Used car guide · 2021–2026

Hyundai Bayon common problems and MOT failures

What goes wrong on a used Hyundai Bayon, year by year: known faults from UK buying guides, the parts flagged at MOT more than on other cars (from 4,552 MOTs done during 2023–2025), and what to check before you buy one.

4,552MOTs done in 2023–2025, all years of this model
24,132on the UK register
2021best year at its MOT

Pick the year

Most years have their own guide. The year is when the car was first registered (it’s on the logbook, or check the reg below).

202620252024202320222021

What usually goes wrong with a Hyundai Bayon?

We haven’t found widely reported faults for the Hyundai Bayon in the UK buying guides we use yet. That doesn’t mean it has none, so check the car carefully and look at the MOT weak spots below.

Common Hyundai Bayon MOT failures to check

Parts flagged at MOT well above the usual rate for cars the same age. From the DVSA’s results for every MOT done in Great Britain during 2023–2025.

  • Wipers

    up to 4× usual

    Stands out on cars registered in 2022.

    Rough price £15–£60 our estimate

    At the viewing: Test the wipers and washers on every speed.

Hyundai Bayon MOT pass rate by year

Of the years since 2005 with plenty of MOT tests, the 2021 Hyundai Bayon did best (89% passed first time, 2 points above all 2021 cars) and the 2022 did worst (84%, 5 points below all 2022 cars). Older cars fail more, so compare each year with all cars registered the same year.

YearPass first timeAll cars that yearMOT tests
202389%92% -3312 (small sample)
202284%89% -52,574
202189%87% +21,666

Questions to ask the seller before buying a Hyundai Bayon

Ask before you travel to see it. A seller who knows the car will have answers, and receipts.

  1. Any recent work on the wipers? (Flagged at MOT 4× as often on the Hyundai Bayon as on other cars the same age.)
  2. Can I see the service history and receipts for any big jobs?

Looking at a Hyundai Bayon?

Check the actual car: its own MOT history, whether it already shows these weak spots and what to ask the seller. Free, no sign-up.

Where this comes from: MOT figures are the DVSA’s anonymised results for every MOT test done in Great Britain during 2023–2025, grouped by the year each car was first registered. How many are on the road is from the Department for Transport’s vehicle licensing statistics. Known faults are from UK buying guides, in our own words, with links. How we score