52.5%
Hyundai Coupe
Hyundai Coupe MOT pass rate and common problems
The Hyundai Coupe passed 52.5% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 19.9 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements.
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How the Coupe compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
73.9%
Hyundai average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Coupe runs 21.5 points behind the Hyundai average. It is 16th of the 17 Hyundai models in the data. The average Coupe arrived at its test 18.5 years old with 90,129 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Coupe MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 years and over | 4,862 | 52.5% | 19.9 pts below |
Every Hyundai Coupe tested in 2025 was aged 11 years and over, so there is no other age group to compare with. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Coupe failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Hyundai Coupe cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Brakes and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 50.3% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Coupe MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Hyundai Coupe cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 34.3% of everything testers recorded against failed Hyundai Coupe cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Coupe
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Brakes
Recorded most often: rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements, service brake performance excessively binding and parking brake performance inoperative on one side. 12.5% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working and headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect. 7.5% of failure items.
3
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases. 3.5% of failure items.
4
Steering
Recorded most often: steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 2.8% of failure items.
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Hyundai Coupe MOT FAQs
What is the Hyundai Coupe MOT pass rate?
52.5% of Hyundai Coupe cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 4,862 tests. That is 19.9 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 560th of 575 models.
What does a Hyundai Coupe most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Hyundai Coupe cars failing their 2025 MOT was rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements, on 7.3% of failure items. Next were position lamp not working (4.7%) and exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases (3.5%).
Which area causes the most Hyundai Coupe MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was brakes at 30.1%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 20.2%.
Does this mean every Hyundai Coupe has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Hyundai Coupe that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Hyundai Coupe's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.