65.1%
Toyota Hiace pass rate
Used Toyota Hiace buying guide
In 2025, Toyota Hiace cars passed 65.1% of 13,082 initial MOT tests, 7.2 points below the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Toyota Hiace MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
−7.2
percentage points below average
Ranked on pass rate the Hiace sits 428th of 575 models in the data. Toyota as a brand averaged 75.1%, so this model runs 10 points behind its own brand. Toyota Hiace cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 68.7% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 65.1%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Toyota Hiace MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Hiace compares with similar cars.
Hiace fuel types
Diesel made up 93.3% of Toyota Hiace MOT tests in 2025, against 39.3% across all models in this data. Almost every used example you look at will be a diesel.
Where the Hiace fails its MOT
Where Toyota Hiace cars that failed their 2025 MOT were marked down, as a share of all recorded failure items.
The specific items testers recorded most often were component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (9.8%), position lamp not working (6.4%) and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (5.7%). See every common Hiace MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Toyota Hiace that failed, not a claim that every Hiace has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Hiace?
The areas above, most common first, and what an MOT tester looks at in each.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting. 25.7% of Hiace failure items.
2
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 24.2% of Hiace failure items.
3
Brakes
Make sure the pedal feels firm, the car stops in a straight line, the handbrake holds on a slope and no brake warning light is showing. 13.7% of Hiace failure items.
4
Body, chassis, structure
Look underneath and along the sills for corrosion, and check for damaged or poorly repaired panels. 13.2% of Hiace failure items.
5
Visibility
Check the windscreen for chips or cracks in the driver's view, and that the wipers and washers clear it properly. 9.4% of Hiace failure items.
None of this replaces the car's own record. Run a free MOT history check on the registration to see every test, advisory and recorded mileage for that car.
What the MOT record doesn't tell you
Knowing Toyota Hiace failures cluster around lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension tells you what to inspect. It tells you nothing about whether the car is safe to buy. An MOT does not show money still owed on the car, a write-off, a theft record or a clocked odometer.
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- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
Other used Toyota models
The most-tested Toyota models in 2025, with how their MOT pass rate compares with the Hiace.
Used Toyota Hiace FAQs
Is the Toyota Hiace reliable?
MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 65.1% first-time pass rate for the Toyota Hiace across 13,082 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Toyota Hiace cars fail their MOT more often?
Toyota Hiace cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 68.7% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 65.1%. On an older example, the car's own MOT history tells you more than the model average.
What should I check before buying a used Toyota Hiace?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, suspension and brakes. Then check the individual car's history: outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers, mileage and previous keepers. None of these appear in the MOT record or on the V5C.
How do I check a Toyota Hiace's history?
Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.
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.