Toyota Hiace MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Toyota Hiace in Great Britain in 2025 — 13,131 tests. Figures cover every Hiace first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. The Hiace is a van, tested in the car MOT class (class 4) to the same standard. How the Hiace ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
65.2%
7.1 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
13,131
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
7.0%
of Hiace first tests; national 7.3%

How the Hiace ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Hiace vs all cars, 2025.

Toyota HiaceAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Toyota Hiace, vehicle age 15: 68.1%Toyota Hiace, vehicle age 16: 70.2%Toyota Hiace, vehicle age 17: 68%Toyota Hiace, vehicle age 18: 64.4%Toyota Hiace, vehicle age 19: 63.3%Toyota Hiace, vehicle age 20: 65.5%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%Toyota Hiace 65.5%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Hiace testsHiace pass rateAll cars
1580868.1%59.3%
1685370.2%58.3%
171,52068.0%57.2%
181,64964.4%57.4%
191,30863.3%57.0%
201,08165.5%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Hiace's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Hiace beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Hiace ahead
-12-6+0+6+12Age 15: +8.8 points vs the average car15Age 16: +11.9 points vs the average carAge 17: +10.8 points vs the average car17Age 18: +7.0 points vs the average carAge 19: +6.3 points vs the average car19Age 20: +7.9 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
15+8.8
16+11.9
17+10.8
18+7.0
19+6.3
20+7.9

The Hiace fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Hiace fleet still in use.

05001k1k2kAge 15: 80815Age 16: 853Age 17: 1k17Age 18: 1kAge 19: 1k19Age 20: 1k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
15808
16853
171,520
181,649
191,308
201,081

What a Hiace fails on

Where the failure items land when a Hiace fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment25.8%
Suspension24.2%
Brakes13.7%
Body, chassis, structure13.2%
Visibility9.4%
Tyres5.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.6%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems2.2%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.2% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Hiace, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Suspension: 42.2% of advisories42.2%Brakes: 20.9% of advisories20.9%Tyres: 13.5% of advisories13.5%Body, chassis, structure: 9.8% of advisories9.8%Noise, emissions and leaks: 4.3% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 3.5% of advisories
SuspensionBrakesTyresBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaksIdentification of the vehicle
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension42.2%
Brakes20.9%
Tyres13.5%
Body, chassis, structure9.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.3%
Identification of the vehicle3.5%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Hiace?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Hiace fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Diesel: 64.7% of 12,241 tests64.7%Diesel12,241 testsPetrol: 71.1% of 874 tests71.1%Petrol874 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel12,24164.7%
Petrol87471.1%

What mileage is normal for a Hiace?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Hiace; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Hiace (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k200k15171920Vehicle age (years)Age 15: typical 133,750 miles (middle half 98,750–181,250)Age 16: typical 133,750 miles (middle half 96,250–176,250)Age 17: typical 141,250 miles (middle half 103,750–183,750)Age 18: typical 143,750 miles (middle half 111,250–183,750)Age 19: typical 148,750 miles (middle half 111,250–188,750)Age 20: typical 151,250 miles (middle half 113,750–193,750)151k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1598,750133,750181,250
1696,250133,750176,250
17103,750141,250183,750
18111,250143,750183,750
19111,250148,750188,750
20113,750151,250193,750

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.