77.6%
Toyota RAV4
Toyota RAV4 vs Honda CR-V
Buying a used Toyota RAV4 or Honda CR-V? Compare their MOT pass rates, common problems, mileage and how they hold up as they get older.
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MOT pass rate head to head
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. The UK average across all cars is 72.3%.
74.4%
Honda CR-V
3.2
percentage point gap in the Toyota RAV4's favour
A real gap, but not a decisive one on its own. The figures come from 132,184 tests of the Toyota RAV4 and 194,462 of the Honda CR-V. The Honda CR-V also arrives at test with roughly 15,940 more miles on average, which usually says more about who buys it and what they use it for than about how long it lasts.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. It records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day.
Which one holds up better with age?
A headline pass rate mixes three-year-old cars with fifteen-year-old ones. Split by age, you can see what each model does over time.
| Age at test | RAV4 | CR-V |
|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 91.5% | 91.8% |
| 6 to 10 years | 82.4% | 85.1% |
| 11 years and over | 64.3% | 65% |
Both models age at much the same rate, losing around 27 percentage points between the youngest and oldest groups. Neither has an advantage worth paying for on this measure.
What each one fails on
The areas testers recorded most often across every failed 2025 test for each model, as a share of recorded failure items.
Toyota RAV4
Honda CR-V
The Toyota RAV4 fails most often on suspension, the Honda CR-V on lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment. Two different things to check on a viewing, and two different conversations to have with the seller. These are recorded failure categories, not faults every car has.
The specific items testers wrote down
One level deeper than the category: the individual defects recorded most often on each model.
Toyota RAV4
- Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively
- Position lamp not working
- Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn
Honda CR-V
- Tread depth tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm
- Position lamp not working
- Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively
What this comparison can't tell you
Everything above describes two models across the whole UK fleet. It says nothing about the one car in the advert. Two RAV4s of the same year and mileage can be worth thousands apart because of finance, a write-off, a theft record or a clocked odometer, none of which appear in MOT data.
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- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
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Toyota RAV4 vs Honda CR-V FAQs
Is the Toyota RAV4 or the Honda CR-V more likely to pass its MOT?
The Toyota RAV4 passed 77.6% of its initial MOT tests in the DVSA 2025 data against 74.4% for the Honda CR-V, a gap of 3.2 percentage points. That is a fleet-wide average, not a prediction about the specific car you are looking at.
Does a higher MOT pass rate mean a more reliable car?
No. An MOT records whether a vehicle met the roadworthiness standard on the day it was tested. It does not test the engine, clutch or gearbox, and it does not measure how often a car breaks down. Pass rates are useful for comparing how two models are holding up across the whole UK fleet, and nothing more than that.
Which is cheaper to keep on the road, the Toyota RAV4 or the Honda CR-V?
This data does not price servicing or repairs, so it cannot answer that directly. What it does show is what each model most often fails on, which is a fair guide to where the money goes. The Toyota RAV4 fails most often on suspension. The Honda CR-V fails most often on lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment.
Which one has covered more miles by MOT time?
The average Honda CR-V arrived at its 2025 MOT on 95,111 miles, against 79,171 for the Toyota RAV4. That usually reflects who buys each car and what they use it for rather than how long it will last.
How do I check the actual Toyota RAV4 I have found?
Enter its registration. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, insurance write-off markers, stolen markers, the mileage recorded at every MOT, previous keepers, tax and MOT status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report. None of that appears in model-level MOT statistics.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.