Hyundai Car Warranty
Hyundai's five-year unlimited-mileage warranty is one of the most generous in the UK, and most of what you read about it is accurate. What gets left out is the detail underneath.
Hyundai's own terms cover wheel bearings, ball joints, bushes, track rod ends, dampers and struts for 60 months or 60,000 miles, whichever comes first. Air conditioning regas is covered for six months. Clutch discs for 24 months or 10,000 miles. The headline is unlimited mileage. Several of the parts people actually claim for are not.
That matters more for a Hyundai than for most cars, because suspension and braking work make up the bulk of Hyundai claims in our Reliability Index. A Hyundai warranty from MotorEasy covers the gaps, and carries on once the five years are up.
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Why do I need a Hyundai warranty?
Hyundai builds dependable cars and our data says so. The Kona scores 8.9 in the MotorEasy Reliability Index, the i10 8.7, the Ioniq 8.5 and the i30 8.4. Those are strong numbers.
But the scores describe how often things go wrong, not what happens when they do, and Hyundai's claim profile has an unusual shape.
Most Hyundai claims
Braking system work is the single most claimed-for repair on seven of the ten Hyundai models we track: 49.37% of claims on the i30, 45.26% on the ix35, 43.84% on the i10, 37.50% on the Ioniq, 32.84% on the i20, 31.58% on the i800 and 28.21% on the i40. Average costs sit between £146.12 and £380.32.
Worth being clear about what that does and does not mean. Pads and discs are wear items and no warranty covers them, ours included. The claims in our index are braking system components: hydraulics, calipers, sensors and the parts that fail rather than wear out.
Suspension is the second story, and it is where Hyundai's mileage cap bites
Suspension is a top-three claim on the Kona (33.33%), i20 (25.37%), Ioniq (25.00%), i10 (21.92%), Santa Fe (21.21%) and i40 (16.67%). Hyundai's warranty covers dampers, struts, ball joints, bushes, track rod ends and wheel bearings for five years or 60,000 miles. If you cover 15,000 miles a year, you are outside that cap in year four, while the rest of the car is still covered.
Hyundai claims are cheap right up until they are not, and the expensive failure is a different component on almost every model:
| Model | Score | Most expensive repair | Share of claims |
| Ioniq | 8.5 | Gearbox, £3,747.79 | 18.75% |
| iX35 | 3.6 | Engine, £3,152.85 | 16.84% |
| i800 | 1.9 | Engine, £2,236.73 | 28.95% |
| iX35 | 3.6 | Gearbox, £1,674.97 | 7.37% |
| Santa Fe | 4.7 | Gearbox, £1,537.67 | 8.48% |
| Tucson | 7.3 | Gearbox, £1,087.19 | 18.42% |
| ix35 | 3.6 | Electrical, £1,087.79 | 5.26% |
| Tucson | 7.3 | Engine, £1,001.59 | 17.11% |
The Ioniq is the one that catches people out. It scores 8.5, which is excellent, and almost everything it claims for is cheap braking and suspension work. But nearly one claim in five is a gearbox, averaging £3,747.79. That is the highest single repair figure anywhere in our Hyundai data, attached to one of the best-scoring cars in the range.
The Kona is a similar shape in reverse. It is the highest-scoring Hyundai at 8.9, yet engine work accounts for 41.67% of its claims at an average of £969.14.
Size and age still predict the worst of it
The bottom of the table is where you would expect: the i800 at 1.9, the ix35 at 3.6, the Santa Fe at 4.7 and the i40 at 4.8. If you run one of those past its fifth birthday, the case for cover is a straightforward one.
You can look up any individual model on our Hyundai reliability index.
What Hyundai's own warranty covers, and where it stops
Worth setting this out properly, because there is a lot of inaccurate information about it online, including the claim that Hyundai offers nothing at all after five years. That is not true, and the real picture is more useful.
The new car warranty
Five years from first registration, unlimited mileage, against defects in manufacture and workmanship. It transfers with the car to a new owner, which is valuable if you are buying used. Paintwork is included, and body panels are covered against perforation for twelve years.
