2006 Hyundai Coupe: MOT pass rate and reliability

59.8% of 2006 Hyundai Coupes pass the MOT first time, measured across 898 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 89,908 miles.

How the 2006 compares

  • Against all Hyundai Coupes (58.6%, 5,947 tests): +1.2 points
  • Against all 2006 cars (64.1%): -4.3 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Hyundai Coupe model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2006 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Hyundai Coupe:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2003 55% 211 86,667
2004 57.4% 352 88,257
2005 59.4% 562 92,092
2006 59.8% 898 89,908
2007 57.5% 1,374 94,056
2008 56.4% 1,053 91,255
2009 60.2% 1,108 88,126

What this means if you are buying a 2006 Coupe

The 2006 sits close to the Hyundai Coupe average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 20-year-old car fails on

A 2006 car is 20 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2006 Hyundai Coupe the average at test was 89,908 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2009 at 60.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2003 at 55%. That 5.2 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2006 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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