Common problems

Toyota Hiace body and structure problems

How often MOT testers find body and structure faults on the Toyota Hiace at each age, against all cars of the same age, and which items come up most. From 55,241 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 28 September 2026

At 17 years, the most tested age

Body and structure fails per 100 MOTs (n=6,492)5.5

All cars at 17 years (n=4,040,458)8.3

Body and structure advisories and minor defects per 100 MOTs (n=6,492)12.1

All cars, same age (n=4,040,458)13.9

What stands out

At 17 years, 5.5 of every 100 MOTs of the Toyota Hiace found a body and structure fail (n=6,492), against 8.3 for all cars of that age (n=4,040,458).
It is above the all-car rate at 5 of the 14 ages with at least 1,000 tests.
The gap is widest at 16 years: 4.3 per 100 MOTs against 7.6 for all cars.
The body and structure fail item recorded most often at 17 years: integral vehicle structure condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced, on 1.2 per 100 MOTs.
The most common body and structure advisory or minor defect: chassis condition: is corroded but structural rigidity is not significantly reduced, on 4.1 per 100 MOTs.

Body and structure fails by age

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

Toyota Hiace: body and structure fails and advisories per 100 MOTs, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
Age	Tests (n)	Fails	All cars	Advisories	All cars
12 years	1,773	3.4	4.3	6.3	6.5
13 years	2,660	2.7	5.0	6.1	8.0
14 years	4,205	2.9	5.9	6.4	9.7
15 years	5,654	3.6	6.7	8.5	11.2
16 years	6,239	4.3	7.6	10.4	12.6
17 years	6,492	5.5	8.3	12.1	13.9
18 years	5,926	6.9	8.7	14.0	14.7
19 years	5,011	8.6	9.0	15.2	15.2
20 years	4,262	9.2	9.2	16.8	15.6
21 years	3,665	9.5	9.3	18.3	16.0
22 years	3,119	9.6	9.4	19.2	16.3
23 years	2,532	10.5	9.5	21.4	16.6
24 years	2,117	11.4	9.4	20.3	16.6
25 years	1,586	9.5	9.3	22.6	16.8

Body and structure fail items at 17 years

Body and structure fail items on the Toyota Hiace at 17 years (n=6,492), per 100 MOTs, with all cars at the same age (n=4,040,458).
Item	Per 100 MOTs	All cars
Integral vehicle structure condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced	1.2	0.5
Chassis condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced	0.9	0.3

Body and structure advisories and minor defects at 17 years

Advisories and minor defects are recorded, but the car still passes. Across all cars, a part with an advisory or minor defect failed at the next MOT 5.5 times in 100 (n=88,666,940 pairs of consecutive MOTs), against 0.3 times in 100 when the same part had none (n=12,936,860,350).

Body and structure advisories and minor defects on the Toyota Hiace at 17 years (n=6,492), per 100 MOTs, with all cars at the same age (n=4,040,458).
Item	Per 100 MOTs	All cars
Chassis condition: is corroded but structural rigidity is not significantly reduced	4.1	1.3
Integral vehicle structure condition: is corroded but structural rigidity is not significantly reduced	3.9	1.4

What to check on a viewing

On the Toyota Hiace, the body and structure items testers fail most are integral vehicle structure condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced; chassis condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced.

Look underneath at the sills, floor, subframes and jacking points for corrosion, or for fresh underseal that may hide it.
Check that doors, bonnet and boot open, close and latch properly.
Look for loose trim, sharp edges or damage around the bumpers and wheel arches.

Ask for the car's MOT history: a body and structure advisory that repeats from year to year has not been fixed. GOV.UK MOT history.

Questions

What are the common body and structure problems on the Toyota Hiace?

At 17 years (6,492 MOTs), the body and structure fail items testers record most often are integral vehicle structure condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced (1.2 per 100 MOTs), chassis condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced (0.9 per 100 MOTs). The most common body and structure advisories or minor defects are chassis condition: is corroded but structural rigidity is not significantly reduced (4.1) and integral vehicle structure condition: is corroded but structural rigidity is not significantly reduced (3.9).

Does the Toyota Hiace have more body and structure problems than other cars?

At 17 years it has 5.5 body and structure fails per 100 MOTs against 8.3 for all cars of the same age (2.8 fewer). It is above the all-car rate at 5 of the 14 ages with enough tests.

Body and structure problems on other Toyota models

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.

The all cars figures cover all class 4 vehicles (cars and light vans) tested at the same age.

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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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