Does the Hyundai Terracan fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Hyundai Terracan records 39.35 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 22.94 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+16.41, 95% interval +15.32 to +17.50). It ranks 29 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 Terracan by registration
What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Hyundai Terracan is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 1,100 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 1,100 | 8.69 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 760 | 6.00 |
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 490 | 3.87 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 483 | 3.81 |
| Warning device shows system malfunction | 446 | 3.52 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 12,664 (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 Terracan gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
25.4% of Hyundai Terracan MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 4,285 miles later (3,571 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 3,571 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
Other pages for this model
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