Does the Hyundai Santa Fe fail the MOT on lamps, reflectors and electrics more than it should?

The Hyundai Santa Fe records 25.11 lamps, reflectors and electrics failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 17.86 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+7.25, 95% interval +7.04 to +7.46). It ranks 110 of 729 models on lamps, reflectors and electrics (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on lamps, reflectors and electrics?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Hyundai Santa Fe is “A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning”, recorded 10,300 times in 2019–2024.

Hyundai Santa Fe: most frequent lamps, reflectors and electrics defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning	10,300	4.78
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources	9,715	4.51
Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning	4,737	2.20
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements	4,524	2.10
A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning	3,597	1.67

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 lamps, reflectors and electrics advisory, how often does it fail next time?

36.3% of Hyundai Santa Fe MOTs with a lamps, reflectors and electrics advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 5,824 miles later (3,064 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 3,064 (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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Does the Hyundai Santa Fe fail the MOT on lamps, reflectors and electrics more than it should?

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