Hyundai Coupe, Buying guide, MOT record, UK numbers and recalls
3,743 Hyundai Coupes are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 52.5% of initial MOT tests, 19.8 points below the 72.3% UK average.
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Hyundai Coupe at the MOT
52.5% of 4,862 initial tests passed in 2025, ranking the Coupe 560th of 575 models.
First-time pass rate, 2025
Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.
Where Coupes fail
Share of all failure items recorded on Hyundai Coupe tests in 2025.
The items testers recorded most often were rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (7.3%), position lamp not working (4.7%) and exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases (3.5%).
The MOT page lists every common Coupe MOT failure. For one car's own results and advisories, run a free MOT history check.
What to look at on a viewing
The Coupe's most common failure areas, and what a tester checks in each.
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Brakes
Make sure the pedal feels firm, the car stops in a straight line, the handbrake holds on a slope and no brake warning light is showing.30.1% of Coupe failure items
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Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting.20.2% of Coupe failure items
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Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters.15% of Coupe failure items
Hyundai Coupes in the UK
3,743 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has fallen 87% since the end of 2014.
- Change since 2014
- −87%from 29,902 licensed
- Typical year of first use
- 2007half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2007 or earlier
- Declared off the road
- 3,82551% of those registered, under SORN
Licensed Hyundai Coupes since 2014
Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.
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| Date | Licensed |
|---|---|
| End of 2014 | 29,902 |
| End of 2015 | 26,292 |
| End of 2016 | 22,765 |
| End of 2017 | 19,207 |
| End of 2018 | 15,960 |
| End of 2019 | 13,226 |
| End of 2020 | 11,033 |
| End of 2021 | 9,142 |
| End of 2022 | 7,632 |
| End of 2023 | 6,332 |
| End of 2024 | 5,089 |
| End of 2025 | 4,117 |
| End of June 2026 | 3,743 |
How old they are
Licensed Hyundai Coupes by year of first use.
A further 13 were first used before 1998.
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| First used | Licensed, end 2025 |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 844 |
| 2008 | 743 |
| 2007 | 938 |
| 2006 | 608 |
| 2005 | 356 |
| 2004 | 217 |
| 2003 | 122 |
| 2002 | 70 |
| 2001 | 64 |
| 2000 | 44 |
| 1999 | 26 |
| 1998 | 30 |
Coupe engine sizes
2.0 litre engines made up 79% of Hyundai Coupe MOT tests in 2025, followed by 1.6 litre at 15%. Petrol accounts for 100% of licensed Coupes.
Engine size at MOT, 2025
Share of 4,860 initial MOT tests in 2025.
Hyundai Coupe recalls
1 DVSA safety recall launched from 1992 to October 2026 names the Hyundai Coupe. Each covers vehicles built in a set period, so a recall does not mean every Coupe is affected.
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Jul 2012 R/2012/070
Front suspension may fail
Defect and remedy
- Defect
- It may be possible for corrosion to attack the front suspension arms from the inside. If corrosion occurs the arms could become weak and fail which could affect the directional control of the vehicle.
- Remedy
- Recall vehicles likely to be affected to check the front suspension arms and apply wax oil corrosion protection. Where necessary the suspension arms will be replaced.
Other Hyundai models
The most-tested Hyundai models in 2025, against the Coupe's 52.5% MOT pass rate.
Hyundai Coupe FAQs
How many Hyundai Coupes are there in the UK?
3,743 Hyundai Coupes were licensed in the UK at the end of June 2026, with a further 3,825 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT vehicle licensing statistics.
Is the Hyundai Coupe reliable?
MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 52.5% first-time pass rate for the Hyundai Coupe across 4,862 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.
Has the Hyundai Coupe had any recalls?
1 DVSA safety recall launched from 1992 to October 2026 names the Hyundai Coupe. The most recent was published in July 2012. A recall applies to vehicles built in a set period, so check a specific car on the GOV.UK vehicle recall checker.
What should I check before buying a used Hyundai Coupe?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: brakes, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension. Then check the individual car's own records. Outstanding finance, insurance write-offs and police stolen markers are not part of the MOT record, so they take a history check.
How do I check a Hyundai Coupe's history?
Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.
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Across the 1,548 vehicles of every make Carpeep has checked since November 2025, 19% had outstanding finance recorded and 13% an insurance write-off. More on the Hyundai history check. To confirm a car's identity, see the Hyundai VIN check.
- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), which also gives the engine sizes. Licensed, SORN, fuel and registration figures are from the Department for Transport vehicle licensing statistics (VEH0120, VEH0124, VEH0160). Recalls are from the DVSA vehicle recalls data, with recalls launched up to October 2026. Government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability. History-check findings are anonymous counts from reports bought on Carpeep, each vehicle counted once, and are published only where at least 100 vehicles returned an answer.