Pass rate
73.7%
Below average — 3.5 pts behind the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 5,740 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £29–£74
2012 Hyundai Veloster MOT pass rate
- 2012
- typical 76,664 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
31.1% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2014 77.6% pass
- Avoid 2013 73.4% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 4.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 66.0%
- Typical mileage
- 77k mi
The 2012 Hyundai Veloster MOT pass rate is 73.7% of its MOT tests — 3.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 31.1% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Hyundai Veloster does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.5× the national share
Brakes make up 31.1% of everything recorded on the 2012 Hyundai Veloster, against 20.9% nationally — 10.2 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 77.2%; this one manages 73.7% — 3.5 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 21% 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 2012 Hyundai Veloster compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 3.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 66.0%. The median 2012 Hyundai Veloster in this dataset had covered 76,664 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 74.1% of the time, April–September 73.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Track rod end ball joint has excessive play", noted on 5.99% of tests.
- 5,740 recorded tests behind this page.
- 73.7% overall pass rate, 66.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Hyundai Veloster, the average is 73.8% — best year 2014 (77.6%), worst 2013 (73.4%).
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
- 5,740
- Typical mileage (median)
- 76,664 mi
- Make and model
- Hyundai Veloster
- 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 Veloster MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 61% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Veloster
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 1,024 | 77.2% |
| West Midlands | 805 | 76.4% |
| North West | 764 | 72.0% |
| Yorkshire | 534 | 71.7% |
| Scotland | 524 | 66.2% |
| South West | 487 | 70.8% |
| East Midlands | 458 | 73.1% |
| East of England | 454 | 78.2% |
| Wales | 332 | 69.9% |
| North East | 184 | 70.7% |
| London | 174 | 83.9% |
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 2012 Veloster
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 2012 Veloster
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 6.0% 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 lights 4.1% 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 coil springs 3.0% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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 2012 Veloster through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £29–£74 — and 21% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £29–£74
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 21%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 5,740 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 Veloster, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2011 to 2015. Across them the pass rate runs from 73.4% to 77.6% — a spread of 4.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2011 74.1% headlamp not working on dipped…
- 2012 73.7%track rod end ball joint has…
- 2013 73.4% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2014 77.6% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2015 74.5% ball joint dust cover no longer…
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 2012 Hyundai Veloster 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 2012 cars with a similar record
- Ford Galaxy 73.7%
- Peugeot 207 73.8%
- Kia Sportage 73.8%
- Kia Soul 73.8%
- Fiat Fiorino 73.5%
- Citroen C3 74.0%
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 Hyundai Veloster 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 10,895 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 | 3,459 | 31.10% | 20.89% | +10.21 |
| Suspension | 2,175 | 19.50% | 20.98% | −1.48 |
| Tyres | 1,974 | 17.70% | 19.76% | −2.06 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 886 | 8.00% | 12.21% | −4.21 |
| Steering | 824 | 7.40% | 2.57% | +4.83 |
| Visibility | 491 | 4.40% | 4.97% | −0.57 |
| Non-component advisories | 369 | 3.30% | 4.18% | −0.88 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 301 | 2.70% | 5.52% | −2.82 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 250 | 2.20% | 5.57% | −3.37 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 166 | 1.50% | 1.76% | −0.26 |
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 | 6.0% | £18–45 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 4.8% | £45–110 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.1% | £5–20 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.0% | £25–65 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 2.8% | £60–150 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.5% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.5% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.1% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.9% | £80–200 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.6% | £45–95 |
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 | 13.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.5% | £45–110 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 11.4% | £80–180 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.6% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.3% | £45–95 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Advisory | 4.9% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 224 | 85.7% | 21,988 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,303 | 78.5% | 47,248 mi |
| 60-90k | 2,431 | 72.7% | 75,224 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,352 | 69.3% | 101,739 mi |
| 120k+ | 430 | 71.9% | 137,302 mi |
Source: 5,740 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.
2012 Veloster MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 Hyundai Veloster?
73.7% of the 5,740 2012 Hyundai Veloster tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 66.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 Hyundai Veloster?
The three most recorded items are track rod end ball joint has excessive play (5.99%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (4.79%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.09%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 Hyundai Veloster MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 85.7% of the time, falling to 71.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 Hyundai Veloster in this dataset had covered 76,664 mi.
Does the season affect the 2012 Hyundai Veloster MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 74.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 73.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.