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Toyota Hilux MOT fail rate by age

How often the Toyota Hilux fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 278,401 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 3 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 3 (n=25,254)16.5%
All cars at 3 years (n=8,016,463)12.1%
Median mileage at test35,744
All cars, median mileage22,806

282 of 343 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 3 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Toyota Hilux fails 16.5% of MOTs (25,254 tests), 4.4 points above the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 25 years it fails 41.3% (2,239 tests), 5.0 points above the 36.3% average.
  • The gap is widest at 9 years: 6.0 points above all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 3 years: Parking brake control lever: has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment, at 1 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 25 years 47.8%

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Toyota Hilux: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
AgeMOT fail rateTests (n)All carsDifferenceMedian mileage
3 years16.5%25,25412.1%+4.4 pts35,744 miles
4 years18.5%24,44313.4%+5.1 pts46,253 miles
5 years19.5%21,14215.3%+4.2 pts56,258 miles
6 years21.5%20,41317.8%+3.7 pts65,505 miles
7 years25.7%20,98120.6%+5.1 pts73,603 miles
8 years29.1%20,44323.8%+5.3 pts80,578 miles
9 years33.1%19,60827.1%+6.0 pts87,393 miles
10 years35.6%18,92630.3%+5.3 pts94,622 miles
11 years37.6%17,28433.3%+4.3 pts102,198 miles
12 years39.2%14,75736.0%+3.2 pts109,866 miles
13 years41.2%12,54938.3%+2.9 pts116,624 miles
14 years42.1%10,44040.3%+1.8 pts123,642 miles
15 years41.8%8,62941.6%+0.2 pts130,558 miles
16 years42.4%7,14142.6%−0.2 pts135,164 miles
17 years42.6%6,29443.1%−0.5 pts139,424 miles
18 years42.2%5,86843.3%−1.0 pts143,575 miles
19 years42.1%4,97143.2%−1.1 pts146,128 miles
20 years42.9%4,67642.8%+0.2 pts147,927 miles
21 years43.1%3,97042.1%+1.1 pts148,076 miles
22 years43.4%3,07641.0%+2.4 pts148,418 miles
23 years41.2%2,75039.6%+1.5 pts147,426 miles
24 years42.9%2,54737.8%+5.1 pts149,886 miles
25 years41.3%2,23936.3%+5.0 pts150,033 miles

Most common fail items at 3 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Parking brake control lever: has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment Major1
Handbrake too weak Major0.7

Out of 25,254 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Wipers not clearing screen Major3.8
Headlight aimed too high Major2.5
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major2
Headlamp aim: too low Major2
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous1.8
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Major1.3
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous1
Rear fog lamp: not working Major0.8

Out of 25,254 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 3 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Toyota Yaris8.5%96,84612.1%
Toyota Corolla10.3%74,37212.1%
Toyota C-HR8.9%70,77012.1%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
200221 years in 202341.8%1,01042.1%
200320 years in 202342.8%1,16042.8%
200421 years in 202545.2%1,25542.1%
200520 years in 202540.6%1,03742.8%
200618 years in 202441.5%1,04843.3%
200718 years in 202540.4%1,62643.3%
200817 years in 202542.7%1,77443.1%
200916 years in 202541.4%1,62642.6%
201015 years in 202542.2%2,25041.6%
201114 years in 202541.8%3,48140.3%
201213 years in 202540.3%3,69438.3%
201312 years in 202539.2%3,79836.0%
201411 years in 202536.4%4,72433.3%
201510 years in 202534.8%5,39430.3%
20169 years in 202530.3%4,36327.1%
20178 years in 202524.7%4,88423.8%
20187 years in 202523.5%5,30320.6%
20196 years in 202520.7%5,01917.8%
20205 years in 202519.6%4,95615.3%
20214 years in 202517.3%8,17113.4%
20223 years in 202514.8%6,26012.1%

More on the Toyota Hilux

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 22 September 2026.

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