Hyundai Santa Fe — reliability by registration year

2005–2022 · 18 registration years · 30,442 first tests

2012 breaks the run — 4.9 pp worse than the years either side 2010 breaks the run — 5.4 pp worse than the years either side

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.

Hyundai Santa Fe first-attempt MOT results by registration year
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%

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