2018 Hyundai Tucson: MOT pass rate and reliability

86.6% of 2018 Hyundai Tucsons pass the MOT first time, measured across 25,055 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 47,345 miles.

How the 2018 compares

  • Against all Hyundai Tucsons (84.4%, 114,088 tests): +2.2 points
  • Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): +0.7 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Hyundai Tucson model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2018 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Hyundai Tucson:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2004 55.6% 252 109,778
2005 59.6% 1,029 108,318
2006 58.2% 1,132 111,166
2007 61.2% 949 111,430
2008 61.7% 569 105,515
2009 62.6% 620 101,561
2010 66.8% 256 100,329
2015 78.7% 4,806 74,649
2016 82.4% 20,372 67,449
2017 83.9% 24,027 58,587
2018 86.6% 25,055 47,345
2019 88.3% 25,708 38,320
2020 88.5% 8,102 30,162
2021 88.8% 1,194 26,546

What this means if you are buying a 2018 Tucson

The 2018 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 2.2 points more often than the Hyundai Tucson average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. 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 an 8-year-old car fails on

A 2018 car is 8 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 below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2018 Hyundai Tucson the average at test was 47,345 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 2021 at 88.8%, and the weakest in our data is 2004 at 55.6%. That 33.2 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2018 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

All Hyundai Tucson MOT data · Every model