Does the Hyundai Amica fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Hyundai Amica records 21.05 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 21.70 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.65, 95% interval −1.06 to −0.24). It ranks 367 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 Amica is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 2,274 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 2,274 | 4.57 |
| 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. | 1,444 | 2.91 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 1,251 | 2.52 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 621 | 1.25 |
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 603 | 1.21 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 49,705 (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 Amica gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
17.1% of Hyundai Amica MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 2,483 miles later (9,889 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 9,889 (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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