MOT comparison

Hyundai Tucson Mk4 vs Kia Sportage Mk5

How the Hyundai Tucson Mk4 (2020–2026) and the Kia Sportage Mk5 (2021–2026) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Hyundai Tucson Mk4

140,167

MOT tests compared · built 2020–2026

Passes more often in 4 of 7 mileage bands

Kia Sportage Mk5

85,774

MOT tests compared · built 2021–2026

Passes more often in 1 of 7 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Hyundai Tucson Mk4 Kia Sportage Mk5

Under 10,000 miles 92.0% vs 93.9%

5,042 and 3,755 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 91.2% vs 91.4%

28,569 and 20,092 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 89.5% vs 88.7%

43,918 and 28,533 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 88.3% vs 86.9%

32,825 and 19,003 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 87.7% vs 84.8%

17,733 and 8,919 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 86.8% vs 84.6%

8,378 and 3,823 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 87.1% vs 83.8%

3,702 and 1,649 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 Mk4 fails more often on

Nothing that stands out consistently against the Kia Sportage Mk5.

Kia Sportage Mk5 fails more often on

Parking brake

Fails about 7 times as often as the Hyundai Tucson Mk4: 1.0% of MOTs against 0.15%.

In 6 of 7 mileage bands · Braking System
Headlamp

Fails about twice as often as the Hyundai Tucson Mk4: 1.1% of MOTs against 0.58%.

In 4 of 7 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

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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.