Pass rate
94.3%
Above average — 0.5 pts behind the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 805 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £31–£77
2023 Hyundai Tucson MOT pass rate
- 2023
- typical 28,150 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
46.6% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
3.2 pts down across model years — 7.7% in 2005, 4.5% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2024 95.4% pass
- Avoid 2006 68.6% pass
Across the 17 years on record, a spread of 26.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 94.0%
- Typical mileage
- 28k mi
The 2023 Hyundai Tucson MOT pass rate is 94.3% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 46.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Hyundai Tucson does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.4× the national share
Tyres make up 46.6% of everything recorded on the 2023 Hyundai Tucson, against 19.8% nationally — 26.8 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 57% 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 2023 Hyundai Tucson compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 0.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 94.0%. The median 2023 Hyundai Tucson in this dataset had covered 28,150 mi.
74% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Hybrid, which passed 94.5% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 93.6% of the time, April–September 95.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 1.86% of tests.
- 805 recorded tests behind this page.
- 94.3% overall pass rate, 94.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Hyundai Tucson, the average is 87.0% — best year 2024 (95.4%), worst 2006 (68.6%).
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
- 805
- Typical mileage (median)
- 28,150 mi
- Make and model
- Hyundai Tucson
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Tucson MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 72% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Hybrid is the most common here (74% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Tucson
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| London | 227 | 95.2% |
| South East | 108 | 97.2% |
| North West | 86 | 93.0% |
| West Midlands | 77 | 92.2% |
| Scotland | 60 | 88.3% |
| Wales | 53 | 96.2% |
| South West | 45 | 97.8% |
| North East | 43 | 93.0% |
| East of England | 41 | 90.2% |
| Yorkshire | 37 | 97.3% |
| East Midlands | 28 | 92.9% |
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 2023 Tucson
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 2023 Tucson
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 windscreen 1.9% 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 wipers and washers 1.9% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the lights 0.4% of tests
“headlamp aim too low”
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 2023 Tucson through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £31–£77 — and 57% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £31–£77
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: door condition cannot be opened from inside…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 57%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 805 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 Tucson, side by side
17 model years on record, from 2004 to 2024. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.6% to 95.4% — a spread of 26.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2004 68.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 69.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 68.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 71.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 71.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 73.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 73.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 82.4% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2016 85.0% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2017 86.1% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2018 88.2% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2019 89.3% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2020 89.6% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 91.5% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 92.2% wipers does not clear the…
- 2023 94.3%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2024 95.4% has a cut in excess of the…
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 2023 Hyundai Tucson 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 2023 cars with a similar record
- Polestar Polestar 94.6%
- Kia Niro 95.5%
- Tesla Model Y 92.9%
- Toyota Corolla 95.7%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqe 96.5%
- Ford Puma 96.5%
Closest pass rates among 2023 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 2023 Hyundai Tucson 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 279 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 130 | 46.60% | 19.76% | +26.84 |
| Visibility | 61 | 21.90% | 4.97% | +16.93 |
| Non-component advisories | 28 | 10.00% | 4.18% | +5.82 |
| Brakes | 27 | 9.70% | 20.89% | −11.19 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 11 | 3.90% | 12.21% | −8.31 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7 | 2.50% | 5.52% | −3.02 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 6 | 2.20% | 1.76% | +0.44 |
| Suspension | 3 | 1.10% | 20.98% | −19.88 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 3 | 1.10% | 5.57% | −4.47 |
| Road Wheels | 3 | 1.10% | 0.75% | +0.35 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.9% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.9% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.6% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.87% | £8–22 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 0.62% | £5–15 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.37% | £30–80 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.37% | £3–12 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.37% | £45–95 |
| Door condition cannot be opened from inside the vehicle Body, chassis, structure | Major | 0.25% | £80–250 |
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 | 9.4% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.4% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 1.7% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.4% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 420 | 94.8% | 17,923 mi |
| 30-60k | 256 | 94.1% | 42,503 mi |
| 60-90k | 95 | 91.6% | 73,575 mi |
| 90-120k | 20 | 100.0% | 99,188 mi |
| 120k+ | 5 | 80.0% | 156,377 mi |
Source: 805 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.
2023 Tucson MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 Hyundai Tucson?
94.3% of the 805 2023 Hyundai Tucson tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 94.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 Hyundai Tucson?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.86%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.86%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.61%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 Hyundai Tucson MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.8% of the time, falling to 80.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 Hyundai Tucson in this dataset had covered 28,150 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2023 Hyundai Tucson?
Hybrid: 94.5% pass rate across 598 tests. Petrol: 93.7% pass rate across 207 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2023 Hyundai Tucson MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 93.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 95.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.