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Most reliable 5 year old hybrid cars by MOT fail rate

We ranked 28 hybrid cars by the share of MOT tests they failed at 5 years old, against 12.3% for all hybrid cars that age. From 528,226 DVSA MOT tests in Great Britain, 2022 to 2025.

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First in this list (n=7,745)5.7%
All hybrid cars, same age12.3%
Ranked28
MOT tests used528,226

First in this list: Lexus RX (hybrid).

How this ranking works
  • Data: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal tests in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), 2022 to 2025. Northern Ireland tests its cars separately and is not included. A fail is a test marked fail or passed after a repair at the test station.
  • Measure: share of MOTs failed by cars 5 years old (test year minus first-use year).
  • Comparison: all hybrid cars means every class 4 MOT test on hybrid except vans, pickups, taxis, campers, van-based people carriers, motorhome and minibus bases and used imports, weighted to each row's own mix of ages.
  • Thresholds: every age behind a row here has at least 5,000 tests. A model generation is ranked only with at least 3 ages of 1,000 tests or more. A list is published only with at least 10 ranked rows.
  • Fuel: as DVSA records it on each test. Each row is one model generation on hybrid; where a model is also sold with other fuels, the row is named with the fuel and its figures differ from the model's all-fuel MOT page. DVSA's hybrid category covers mild, full and plug-in hybrids alike.
  • Vans, pickups, taxis, campers, van-based people carriers, motorhome and minibus bases, and models sold here mainly as used imports are left out of car lists.
  • Years in brackets are the first-use years of a model generation.

The ranking

The 20 hybrid cars with the lowest MOT fail rates at 5 years old, of 28 ranked.
#ModelMOT fail rateAll hybrid cars, same ageTests (n)Median mileage
1Lexus RX (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ5.7%12.3%7,74537,000 miles
2Lexus UX (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ7.2%12.3%7,25833,100 miles
3Honda Jazz (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ7.6%12.3%5,89122,500 miles
4Honda CR-V (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ7.7%12.3%7,76035,000 miles
5Volvo XC40 (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ8.1%12.3%8,11638,800 miles
6Lexus NXCommon problems · Recalls · ULEZ8.7%12.3%16,73035,300 miles
7Volvo XC60 (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ10.2%12.3%7,34844,500 miles
8Lexus CT (hybrid)Common problems · ULEZ10.5%12.3%8,94533,800 miles
9Mercedes-Benz E-Class (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ10.5%12.3%5,97759,800 miles
10Toyota RAV4 (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ10.7%12.3%32,90939,400 miles
11Toyota Corolla (hybrid) (from 2019)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ10.9%12.3%34,30646,000 miles
12Mercedes-Benz A-Class (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ11.3%12.3%6,14143,900 miles
13Volkswagen Golf (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ11.7%12.3%11,12440,300 miles
14Toyota PriusCommon problems · Recalls11.7%12.3%51,56970,300 miles
15Suzuki Ignis (hybrid) (from 2016)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ11.7%12.3%7,22325,000 miles
16Suzuki Swift (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ12.2%12.3%12,87729,900 miles
17Mitsubishi Outlander (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ12.7%12.3%25,87947,600 miles
18Hyundai Ioniq (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ12.8%12.3%28,70452,300 miles
19BMW 3 Series (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ12.8%12.3%22,71055,100 miles
20Volvo XC90 (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ12.9%12.3%7,59149,000 miles

What stands out

  • Lexus RX (hybrid) has the lowest MOT fail rate in this list: 5.7% (n=7,745), against 12.3% for all hybrid cars that age.
  • 16 of the 28 ranked hybrid cars fail less often than all hybrid cars at the same age.
  • In the 20 shown, the fail rate runs from 5.7% to 12.9%.
  • 3 other rows are within 2 points of the first, so read close positions as level rather than as a strict order.
Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 28 September 2026.

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