Does the Hyundai Accent fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Hyundai Accent records 36.27 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 23.43 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+12.84, 95% interval +12.00 to +13.68). It ranks 43 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Hyundai Accent is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 1,583 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 1,583 | 8.00 |
| Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. | 777 | 3.93 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 638 | 3.23 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 623 | 3.15 |
| Parking brake inoperative on one side | 400 | 2.02 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 19,778 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
If a Hyundai Accent gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
22.2% of Hyundai Accent MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 2,624 miles later (4,935 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 4,935 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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