60.9%
Hyundai Veloster
Hyundai Veloster MOT pass rate and common problems
The Hyundai Veloster passed 60.9% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 11.4 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was track rod end ball joint has excessive play.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Veloster 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 Veloster runs 13 points behind the Hyundai average. It is 13th of the 17 Hyundai models in the data. The average Veloster arrived at its test 12.5 years old with 79,182 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.
Veloster MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Hyundai Veloster cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 72.1% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 60.4%, a drop of 11.7 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years (small sample) | 2 | 50% | 22.3 pts below |
| 6 to 10 years | 104 | 72.1% | In line |
| 11 years and over | 2,351 | 60.4% | 11.9 pts below |
That is a typical decline as cars age. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Veloster failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Hyundai Veloster cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Brakes and suspension together account for 45.5% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Veloster MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Hyundai Veloster cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 44.7% of everything testers recorded against failed Hyundai Veloster cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Veloster
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Brakes
Recorded most often: rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements, parking brake performance inoperative on one side, rigid brake pipes excessively corroded and brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 15.8% of failure items.
2
Steering
Recorded most often: track rod end ball joint has excessive play. 9.6% of failure items.
3
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken and ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 8% of failure items.
4
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp not working on dipped beam. 4.3% of failure items.
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Hyundai Veloster MOT FAQs
What is the Hyundai Veloster MOT pass rate?
60.9% of Hyundai Veloster cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 2,457 tests. That is 11.4 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 482nd of 575 models.
What does a Hyundai Veloster most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Hyundai Veloster cars failing their 2025 MOT was track rod end ball joint has excessive play, on 9.6% of failure items. Next were rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (6.3%) and coil spring fractured or broken (4.9%).
Which area causes the most Hyundai Veloster MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was brakes at 29%, followed by suspension at 16.5%.
Do older Hyundai Veloster cars fail their MOT more often?
Hyundai Veloster cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 72.1% of MOT tests in 2025, against 60.4% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Hyundai Veloster has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Hyundai Veloster 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 Veloster'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.