Hyundai Tucson 2016: MOT failure rate for its age

16.6% of 125,885 MOT tests of the Hyundai Tucson first registered in 2016 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 101.9 (95% CI 100.5–103.3; 100 = normal for this model at that age): close to other build years of the same model at the same age (within 5 points of normal).

Hyundai Tucson built in 2016 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	16.6	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	125885
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 100.5–103.3)	101.9	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	125885
Rank among this model's 13 build years	10	of 13	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	125885
Tested in 2024	20336	tests	median 64,423 miles	2024	20336

Built 2016 against Hyundai Tucson normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 14.8% vs 13.7%; age 4: 16.2% vs 14.8%; age 5: 14.6% vs 15%; age 6: 15.4% vs 15.8%; age 7: 18.2% vs 18.4%; age 8: 20.7% vs 20.2%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2016 Hyundai Tucson by registration · All Hyundai Tucson 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 2016 Hyundai Tucson fail at each age?

Cars built in 2016 were tested at ages 3 to 8 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 Tucson built 2016: 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	22,756	14.8	14.3–15.2	13.7	108
4	20,657	16.2	15.7–16.7	14.8	109.3
5	20,823	14.6	14.1–15.1	15	96.8
6	20,756	15.4	14.9–15.9	15.8	97.1
7	20,557	18.2	17.7–18.8	18.4	98.9
8	20,336	20.7	20.1–21.2	20.2	102.3

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 125,885 (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 2016 Hyundai Tucson?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2016 is brakes: 8.4 items per 100 first tests, against 8.7 across all build years of the Hyundai Tucson. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2016 were tested at ages 3 to 8.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Hyundai Tucson built 2016 against the Hyundai Tucson in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2016, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Brakes	8.4	8.7	10,588
Visibility	6.1	6.9	7,623
Tyres	5.7	6	7,200
Suspension	2.3	4.8	2,854
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	2.2	4.9	2,780

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 125,885 (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 2016 compare with the years around it?

Among the 13 published build years of the Hyundai Tucson, 2016 ranks 10 (1 = fails least for its age). 2015: index 108.9. 2017: index 96.2.

Hyundai Tucson build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2004	101.1	96.0–106.2	no different (rough estimate)	3,028
2005	100.1	97.4–102.7	no different	11,491
2006	101.7	99.2–104.3	no different	12,826
2007	98.2	95.3–101.2	no different	9,434
2008	94.1	90.1–98.1	better	5,064
2009	94.4	90.3–98.6	better	4,997
2010	101.2	93.8–108.6	no different (rough estimate)	1,874
2015	108.9	106.1–111.7	worse	29,583
2016	101.9	100.5–103.3	worse	125,885
2017	96.2	94.8–97.6	better	129,424
2018	100.9	99.2–102.5	no different	101,132
2019	106.6	104.7–108.5	worse	81,866
2020	112.5	109.0–116.0	worse	26,563

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 543,167 (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 Tucson 2016 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-tucson/2016/

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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