Pass rate
77.6%
Around average — 2.6 pts behind the 80.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 545 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £24–£60
2014 Hyundai Veloster MOT pass rate
- 2014
- typical 66,775 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
32.5% 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 · this year
- Avoid 2013 73.4% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 4.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 71.8%
- Typical mileage
- 67k mi
The 2014 Hyundai Veloster MOT pass rate is 77.6% of its MOT tests — 2.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 32.5% 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: 1.6× the national share
Brakes make up 32.5% of everything recorded on the 2014 Hyundai Veloster, against 20.9% nationally — 11.6 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 23% 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 2014 Hyundai Veloster compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 80.2%, so this figure is 2.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 71.8%. The median 2014 Hyundai Veloster in this dataset had covered 66,775 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 78.8% of the time, April–September 76.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Track rod end ball joint has excessive play", noted on 6.79% of tests.
- 545 recorded tests behind this page.
- 77.6% overall pass rate, 71.8% 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
- 545
- Typical mileage (median)
- 66,775 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 64% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Veloster
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 85 | 78.8% |
| Yorkshire | 67 | 83.6% |
| West Midlands | 64 | 78.1% |
| East of England | 60 | 78.3% |
| South West | 59 | 79.7% |
| North West | 59 | 83.1% |
| Scotland | 43 | 65.1% |
| East Midlands | 41 | 78.0% |
| Wales | 34 | 70.6% |
| London | 20 | 70.0% |
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 2014 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 2014 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 6.8% 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 2.9% 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 tyre tread 2.8% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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 2014 Veloster through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £24–£60 — and 23% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £24–£60
- Cheapest common item: washers provides insufficient washer liquid
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: parking brake performance inoperative on one…
- £60–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 23%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 545 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 2014 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 2014 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Mokka 77.6%
- Peugeot 208 77.6%
- Ford Ranger 77.6%
- Fiat 500C 77.6%
- Citroen C3 77.7%
- Kia Sorento 77.7%
Closest pass rates among 2014 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 2014 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 736 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 | 241 | 32.50% | 20.89% | +11.61 |
| Tyres | 164 | 22.10% | 19.76% | +2.34 |
| Steering | 89 | 12.00% | 2.57% | +9.43 |
| Suspension | 72 | 9.70% | 20.98% | −11.28 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 61 | 8.20% | 12.21% | −4.01 |
| Non-component advisories | 36 | 4.90% | 4.18% | +0.72 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 30 | 4.00% | 5.52% | −1.52 |
| Visibility | 24 | 3.20% | 4.97% | −1.77 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 12 | 1.60% | 1.76% | −0.16 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 7 | 0.90% | 0.82% | +0.08 |
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 | 6.8% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.9% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.8% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 2.8% | £45–95 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.4% | £45–110 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 2.0% | £60–150 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 2.0% | £5–15 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.3% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.3% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.2% | £45–110 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Advisory | 6.6% | £18–45 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 5.5% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.1% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 24 | 87.5% | 22,641 mi |
| 30-60k | 180 | 79.4% | 45,854 mi |
| 60-90k | 231 | 77.5% | 73,765 mi |
| 90-120k | 99 | 72.7% | 101,606 mi |
| 120k+ | 11 | 72.7% | 140,055 mi |
Source: 545 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.
2014 Veloster MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2014 Hyundai Veloster?
77.6% of the 545 2014 Hyundai Veloster tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 80.2% for cars first used in 2014. First-attempt pass rate: 71.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2014 Hyundai Veloster?
The three most recorded items are track rod end ball joint has excessive play (6.79%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (3.49%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (2.94%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2014 Hyundai Veloster MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.5% of the time, falling to 72.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2014 Hyundai Veloster in this dataset had covered 66,775 mi.
Does the season affect the 2014 Hyundai Veloster MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 78.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 76.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.