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Hyundai Getz, Buying guide, MOT record, UK numbers and recalls

13,503 Hyundai Getzes are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 53.4% of initial MOT tests, 18.9 points below the 72.3% UK average.

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Hyundai Getz at the MOT

53.4% of 16,459 initial tests passed in 2025, ranking the Getz 551st of 575 models.

First-time pass rate, 2025

Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.

  • Hyundai Getz53.4%
  • All Hyundai modelsThe Getz is 20.5 pts behind73.9%
  • All cars72.3%

Where Getzes fail

Share of all failure items recorded on Hyundai Getz tests in 2025.

  • Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment26.9%
  • Suspension21.5%
  • Body, chassis, structure11.7%
  • Brakes10.7%
  • Visibility9.1%

The items testers recorded most often were joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1%), position lamp not working (5.9%) and stop lamp not working (5.7%).

The MOT page lists every common Getz MOT failure. For one car's own results and advisories, run a free MOT history check.

Full Hyundai Getz MOT record

What to look at on a viewing

The Getz's most common failure areas, and what a tester checks in each.

  1. 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.26.9% of Getz failure items

  2. Suspension

    Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters.21.5% of Getz failure items

  3. Body, chassis, structure

    Look underneath and along the sills for corrosion, and check for damaged or poorly repaired panels.11.7% of Getz failure items

Hyundai Getzes in the UK

13,503 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has fallen 78% since the end of 2014.

Change since 2014
−78%from 61,757 licensed
Typical year of first use
2006half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2006 or earlier
Declared off the road
3,88322% of those registered, under SORN

Licensed Hyundai Getzes since 2014

Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.

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DateLicensed
End of 201461,757
End of 201558,853
End of 201655,135
End of 201750,173
End of 201844,312
End of 201938,666
End of 202033,462
End of 202128,315
End of 202224,617
End of 202321,456
End of 202418,062
End of 202514,947
End of June 202613,503

How old they are

Licensed Hyundai Getzes by year of first use.

A further 67 were first used before 2003.

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First usedLicensed, end 2025
2009293
20083,257
20073,558
20062,795
20052,164
20041,805
2003892

Getz engines and fuel

1.1 litre engines made up 42% of Hyundai Getz MOT tests in 2025, followed by 1.4 litre at 33%. Petrol accounts for 96% of licensed Getzes and diesel for 4%.

Engine size at MOT, 2025

Share of 16,456 initial MOT tests in 2025.

  • 1.1 litre41.8%
  • 1.4 litre32.8%
  • 1.3 litre19%
  • 1.5 litre4%
  • 1.6 litre2.4%

Fuel type, licensed Getzes

DfT licensing statistics, June 2026.

FuelLicensedShare
Petrol12,96096%
Diesel5364%
Gas70.1%

Hyundai Getz recalls

1 DVSA safety recall launched from 1992 to October 2026 names the Hyundai Getz. Each covers vehicles built in a set period, so a recall does not mean every Getz is affected.

  1. Jun 2004 R/2004/061

    Vehicle may catch fire

    Getzes built Mar 2002 to Mar 2003 · 18,556 vehicles across the whole recall

    Defect and remedy
    Defect
    The ABS warning light may come on when driving. If ignored the vehicle may catch fire
    Remedy
    Recall affected vehicles replace earth wire and grease contacts in ABS module.
How to check a specific Getz for recalls

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Hyundai Getz FAQs

How many Hyundai Getzes are there in the UK?

13,503 Hyundai Getzes were licensed in the UK at the end of June 2026, with a further 3,883 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT vehicle licensing statistics.

Is the Hyundai Getz 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 53.4% first-time pass rate for the Hyundai Getz across 16,459 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.

Has the Hyundai Getz had any recalls?

1 DVSA safety recall launched from 1992 to October 2026 names the Hyundai Getz. The most recent was published in June 2004. 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 Getz?

On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, suspension and body, chassis, structure. 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 Getz'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.