Two exceptions to the unlimited mileage. If the car is used as a taxi, private hire vehicle or driving school car at any point, the warranty becomes five years or 100,000 miles. And a number of components carry their own shorter limits.
The component sub-limits
These come from Hyundai's published UK warranty terms:
| Component | Cover |
| Air conditioning regas | 6 months / 10,000 miles |
| Clutch disc | 24 months / 10,000 miles |
| Wiper blades, fuses, bulbs | 24 months / 10,000 miles |
| Servive items (oil, filters, plugs) | 24 months / 10,000 miles |
| 12V battery | 24 months / unlimited mileage |
| Wheel bearings | 60 months / 60,000 miles |
| Ball joints, bushes, track rod ends | 60 months / 60,000 miles |
| Damper, struts | 60 months / 60,000 miles |
| Rubber components | 60 months / 60,000 miles |
| High-voltage battery | 8 years / 100,000 miles |
| Genuine parts and acccessories | 2 years |
| Body panel perforation | 12 years |
The 48V battery in a mild hybrid is covered by the standard five-year unlimited-mileage warranty rather than the eight-year high-voltage terms.
What Hyundai offers after five years
Hyundai does sell extended cover, through its retailer network rather than centrally. On an approved used car, cover can be bought in terms of two to five years on petrol and diesel, and two or three years on EV and hybrid.
The two conditions worth knowing are the ones that catch people out. Cover is reactivated each year only by a vehicle health check at a Hyundai approved service centre, so it lapses the moment you stop going back. And there is a hard eligibility ceiling: petrol and diesel cars can start a policy up to eight years old and 80,000 miles, EV, plug-in hybrid and hybrid up to seven years and 80,000 miles. Past that, Hyundai's programme ends.
A MotorEasy warranty extends this age ceiling covering cars up to 13 years-old and 130,000 miles, with no requirement to service at a main dealer.
How do you get a Hyundai warranty with MotorEasy?
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Which Hyundais we cover
The current UK range runs from the i10 and i20 through the Bayon, Inster, i30 hatch and tourer, Kona in petrol, hybrid and electric form, Tucson and Santa Fe, plus the Ioniq 3, 5, 5 N, 6, 6 N and 9. We also cover the older cars most people on this page are running: the i40, ix35, i800 and the original Ioniq.
What we look at when we quote
- Age and mileage. Our upper limit is 130,000 miles or 13 years-old
- Service history. Servicing needs to have followed Hyundai's schedule, normally every 12 months or 10,000 miles, and you need the invoices. Any VAT-registered garage is fine
- Condition. Pre-existing faults are not covered, so arranging cover before something starts knocking is the point
- Which plan suits a Hyundai
Plan A is our most comprehensive cover, aimed at cars from around three years old, so it is the natural landing spot for a Hyundai coming off its five-year warranty. Plan B is designed for cars from around five years old. Plan C is essential cover for cars of roughly ten years and over.
The Hyundai-specific thing to check is braking and suspension, since that is where the claim volume sits. Plan B lists braking system hydraulics plus braking cables, pedal assembly and vacuum pump, and it lists suspension. Plan C's published list covers braking hydraulics but not the wider braking components, and does not list suspension. For a ten-year-old i30 or ix35, where braking work is nearly half of all claims, that difference is worth reading properly before choosing on price.
Is a Lite plan enough?
Lite plans cost less because they pay out only where the failure stops the car at the roadside and it needs recovering.
For a Hyundai that is a poor match for most of the claim volume and a decent match for the worst of it. Braking and suspension faults are usually found on a ramp, not at the side of a road, so a Lite plan would not pick them up. What it would cover is the Ioniq gearbox or the ix35 engine, which is the bill you genuinely cannot absorb. If your view is that you will fund the small stuff yourself and only want protecting from disaster, a Lite plan is a reasonable choice. If you want the running costs covered too, it is not.
Hyundai warranty costs and terms in the UK
Hyundai warranty costs and terms in the UK
What you pay depends on the model, its age, its mileage and the excess you choose. Terms of 12, 24 or 36 months are available, or monthly cover, with interest-free instalments.
The comparison here is less straightforward than for most manufacturers, because Hyundai has two different used programmes and they work differently.
