Hyundai Santa Fe 2017: MOT failure rate for its age

15.1% of 14,263 MOT tests of the Hyundai Santa Fe first registered in 2017 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 91.1 (95% CI 87.2–94.9; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Hyundai Santa Fe built in 2017 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	15.1	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	14263
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 87.2–94.9)	91.1	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	14263
Rank among this model's 20 build years	4	of 20	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	14263
Tested in 2024	2654	tests	median 59,170 miles	2024	2654

Built 2017 against Hyundai Santa Fe normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 11% vs 12.9%; age 4: 14.7% vs 14.1%; age 5: 16.5% vs 15.7%; age 6: 16.4% vs 17.5%; age 7: 18.3% vs 24.1%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe by registration · All Hyundai Santa Fe MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe fail at each age?

Cars built in 2017 were tested at ages 3 to 7 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Hyundai Santa Fe built 2017: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
3	3,592	11	10–12.1	12.9	85.1
4	2,688	14.7	13.4–16.1	14.1	104.7
5	2,676	16.5	15.2–18	15.7	105.3
6	2,653	16.4	15–17.9	17.5	93.4
7	2,654	18.3	16.9–19.9	24.1	76.2

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 14,263 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2017 is brakes: 6.3 items per 100 first tests, against 16.1 across all build years of the Hyundai Santa Fe. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2017 were tested at ages 3 to 7.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Hyundai Santa Fe built 2017 against the Hyundai Santa Fe in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2017, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Brakes	6.3	16.1	903
Visibility	5.7	8.5	826
Tyres	5.6	8.6	813
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	3.7	25.1	536
Suspension	1.6	17.1	233

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 14,410 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2017 compare with the years around it?

Among the 20 published build years of the Hyundai Santa Fe, 2017 ranks 4 (1 = fails least for its age). 2016: index 85.3. 2018: index 99.0.

Hyundai Santa Fe build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2001	88.6	76.0–101.3	no different (rough estimate)	423
2002	94.9	88.5–101.3	no different (rough estimate)	1,792
2003	96.3	92.1–100.6	no different	4,130
2004	99.9	96.5–103.2	no different	7,039
2005	98.7	95.6–101.8	no different	8,307
2006	102.0	99.4–104.5	no different	12,603
2007	98.9	96.2–101.6	no different	10,718
2008	99.1	95.5–102.6	no different	6,560
2009	99.0	94.9–103.0	no different	5,168
2010	103.7	101.6–105.8	worse	20,884
2011	110.1	107.9–112.3	worse	21,615
2012	114.9	112.4–117.4	worse	19,421
2013	104.3	100.5–108.1	worse	8,464
2014	92.4	89.5–95.3	better	15,241
2015	78.8	76.1–81.4	better	18,031
2016	85.3	82.7–87.8	better	25,937
2017	91.1	87.2–94.9	better	14,263
2018	99.0	93.3–104.7	no different	7,887
2019	98.2	89.4–107.0	no different (rough estimate)	3,503
2020	99.3	82.9–115.8	no different (rough estimate)	1,082

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 213,068 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Hyundai Santa Fe 2017 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/hyundai-santa-fe/2017/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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