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Toyota C-HR
Toyota C-HR MOT pass rate and common problems
The Toyota C-HR passed 86% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 13.7 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 C-HR 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 C-HR runs 10.9 points ahead of the Toyota average. It is 7th of the 32 Toyota models in the data. The average C-HR arrived at its test 5.4 years old with 44,968 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.
C-HR MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Toyota C-HR cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 86.8% of MOT tests. For cars aged 6 to 10 years that fell to 82.8%, a drop of 4 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 49,051 | 86.8% | 14.5 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 39,929 | 82.8% | 10.5 pts above |
| 11 years and over (small sample) | 2 | 50% | 22.3 pts below |
That is a smaller decline than most cars show. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where C-HR failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Toyota C-HR cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and visibility together account for 60.9% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common C-HR MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Toyota C-HR cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 66.6% of everything testers recorded against failed Toyota C-HR cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a C-HR
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively and washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 24.5% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp not working on dipped beam, reversing lamps inoperative, headlamp not working on main beam and headlamp aim too low. 21.5% of failure items.
3
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords and tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative. 16.4% of failure items.
4
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 4.2% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific C-HR has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Toyota C-HR buying guide.
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Toyota C-HR MOT FAQs
What is the Toyota C-HR MOT pass rate?
86% of Toyota C-HR cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 103,572 tests. That is 13.7 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 107th of 575 models.
What does a Toyota C-HR most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Toyota C-HR cars failing their 2025 MOT was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively, on 21.5% of failure items. Next were headlamp not working on dipped beam (8.2%) and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (7.8%).
Which area causes the most Toyota C-HR MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 33.6%, followed by visibility at 27.3%.
Do older Toyota C-HR cars fail their MOT more often?
Toyota C-HR cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 86.8% of MOT tests in 2025, against 82.8% for cars aged 6 to 10 years.
Does this mean every Toyota C-HR has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Toyota C-HR 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 C-HR'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.