The three options, side by side
| MotorEasy Hyundai warranty | Hyundai Promise (Tier 1) | Hyundai Approved Used (Tier 2) | |
| Who qualifies | Any Hyundai up to 130,000 miles or 13 year-old | Petrol and diesel under 42 months and 60,000 miles; EV, PHEV and hybrid under 36 months and 60,000 miles | Petrol and diesel from 42 months up to 8 years and 80,000 miles; EV, PHEV and hybrid up to 7 years and 80,000 miles |
| Cover provided | Plan A, B or C, plus Lite versions | 5 years, made up of remaining factory cover plus a retailer top-up | Minimum 12 months, extendable |
| Extension available | 12, 24 or 36 months, or monthly | Included | 2 to 5 years petrol and diesel; 2 or 3 years EV and hybrid |
| Mileage limit during cover | 130,000 miles at quote | Unlimited on petrol and diesel; 100,000 on EV, PHEV and hybrid | Unlimited on petrol and diesel; 100,000 on EV, PHEV and hybrid |
| How cover stays live | Runs for your policy term | Annual vehicle health check at a Hyundai approved centre | Annual vehicle health check at a Hyundai approved centre |
| Service history needed | Yes, any VAT-registered garage | Full service history required | Partial or no service history accepted, car serviced before sale |
| Where it's repaired | 10,000+ network garages, or your own | Hyundai approved repairer | Hyundai approved repairer |
| Age ceiling | 13 years-old | 42 months at inception | 8 years at inception |
| Recovery | Up to £150 on a covered claim | Roadside assistance included | Roadside assistance included |
What Hyundai's top-ups actually cost
Hyundai retailers publish their warranty top-up pricing, which is unusual and useful. One national retailer group lists it as follows:
| Top-up term | Cost |
| 6 months | £75 |
| 12 months | £150 |
| 18 months | £170 |
| 24 months | £200 |
| 30 months | £230 |
| 36 months | £260 |
| 42 months | £290 |
Those are retailer prices for topping a qualifying used car up to the five-year Hyundai Promise warranty, and they may vary between retailers. They are worth knowing because they are competitive, and if your Hyundai qualifies for Promise it is worth getting that quote alongside ours.
Where MotorEasy becomes the realistic option is once you fall outside the programme: past eight years, past 80,000 miles at the point of buying, or when you stop taking the car back to a Hyundai centre for its annual health check. No independent warranty can be compared like for like against a manufacturer scheme, so get both prices and read both component lists.
You can compare cover types more broadly in our car warranty comparison guide.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Five years from the date of first registration, with unlimited mileage. That drops to five years or 100,000 miles if the car is used as a taxi, private hire vehicle or driving school car at any point. Certain components carry shorter limits, including suspension parts at 60 months or 60,000 miles and the air conditioning regas at six months. The high-voltage battery in an electric or hybrid Hyundai is covered separately for eight years or 100,000 miles.
No, and this is a common mix-up. Hyundai's UK warranty is five years with unlimited mileage. The seven-year warranty belongs to Kia, which caps at 100,000 miles. Hyundai's is shorter but has no general mileage cap, so which is better depends on your annual mileage. A high-mileage driver is often better off under Hyundai's terms, and a low-mileage driver under Kia's.
For most of the car, yes, and that is a real advantage over rivals who cap at 60,000 or 100,000 miles. The exceptions are set out in Hyundai's own terms. Wheel bearings, ball joints, bushes, track rod ends, dampers, struts and rubber components are covered for 60 months or 60,000 miles. Given that suspension is a top-three claim on most Hyundai models, that cap is worth knowing about if you cover more than about 12,000 miles a year.
Yes. Hyundai sells extended cover through its retailer network rather than centrally, in terms of two to five years on petrol and diesel cars and two or three years on EV and hybrid. There are conditions: the car has to be inside the eligibility limits when the policy starts, and cover is reactivated annually by a vehicle health check at a Hyundai approved centre. If your car is over eight years old, over 80,000 miles at purchase, or you would rather not commit to main dealer visits, an independent warranty is the alternative.
