Used car rankings from MOT data
Most reliable hybrid cars against hybrid cars the same age
We ranked 30 hybrid cars by how often they failed their MOT at 3 to 15 years old, each against all hybrid cars at the same ages. From 3,580,978 DVSA MOT tests in Great Britain, 2022 to 2025.
MOT data updated
First in this list (n=33,887)5.9%
All hybrid cars, same ages11.0%
Difference46% lower
MOT tests used3,580,978
First in this list: Lexus UX (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 at each age from 3 to 15 years, pooled, against all hybrid cars at the same ages.
- Order: by the fail rate divided by the rate for all hybrid cars at the same ages, shown as the difference in per cent. Fail rates rise with age, so a ratio keeps a model seen only at older ages from looking better than it is.
- 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, and a row needs at least 3 ages in this list. A list is published only with at least 10 ranked rows.
- Typical mileage: the median odometer reading at each age, averaged over the row's ages by number of tests.
- 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
| # | Model | MOT fail rate | All hybrid cars, same ages | Difference | Ages | Tests (n) | Typical mileage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lexus UX (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 5.9% | 11.0% | 46% lower | 3 to 5 | 33,887 | 25,300 miles |
| 2 | Honda Jazz (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 6.6% | 10.8% | 39% lower | 3 to 5 | 57,589 | 17,200 miles |
| 3 | Honda CR-V (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 7.1% | 11.0% | 35% lower | 3 to 5 | 40,132 | 26,500 miles |
| 4 | Lexus NXCommon problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 9.1% | 13.6% | 33% lower | 3 to 9 | 100,846 | 39,900 miles |
| 5 | Lexus RX (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 14.0% | 20.4% | 32% lower | 3 to 15 | 102,208 | 72,600 miles |
| 6 | Volvo XC40 (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 7.8% | 10.9% | 28% lower | 3 to 5 | 60,794 | 29,600 miles |
| 7 | Lexus IS (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 12.7% | 17.6% | 28% lower | 6 to 10 | 39,435 | 68,400 miles |
| 8 | Suzuki Ignis (hybrid) (from 2016)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 8.5% | 11.1% | 23% lower | 3 to 5 | 28,504 | 18,500 miles |
| 9 | Lexus CT (hybrid)Common problems · ULEZ | 15.4% | 18.6% | 17% lower | 4 to 13 | 105,351 | 64,100 miles |
| 10 | Toyota RAV4 (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 10.5% | 12.3% | 15% lower | 3 to 8 | 170,048 | 37,500 miles |
| 11 | Volvo XC60 (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 9.4% | 10.9% | 14% lower | 3 to 5 | 48,035 | 33,900 miles |
| 12 | BMW i3 (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 13.5% | 15.6% | 13% lower | 6 to 8 | 19,758 | 48,000 miles |
| 13 | Suzuki Swift (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 10.2% | 11.3% | 10% lower | 3 to 6 | 59,227 | 24,000 miles |
| 14 | Volkswagen Golf (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 11.8% | 12.4% | 5% lower | 3 to 8 | 66,054 | 40,100 miles |
| 15 | Toyota Corolla (hybrid) (from 2019)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 10.8% | 11.2% | 4% lower | 3 to 6 | 177,058 | 36,500 miles |
| 16 | Mercedes-Benz E-Class (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 11.2% | 11.1% | 1% higher | 3 to 5 | 23,009 | 43,100 miles |
| 17 | Kia Niro (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 12.5% | 12.1% | 3% higher | 3 to 8 | 167,398 | 38,200 miles |
| 18 | Toyota PriusCommon problems · Recalls | 19.6% | 19.0% | 3% higher | 3 to 15 | 547,078 | 116,600 miles |
| 19 | Toyota Yaris (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 15.1% | 14.5% | 4% higher | 3 to 12 | 418,357 | 34,100 miles |
| 20 | Mercedes-Benz A-Class (hybrid)Common problems · Recalls · ULEZ | 11.4% | 11.0% | 4% higher | 3 to 5 | 34,005 | 35,000 miles |
What stands out
- Lexus UX (hybrid) comes first: 5.9% against 11.0% for all hybrid cars at the same ages, 46% lower (n=33,887).
- 15 of the 30 ranked hybrid cars fail less often than all hybrid cars at the same ages.
- In the 20 shown, the difference from all hybrid cars runs from 46% lower to 4% higher.
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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