Does the Hyundai Santa Fe fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Hyundai Santa Fe records 16.07 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 11.73 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+4.34, 95% interval +4.18 to +4.51). It ranks 140 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on brakes · check a Hyundai Santa Fe by registration
What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Hyundai Santa Fe is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 8,929 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 8,929 | 4.14 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 4,443 | 2.06 |
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 4,022 | 1.87 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 2,118 | 0.98 |
| Parking brake inoperative on one side | 1,807 | 0.84 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 215,524 (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 Santa Fe gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
15.0% of Hyundai Santa Fe MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 6,183 miles later (40,736 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 40,736 (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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