72.8%
Toyota Alphard
Toyota Alphard MOT pass rate and common problems
The Toyota Alphard passed 72.8% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 0.5 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively.
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How the Alphard compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
75.1%
Toyota average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Alphard runs 2.3 points behind the Toyota average. It is 19th of the 32 Toyota models in the data. The average Alphard arrived at its test 15 years old with 85,787 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Alphard MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Toyota Alphard cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 72.5% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over it rose to 73.3%, 0.8 percentage points higher.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 1,112 | 72.5% | In line |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,841 | 69.9% | 2.4 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 8,595 | 73.3% | 1 pt above |
Older examples test at least as well as newer ones here, which usually says more about how the surviving cars have been kept than about age itself. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Alphard failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Toyota Alphard cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 55.3% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Alphard MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Toyota Alphard cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 44% of everything testers recorded against failed Toyota Alphard cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Alphard
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect and rear fog lamp not working. 13.8% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn. 13.5% of failure items.
3
Tyres
Recorded most often: condition has ply or cords exposed and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 6.8% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 5.9% of failure items.
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Toyota Alphard MOT FAQs
What is the Toyota Alphard MOT pass rate?
72.8% of Toyota Alphard cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 11,604 tests. That is 0.5 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 294th of 575 models.
What does a Toyota Alphard most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Toyota Alphard cars failing their 2025 MOT was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively, on 5.9% of failure items. Next were linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.8%) and position lamp not working (5%).
Which area causes the most Toyota Alphard MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 33.9%, followed by suspension at 21.4%.
Do older Toyota Alphard cars fail their MOT more often?
Toyota Alphard cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 72.5% of MOT tests in 2025, against 73.3% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Toyota Alphard has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Toyota Alphard that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Toyota Alphard's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.