Hyundai Santa Fe — reliability by registration year
2005–2022 · 18 registration years · 30,442 first tests
Registration years
First-attempt MOT results for every Santa Fe registration year with at least 500 first tests in 2025. Pass rates rise with newer cars, so read a year against its neighbours rather than against the top of the table. Years without their own report are listed here with the same figures.
| Year | First tests | First-attempt pass | Incl. PRS | Most common failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1,766 | 89.6% | 91.4% | |
| 2021 | 846 | 88.8% | 91.8% | |
| 2020 | 501 | 84.4% | 87.6% | |
| 2019 | 1,046 | 83.4% | 86.8% | |
| 2018 | 1,850 | 82.1% | 85.5% | |
| 2017 | 2,507 | 80.5% | 83.3% | Tyres — Condition (rear) 12.9% |
| 2016 | 4,095 | 77.7% | 81.5% | Ball joint (front) 14.7% |
| 2015 | 2,800 | 75.2% | 78.6% | Tyres — Condition (rear) 12.5% |
| 2014 | 2,324 | 65.8% | 69.5% | Track rod end (front) 29.1% |
| 2013 | 1,240 | 60.4% | 64.5% | Track rod end (front) 23.8% |
| 2012 | 2,682 | 51.6% | 59.9% | Position lamp (front) 20.6% |
| 4.9 pp worse than the years either side What failed 2012 Santa Fes most often: Position lamp (front) (20.6%) · Drive shafts — Joints (front) (18.4%) · Ball joint (front) (12.6%) | ||||
| 2011 | 2,908 | 52.5% | 60.3% | Position lamp (front) 23.1% |
| 2010 | 2,661 | 51.1% | 58.5% | Position lamp (front) 20.1% |
| 5.4 pp worse than the years either side What failed 2010 Santa Fes most often: Position lamp (front) (20.1%) · Drive shafts — Joints (front) (16.6%) · Ball joint (front) (16.1%) | ||||
| 2009 | 502 | 60.6% | 67.5% | |
| 2008 | 543 | 56.9% | 63.9% | Position lamp (front) 24.4% |
| 2007 | 839 | 53.9% | 62.5% | Position lamp (front) 26.6% |
| 2006 | 831 | 50.1% | 59.7% | Position lamp (front) 23.9% |
| 2005 | 501 | 50.3% | 61.3% | |