MOT History from tests of diesel HYUNDAI SANTA FEs year 2004

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Pass percent:65.06%

(The average a diesel HYUNDAI SANTA FE year 2004 passes without issue)

Based on:32,334 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	2534
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1862
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1806
Brake pipe excessively corroded	897
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	758
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	601
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	452
Registration plate issues	413
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	359
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	257
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	247
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	225
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	178
Centre Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	177
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	144
Offside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	136
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	136
Offside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	123
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	122
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	116
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	113
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	110
Nearside Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	110
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	110
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	103
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	100
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	97
Windscreen washer not working	97
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.C.1b\|	94
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	92
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	92
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	90
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	86
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	85
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	84
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	83
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	83
Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	81
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	78
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	78
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	74
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	74
Offside Front Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	73
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	71
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	70
Rear brake binding	67
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` \|8.3.1e\|	66
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	65
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	64
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	63
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	63
Offside Front Anti-lock braking system component excessively damaged \|3.4.2\|	63
Nearside Front Anti-lock braking system component excessively damaged \|3.4.2\|	61
Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	59
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	58
Offside Rear Trailing arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	57
Nearside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	57
Windscreen wiper blade insecure	57
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	56
Windscreen has damage	56
Bonnet retaining device ineffective \|8.4.2\|	54
Offside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	54
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	54
Power steering fluid level below minimum \|2.3.1\|	54
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	54
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	54
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	53
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a))	53
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	53
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	52
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	52
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	52
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	51
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	51
Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	50
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	48
Centre Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	48
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	47
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	46
Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	46
Nearside Front Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	44
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	44
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	43
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	42
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	42
Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	42
Offside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc \|2.5.C.1a\|	41
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	41
Nearside Front Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc \|2.5.C.1a\|	40
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|6.1.7 \|g\| \|ii\|\|	40
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	40
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.1.3 \|b\| \|i\|\|	39
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	39
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	39
Nearside Stop lamp\|s\| not working \|4.3.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	39
Nearside Rear Trailing arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	38
Offside Stop lamp\|s\| not working \|4.3.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	38
Nearside Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc \|2.5.C.1a\|	38
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	37
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	36
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	36
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	36
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	36
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	35
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	35
Nearside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	35
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	34
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	34
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	34
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	34

We get to these numbers by trawling through over 1 billion MOT test results since 2004 and crunched the numbers. We remove anything to do with Tyres, as they are model independent and group together common non-model specific issues. We are trying to get to a picture of what models have what issues.

Please note: We take the data from the DVSA. This data is raw and can contain typos and spelling mistakes that garages may have entered while recording a MOT result. Specifically miss-match on names of models and makes. We are constantly cleaning the data so bear with the odd issue.

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MOT History from tests of diesel HYUNDAI SANTA FEs year 2004

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