MOT comparison

Hyundai Tucson Mk3 vs Kia Sportage Mk4

How the Hyundai Tucson Mk3 (2015–2020) and the Kia Sportage Mk4 (2015–2021) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Hyundai Tucson Mk3

729,384

MOT tests compared · built 2015–2020

Passes more often in 5 of 13 mileage bands

Kia Sportage Mk4

1,075,009

MOT tests compared · built 2015–2021

Passes more often in 1 of 13 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Hyundai Tucson Mk3 Kia Sportage Mk4

Under 10,000 miles 93.0% vs 92.7%

12,741 and 15,924 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 90.1% vs 89.4%

71,109 and 102,438 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 87.5% vs 86.4%

126,154 and 190,372 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 85.7% vs 84.5%

133,148 and 199,608 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 83.8% vs 82.8%

115,852 and 171,227 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 81.8% vs 81.1%

90,599 and 132,734 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 80.0% vs 79.4%

65,434 and 96,468 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 77.5% vs 76.9%

44,347 and 65,624 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 75.0% vs 75.0%

28,648 and 42,218 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 73.3% vs 73.3%

17,704 and 25,835 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 72.6% vs 71.4%

18,245 and 25,489 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 71.6% vs 69.6%

4,277 and 5,784 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 69.1% vs 71.0%

1,126 and 1,288 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

Hyundai Tucson Mk3 fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Kia Sportage Mk4.

Kia Sportage Mk4 fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Hyundai Tucson Mk3.

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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.