Start with the registration date on your V5C and count forward five years. Any Hyundai retailer can confirm the position from the VIN, and Hyundai's own site has tools for checking service history across the authorised network and for outstanding recall campaigns. Because the warranty transfers with the car rather than the owner, a used Hyundai under five years old should still have cover, provided servicing has been kept up. If you have a policy with us, the details are in your MotorEasy account under My Purchased Products.
No, the Tucson gets the same five-year unlimited-mileage cover as the rest of the range, with the same component sub-limits. What is different is the repair profile. In our Reliability Index the Tucson scores 7.3, and it is one of the few Hyundais where gearbox claims are both frequent and expensive, at 18.42% of claims and an average of £1,087.19. Engine work adds another 17.11% at £1,001.59. For a Tucson coming off its factory warranty, those are the two figures to weigh.
The high-voltage battery is covered by Hyundai for eight years or 100,000 miles from first registration, so on a newer car that is usually still in force and no independent warranty is needed for it. The rest of the car is not, once five years are up. Our electric vehicle warranty is built for EVs and offers optional drive battery protection alongside the other systems. Worth noting on the original Ioniq specifically: gearbox claims average £3,747.79 in our data, which has nothing to do with the battery and is not covered by the eight-year terms.
Broadly, Plan A for cars from around three years old, Plan B from five, Plan C from ten. The Hyundai-specific check is braking and suspension, because that is where most Hyundai claims land. Plan B lists suspension and the wider braking components; Plan C's published list covers braking hydraulics but not suspension. On an older i30 or ix35, where braking work accounts for close to half of all claims, that is the difference worth paying attention to.
Not for the factory five-year warranty. You can use any VAT-registered garage provided it follows Hyundai's schedule, normally every 12 months or 10,000 miles, and uses parts to the manufacturer's stated standards. The exception is Hyundai's used car programmes, where cover is reactivated each year only by a vehicle health check at a Hyundai approved service centre, so an independent service will stop it renewing. A MotorEasy warranty has no such requirement. Keep the invoices either way.
Parts, labour and diagnostics on covered components, plus consequential damage caused by a covered fault. It also covers emissions failures, overheating, air conditioning faults and problems found during a service or MOT rather than only at breakdown. There are no separate mileage sub-limits on suspension or air conditioning within your policy term. The exact component list depends on your plan.
Routine servicing and maintenance, accident or negligence damage, unauthorised modifications, and problems caused by missed services or ignored warning lights. Wear items including brake pads and discs are not covered by any warranty. Car hire is not included, though recovery is covered up to £150 on an approved claim. Our full exclusions breakdown has the detail.
Every new Hyundai is sold with the five-year unlimited-mileage warranty. Because it transfers with the car rather than staying with the first owner, a used Hyundai under five years old should still carry the remainder, provided servicing has been kept up to Hyundai's schedule. Check the registration date and the service record before you assume it.
It depends which tier the car falls into. Hyundai Promise cars, meaning petrol and diesel under 42 months and 60,000 miles, come with a five-year warranty made up of the remaining factory cover plus a retailer top-up. Older cars, up to eight years and 80,000 miles, fall under Hyundai Approved Used with a minimum of 12 months. Both need an annual health check at a Hyundai approved centre to stay live. Terms vary between retailers, so confirm what is actually attached to the specific car.
Yes, from us. Hyundai's own programmes stop taking cars at eight years for petrol and diesel and seven years for EV and hybrid. We cover cars up to 13 years-old or 130,000 miles, which is where most people running an older i40, ix35, i800 or Santa Fe end up.
The new car warranty is Hyundai's factory cover: five years, unlimited mileage, transferring with the car. The approved used warranty is attached at the point of sale on a certified pre-owned Hyundai, either five years under Promise or a minimum of 12 months under Approved Used. The extended warranty is what a Hyundai retailer sells on top, in two to five year terms, within the age and mileage limits above.
Repair or replacement of parts that are defective in manufacture or workmanship, including the labour to fit them, plus damage to standard components caused by a manufacturing defect. Tyres and accessories are excluded, and the component sub-limits set out earlier in this page apply. Repairs must be carried out by an authorised Hyundai retailer or repairer.
