88.1%
Toyota Supra
Toyota Supra MOT pass rate and common problems
The Toyota Supra passed 88.1% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 15.8 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was condition has ply or cords exposed.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Supra 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 Supra runs 13.1 points ahead of the Toyota average. It is 6th of the 32 Toyota models in the data. The average Supra arrived at its test 17 years old with 68,031 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.
Supra MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Toyota Supra cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 93.9% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 83.8%, a drop of 10.2 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 743 | 93.9% | 21.6 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years (small sample) | 74 | 87.8% | 15.5 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 1,307 | 83.8% | 11.5 pts above |
That is a typical decline as cars age. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Supra failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Toyota Supra cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and tyres together account for 40.5% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Supra MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Toyota Supra cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 31.5% of everything testers recorded against failed Toyota Supra cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Supra
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: rear fog lamp not working, headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect, headlamp aim too low and headlamp aim too high. 11.4% of failure items.
2
Tyres
Recorded most often: condition has ply or cords exposed and condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords. 7.7% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively and washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 6.4% of failure items.
4
Identification of the vehicle
Recorded most often: registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements. 3.3% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Supra has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Toyota Supra buying guide.
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Toyota Supra MOT FAQs
What is the Toyota Supra MOT pass rate?
88.1% of Toyota Supra cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 2,335 tests. That is 15.8 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 68th of 575 models.
What does a Toyota Supra most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Toyota Supra cars failing their 2025 MOT was condition has ply or cords exposed, on 4.9% of failure items. Next were wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (3.8%) and registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements (3.3%).
Which area causes the most Toyota Supra MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 27.5%, followed by tyres at 13%.
Do older Toyota Supra cars fail their MOT more often?
Toyota Supra cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 93.9% of MOT tests in 2025, against 83.8% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Toyota Supra has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Toyota Supra 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 Supra'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.