Does the Hyundai Coupe fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Hyundai Coupe records 52.84 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 20.86 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+31.98, 95% interval +31.39 to +32.57). It ranks 3 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 Coupe is “Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement”, recorded 7,186 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 7,186 | 12.28 |
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 3,225 | 5.51 |
| Parking brake inoperative on one side | 2,521 | 4.31 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 2,376 | 4.06 |
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 2,205 | 3.77 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 58,496 (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 Coupe gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
30.3% of Hyundai Coupe MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 3,806 miles later (15,199 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 15,199 (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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