MOT comparison

Ford Kuga Mk3 vs Hyundai Tucson Mk4

How the Ford Kuga Mk3 (2020–2026) and the Hyundai Tucson Mk4 (2020–2026) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Kuga Mk3

132,822

MOT tests compared · built 2020–2026

Passes more often in 4 of 8 mileage bands

Hyundai Tucson Mk4

141,970

MOT tests compared · built 2020–2026

Passes more often in 3 of 8 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

Share of MOTs passed first time, at the mileage recorded at the test.

Ford Kuga Mk3 Hyundai Tucson Mk4

Under 10,000 miles 94.4% vs 92.0%

6,777 and 5,042 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 93.6% vs 91.2%

28,248 and 28,569 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 91.1% vs 89.5%

38,282 and 43,918 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 89.5% vs 88.3%

28,865 and 32,825 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 87.2% vs 87.7%

16,411 and 17,733 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 84.8% vs 86.8%

8,055 and 8,378 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 83.6% vs 87.1%

4,113 and 3,702 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 84.1% vs 86.2%

2,071 and 1,803 MOTs

Parts that fail more often

Only differences that hold across at least half of the mileage bands we could compare, and that are far too large to be chance, are listed. How we decide

Ford Kuga Mk3 fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Hyundai Tucson Mk4.

Hyundai Tucson Mk4 fails more often on

Windscreen wiper

Fails about 6 times as often as the Ford Kuga Mk3: 3.6% of MOTs against 0.76%.

In 5 of 8 mileage bands · Driver's View

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These are differences in real MOT results, not engineering verdicts. Owner mix differs between models (some are more often taxis, first cars or rural cars), which is why every figure compares cars at the same mileage. How we compare cars.

MOT records: DVSA MOT history, which contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See this the other way round.