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Toyota Urban Cruiser
Toyota Urban Cruiser MOT pass rate and common problems
The Toyota Urban Cruiser passed 69% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 3.3 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 Urban Cruiser 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 Urban Cruiser runs 6.1 points behind the Toyota average. It is 26th of the 32 Toyota models in the data. The average Urban Cruiser arrived at its test 14.7 years old with 93,298 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.
Urban Cruiser MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 years and over | 3,552 | 69% | 3.3 pts below |
Every Toyota Urban Cruiser tested in 2025 was aged 11 years and over, so there is no other age group to compare with. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Urban Cruiser failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Toyota Urban Cruiser cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes together account for 46.8% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Urban Cruiser MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Toyota Urban Cruiser cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 37% of everything testers recorded against failed Toyota Urban Cruiser cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Urban Cruiser
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working and headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect. 9.8% of failure items.
2
Brakes
Recorded most often: rigid brake pipes excessively corroded, brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick and electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault. 9.4% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively and washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 6.8% of failure items.
4
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 3.9% of failure items.
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Toyota Urban Cruiser MOT FAQs
What is the Toyota Urban Cruiser MOT pass rate?
69% of Toyota Urban Cruiser cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 3,552 tests. That is 3.3 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 368th of 575 models.
What does a Toyota Urban Cruiser most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Toyota Urban Cruiser cars failing their 2025 MOT was position lamp not working, on 6.3% of failure items. Next were rigid brake pipes excessively corroded (4.2%) and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.2%).
Which area causes the most Toyota Urban Cruiser MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 23.7%, followed by brakes at 23.1%.
Does this mean every Toyota Urban Cruiser has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Toyota Urban Cruiser 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 Urban Cruiser'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.