
| 90-120k | 89 | 75.3% | 102,977 mi |
| 120k+ | 91 | 71.4% | 153,613 mi |
Source: 333 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.
2007 Sonata MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2007 Hyundai Sonata?
77.8% of the 333 2007 Hyundai Sonata tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.0% for cars first used in 2007. First-attempt pass rate: 73.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2007 Hyundai Sonata?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (12.61%), service brake performance excessively binding (4.50%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.60%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2007 Hyundai Sonata MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 85.7% of the time, falling to 71.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2007 Hyundai Sonata in this dataset had covered 93,881 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2007 Hyundai Sonata?
Diesel: 76.8% pass rate across 237 tests. Petrol: 80.2% pass rate across 96 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2007 Hyundai Sonata MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 80.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 74.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.