83.3%
Toyota Vellfire
Toyota Vellfire MOT pass rate and common problems
The Toyota Vellfire passed 83.3% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 11 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt.
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How the Vellfire 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 Vellfire runs 8.2 points ahead of the Toyota average. It is 10th of the 32 Toyota models in the data. The average Vellfire arrived at its test 13.4 years old with 70,309 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.
Vellfire MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Toyota Vellfire cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 87.8% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 82.7%, a drop of 5.2 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years (small sample) | 75 | 78.7% | 6.4 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 403 | 87.8% | 15.5 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 2,976 | 82.7% | 10.4 pts above |
That is a smaller decline than most cars show. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Vellfire failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Toyota Vellfire cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 64.4% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Vellfire MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Toyota Vellfire cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 48.9% of everything testers recorded against failed Toyota Vellfire cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Vellfire
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, headlamp not working on dipped beam and rear fog lamp missing. 21% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt and swivel pins and bushes swivel pin and/or bush excessively worn. 17.7% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 6.7% of failure items.
4
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 3.4% of failure items.
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Toyota Vellfire MOT FAQs
What is the Toyota Vellfire MOT pass rate?
83.3% of Toyota Vellfire cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 3,478 tests. That is 11 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 153rd of 575 models.
What does a Toyota Vellfire most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Toyota Vellfire cars failing their 2025 MOT was linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, on 8.8% of failure items. Next were wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (6.7%) and position lamp not working (6%).
Which area causes the most Toyota Vellfire MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 38%, followed by suspension at 26.4%.
Do older Toyota Vellfire cars fail their MOT more often?
Toyota Vellfire cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 87.8% of MOT tests in 2025, against 82.7% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Toyota Vellfire has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Toyota Vellfire 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 Vellfire'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.