Pass rate
92.5%
Above average — 3.0 pts ahead of the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 147 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £22–£60
2019 Hyundai Tucson Prm SE48V MOT pass rate
- 2019
- typical 31,548 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
37.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 92.5% pass · this year
- Avoid 2020 92.3% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 0.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 92.0%
- Typical mileage
- 32k mi
The 2019 Hyundai Tucson Prm SE48V MOT pass rate is 92.5% of its MOT tests — 3.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 37.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Hyundai Tucson Prm SE48V does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.9× the national share
Tyres make up 37.0% of everything recorded on the 2019 Hyundai Tucson Prm Se48v, against 19.8% nationally — 17.2 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.
- 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 89.5% and this one manages 92.5% — 3.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 147 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 2019 Hyundai Tucson Prm SE48V compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 3.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 92.0%. The median 2019 Hyundai Tucson Prm SE48V in this dataset had covered 31,548 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 90.4% of the time, April–September 94.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Track rod end ball joint has excessive play", noted on 2.04% of tests.
- 147 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.5% overall pass rate, 92.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Hyundai Tucson Prm SE48V, the average is 92.4% — best year 2019 (92.5%), worst 2020 (92.3%).
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
- 147
- Typical mileage (median)
- 31,548 mi
- Make and model
- Hyundai Tucson Prm SE48V
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Tucson Prm SE48V MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 73% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Tucson Prm SE48V
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 27 | 88.9% |
| West Midlands | 22 | 90.9% |
| South West | 20 | 85.0% |
| North West | 18 | 94.4% |
| Scotland | 18 | 94.4% |
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 2019 Tucson Prm SE48V
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 2019 Tucson Prm SE48V
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 suspension joints 2.0% of tests
“track rod end ball joint has excessive play”
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.
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Check the wipers and washers 1.4% of tests
“washers provides insufficient washer liquid”
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 0.7% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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 2019 Tucson Prm SE48V through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £22–£60 — and 40% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £22–£60
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: on or after 01/01/2014 emissions exceed…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 40%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 147 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 Prm SE48V, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2019 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 92.3% to 92.5% — a spread of 0.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 92.5%track rod end ball joint has…
- 2020 92.3% tread depth below requirements of…
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 2019 Hyundai Tucson Prm SE48V 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 2019 cars with a similar record
- Toyota Aygo 92.5%
- Subaru Xv 92.5%
- Ford Ka 92.6%
- SEAT Mii 92.4%
- Mitsubishi Mirage 92.4%
- Toyota YARIS 92.7%
Closest pass rates among 2019 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 2019 Hyundai Tucson Prm SE48V 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 92 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 | 34 | 37.00% | 19.76% | +17.24 |
| Brakes | 17 | 18.50% | 20.89% | −2.39 |
| Non-component advisories | 12 | 13.00% | 4.18% | +8.82 |
| Steering | 11 | 12.00% | 2.57% | +9.43 |
| Suspension | 6 | 6.50% | 20.98% | −14.48 |
| Visibility | 4 | 4.30% | 4.97% | −0.67 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 4 | 4.30% | 1.76% | +2.54 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2 | 2.20% | 12.21% | −10.01 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 2.20% | 5.52% | −3.32 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Rectified | 1.4% | £5–15 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.4% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 0.68% | £18–45 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.68% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.68% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.68% | £5–25 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.68% | £3–12 |
| On or after 01/01/2014 emissions exceed manufacturer's specified limit Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.68% | £60–250 |
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 | 14.3% | £45–95 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Advisory | 5.4% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.4% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.4% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.4% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.4% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 70 | 94.3% | 21,365 mi |
| 30-60k | 66 | 92.4% | 42,858 mi |
| 60-90k | 11 | 81.8% | 70,186 mi |
Source: 147 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.
2019 Tucson Prm SE48V MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Hyundai Tucson Prm SE48V?
92.5% of the 147 2019 Hyundai Tucson Prm SE48V tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 92.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Hyundai Tucson Prm SE48V?
The three most recorded items are track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.04%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.36%), washers provides insufficient washer liquid (1.36%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Hyundai Tucson Prm SE48V MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.3% of the time, falling to 81.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Hyundai Tucson Prm SE48V in this dataset had covered 31,548 mi.
Does the season affect the 2019 Hyundai Tucson Prm SE48V MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 90.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 94.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.