Toyota Prius+, Buying guide, MOT record, UK numbers and recalls
13,360 Toyota Prius+ cars are licensed in the UK. In 2025 they passed 82.6% of initial MOT tests, 10.3 points above the 72.3% UK average.
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Toyota Prius+ at the MOT
82.6% of 4,631 initial tests passed in 2025, ranking the Prius+ 164th of 575 models. Toyota Prius+ cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 87.4% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 77.1%.
First-time pass rate, 2025
Share of initial tests passed, retests excluded.
Pass rate by age at test
Toyota Prius+ tests in 2025.
Where Prius+ cars fail
Share of all failure items recorded on Toyota Prius+ tests in 2025.
The items testers recorded most often were registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (11.6%), position lamp not working (9.7%) and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (6.7%).
The MOT page lists every common Prius+ MOT failure. For one car's own results and advisories, run a free MOT history check.
What to look at on a viewing
The Prius+'s most common failure areas, and what a tester checks in each.
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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.45.4% of Prius+ failure items
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Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters.14.6% of Prius+ failure items
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Tyres
Check tread depth across the full width of every tyre (the legal minimum is 1.6mm), and look for cuts, bulges and uneven wear.12.5% of Prius+ failure items
Toyota Prius+ cars in the UK
13,360 were licensed at the end of June 2026. The number licensed has grown 397% since the end of 2014.
- Change since 2014
- +397%from 2,690 licensed
- Typical year of first use
- 2018half of those licensed at the end of 2025 were first used in 2018 or earlier
- First registered in 2025
- 39against 3,883 in 2019
- Declared off the road
- 1331% of those registered, under SORN
Licensed Toyota Prius+ cars since 2014
Licensed at each year end and in the latest quarter.
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| Date | Licensed |
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| End of 2014 | 2,690 |
| End of 2015 | 3,735 |
| End of 2016 | 4,906 |
| End of 2017 | 5,847 |
| End of 2018 | 6,829 |
| End of 2019 | 10,661 |
| End of 2020 | 13,167 |
| End of 2021 | 13,398 |
| End of 2022 | 13,391 |
| End of 2023 | 13,366 |
| End of 2024 | 13,227 |
| End of 2025 | 13,349 |
| End of June 2026 | 13,360 |
How old they are
Licensed Toyota Prius+ cars by year of first use.
- Licensed at the end of 2025
- First registered that year
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| First used | Licensed, end 2025 | First registered that year |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2,671 | 2,829 |
| 2019 | 3,616 | 3,883 |
| 2018 | 937 | 986 |
| 2017 | 873 | 951 |
| 2016 | 1,112 | 1,201 |
| 2015 | 1,065 | 1,163 |
| 2014 | 749 | |
| 2013 | 1,009 | |
| 2012 | 736 |
1,065 Prius+ cars first used in 2015 were still licensed at the end of 2025, roughly 92% of the 1,163 first registered that year.
Prius+ engine sizes
1.8 litre engines made up 99% of Toyota Prius+ MOT tests in 2025. Hybrid electric accounts for 100% of licensed Prius+ cars.
Toyota Prius+ recalls
1 DVSA safety recall launched from 1992 to October 2026 names the Toyota Prius+. Each covers vehicles built in a set period, so a recall does not mean every Prius+ is affected.
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Jan 2019 R/2018/293
Vehicle may not enter failsafe driving mode as intended in response to certain hybrid system faults
Defect and remedy
- Defect
- The vehicle may not enter a failsafe driving mode as intended.
- Remedy
- Reprogram the Power Management ECU.
Other Toyota models
The most-tested Toyota models in 2025, against the Prius+'s 82.6% MOT pass rate.
Toyota Prius+ FAQs
How many Toyota Prius+ cars are there in the UK?
13,360 Toyota Prius+ cars were licensed in the UK at the end of June 2026, with a further 133 declared off the road (SORN), according to DfT vehicle licensing statistics.
Is the Toyota Prius+ 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 an 82.6% first-time pass rate for the Toyota Prius+ across 4,631 tests in 2025, above the 72.3% average for all cars.
Has the Toyota Prius+ had any recalls?
1 DVSA safety recall launched from 1992 to October 2026 names the Toyota Prius+. The most recent was published in January 2019. A recall applies to vehicles built in a set period, so check a specific car on the GOV.UK vehicle recall checker.
What should I check before buying a used Toyota Prius+?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, suspension and tyres. Then check the individual car's own records. Outstanding finance, insurance write-offs and police stolen markers are not part of the MOT record, so they take a history check.
How do I check a Toyota Prius+'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.
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Across the 1,548 vehicles of every make Carpeep has checked since November 2025, 19% had outstanding finance recorded and 13% an insurance write-off. More on the Toyota history check. To confirm a car's identity, see the Toyota VIN check.
- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), which also gives the engine sizes. Licensed, SORN, fuel and registration figures are from the Department for Transport vehicle licensing statistics (VEH0120, VEH0124, VEH0160). Recalls are from the DVSA vehicle recalls data, with recalls launched up to October 2026. Government data is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability. History-check findings are anonymous counts from reports bought on Carpeep, each vehicle counted once, and are published only where at least 100 vehicles returned an answer.