Hyundai Trajet MOT reliability

Hyundai Trajets passed their MOT first time 51% of the time across 251 tests in 2025. 175 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

51%

MOTs analysed

251

Still licensed (GB)

175

Body type

Hatchback

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2004 petrol

34 MOTs

These figures come from 34 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 50%. Typical mileage 95,069 (most between 73,137 and 109,184).

2005: 75% → 2006: 70% → 2007: 71% → 2008: 66% → 2009: 63% → 2010: 53% → 2011: 57% → 2012: 50% → 2013: 49% → 2014: 42% → 2015: 45% → 2016: 43% → 2017: 46% → 2018: 44% → 2019: 46% → 2020: 50% → 2021: 46% → 2022: 57% → 2023: 59% → 2024: 60% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (8.8%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.8%)
Stop lamp: not working (5.9%)
Chassis condition: or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting (5.9%)
Ball joint excessively worn (5.9%)

2004 diesel

20 MOTs

These figures come from 20 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 35%. Typical mileage 120,615 (most between 108,412 and 156,834).

2005: 64% → 2006: 72% → 2007: 74% → 2008: 68% → 2009: 63% → 2010: 59% → 2011: 55% → 2012: 51% → 2013: 46% → 2014: 45% → 2015: 43% → 2016: 45% → 2017: 43% → 2018: 39% → 2019: 47% → 2020: 48% → 2021: 43% → 2022: 40% → 2023: 53% → 2024: 50% → 2025: 35%

Most common failures

Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (15.0%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (10.0%)
Stop lamp: not working (10.0%)
Ball joint likely to become detached (5.0%)
Anti-lock braking system: warning lamp indicates an ABS fault (5.0%)

Where 2004 Trajets fail

Suspension & axles

23.5%

Body, structure & corrosion

20.6%

Lights & electrics

20.6%

Visibility & wipers

20.6%

Brakes

11.8%

Steering

8.8%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

8.8%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.