69.9%
Toyota Hilux
Toyota Hilux MOT pass rate and common problems
The Toyota Hilux passed 69.9% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 2.4 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was position lamp not working.
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How the Hilux 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 Hilux runs 5.2 points behind the Toyota average. It is 24th of the 32 Toyota models in the data. The average Hilux arrived at its test 10.5 years old with 96,377 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.
Hilux MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Toyota Hilux cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 81.9% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 59.1%, a drop of 22.8 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 17,896 | 81.9% | 9.6 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 24,025 | 71.1% | 1.2 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 28,786 | 59.1% | 13.2 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Hilux failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Toyota Hilux cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes together account for 49.2% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Hilux MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Toyota Hilux cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 29.6% of everything testers recorded against failed Toyota Hilux cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Hilux
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, rear fog lamp not working, registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps and stop lamp not working. 11.8% of failure items.
2
Brakes
Recorded most often: rigid brake pipes excessively corroded and rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements. 5.8% of failure items.
3
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken and component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength. 5.5% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 4.3% of failure items.
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Toyota Hilux MOT FAQs
What is the Toyota Hilux MOT pass rate?
69.9% of Toyota Hilux cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 75,434 tests. That is 2.4 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 348th of 575 models.
What does a Toyota Hilux most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Toyota Hilux cars failing their 2025 MOT was position lamp not working, on 4.8% of failure items. Next were wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.3%) and rigid brake pipes excessively corroded (2.9%).
Which area causes the most Toyota Hilux MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 26.2%, followed by brakes at 23%.
Do older Toyota Hilux cars fail their MOT more often?
Toyota Hilux cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 81.9% of MOT tests in 2025, against 59.1% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Toyota Hilux has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Toyota Hilux 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 Hilux'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.