Toyota Hilux MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Toyota Hilux in Great Britain in 2025 — 75,304 tests. Figures cover every Hilux first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. The Hilux is a van, tested in the car MOT class (class 4) to the same standard. How the Hilux ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
69.9%
2.4 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
75,304
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
6.9%
of Hilux first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
93,750
middle half: 68,750–123,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How the Hilux ages

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

Toyota HiluxAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Toyota Hilux, vehicle age 3: 85.1%Toyota Hilux, vehicle age 4: 82.6%Toyota Hilux, vehicle age 5: 80.2%Toyota Hilux, vehicle age 6: 79.2%Toyota Hilux, vehicle age 7: 76.3%Toyota Hilux, vehicle age 8: 75.2%Toyota Hilux, vehicle age 9: 69.4%Toyota Hilux, vehicle age 10: 65%Toyota Hilux, vehicle age 11: 63.2%Toyota Hilux, vehicle age 12: 60.3%Toyota Hilux, vehicle age 13: 59.1%Toyota Hilux, vehicle age 14: 57.5%Toyota Hilux, vehicle age 15: 57%Toyota Hilux, vehicle age 16: 58.1%Toyota Hilux, vehicle age 17: 56.8%Toyota Hilux, vehicle age 18: 59%Toyota Hilux, vehicle age 19: 58.9%Toyota Hilux, vehicle age 20: 59.1%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 Hilux 59.1%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Hilux testsHilux pass rateAll cars
36,21585.1%88.5%
48,11582.6%87.2%
54,90780.2%86.0%
64,98579.2%83.5%
75,26476.3%80.9%
84,85075.2%78.2%
94,31969.4%74.9%
105,34665.0%71.9%
114,66263.2%68.6%
123,74260.3%65.8%
133,62459.1%63.5%
143,42257.5%61.2%
152,20757.0%59.3%
161,59958.1%58.3%
171,74756.8%57.2%
181,58359.0%57.4%
1987158.9%57.0%
2099959.1%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Hilux aheadHilux behind
-8-4+0+4+8Age 3: -3.4 points vs the average car3Age 4: -4.6 points vs the average carAge 5: -5.8 points vs the average car5Age 6: -4.3 points vs the average carAge 7: -4.6 points vs the average car7Age 8: -3.0 points vs the average carAge 9: -5.5 points vs the average car9Age 10: -6.9 points vs the average carAge 11: -5.4 points vs the average car11Age 12: -5.5 points vs the average carAge 13: -4.4 points vs the average car13Age 14: -3.7 points vs the average carAge 15: -2.3 points vs the average car15Age 16: -0.2 points vs the average carAge 17: -0.4 points vs the average car17Age 18: +1.6 points vs the average carAge 19: +1.9 points vs the average car19Age 20: +1.5 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-3.4
4-4.6
5-5.8
6-4.3
7-4.6
8-3.0
9-5.5
10-6.9
11-5.4
12-5.5
13-4.4
14-3.7
15-2.3
16-0.2
17-0.4
18+1.6
19+1.9
20+1.5

The Hilux fleet on the road, by age

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

02k4k6k9kAge 3: 6k3Age 4: 8kAge 5: 4k5Age 6: 4kAge 7: 5k7Age 8: 4kAge 9: 4k9Age 10: 5kAge 11: 4k11Age 12: 3kAge 13: 3k13Age 14: 3kAge 15: 2k15Age 16: 1kAge 17: 1k17Age 18: 1kAge 19: 87119Age 20: 99920Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
36,215
48,115
54,907
64,985
75,264
84,850
94,319
105,346
114,662
123,742
133,624
143,422
152,207
161,599
171,747
181,583
19871
20999

What a Hilux fails on

Where the failure items land when a Hilux 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 equipment26.3%
Brakes23.1%
Suspension17.9%
Body, chassis, structure12.3%
Visibility6.9%
Tyres4.5%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.9%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems2.8%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (96.8% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Brakes: 27.5% of advisories27.5%Suspension: 22.5% of advisories22.5%Tyres: 20.9% of advisories20.9%Body, chassis, structure: 13.8% of advisories13.8%Noise, emissions and leaks: 4.4% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 4.0% of advisories
BrakesSuspensionTyresBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes27.5%
Suspension22.5%
Tyres20.9%
Body, chassis, structure13.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.4%
Non-component advisories4.0%

What mileage is normal for a Hilux?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Hilux; 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 Hilux (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k200k3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 23,750–53,750)Age 4: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 31,250–66,250)Age 5: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 36,250–76,250)Age 6: typical 66,250 miles (middle half 46,250–91,250)Age 7: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 53,750–103,750)Age 8: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 61,250–113,750)Age 9: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 63,750–118,750)Age 10: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 68,750–123,750)Age 11: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 76,250–131,250)Age 12: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 81,250–136,250)Age 13: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 86,250–146,250)Age 14: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 93,750–153,750)Age 15: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 98,750–163,750)Age 16: typical 133,750 miles (middle half 103,750–166,250)Age 17: typical 138,750 miles (middle half 106,250–173,750)Age 18: typical 143,750 miles (middle half 111,250–178,750)Age 19: typical 141,250 miles (middle half 106,250–181,250)Age 20: typical 146,250 miles (middle half 111,250–186,250)146k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
323,75036,25053,750
431,25046,25066,250
536,25056,25076,250
646,25066,25091,250
753,75076,250103,750
861,25086,250113,750
963,75088,750118,750
1068,75093,750123,750
1176,250101,250131,250
1281,250106,250136,250
1386,250113,750146,250
1493,750121,250153,750
1598,750128,750163,750
16103,750133,750166,250
17106,250138,750173,750
18111,250143,750178,750
19106,250141,250181,250
20111,250146,250186,250

What fails at each age

The Hilux's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

BrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentTyresVisibilitySuspensionBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsBrakes32.1%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.1%
3-5 yrsTyres13.8%
3-5 yrsVisibility12.8%
3-5 yrsSuspension7.5%
3-5 yrsEverything else11.7%
6-9 yrsBrakes28.8%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.8%
6-9 yrsSuspension19.4%
6-9 yrsTyres8.2%
6-9 yrsVisibility7.7%
6-9 yrsEverything else13.1%
10-13 yrsBrakes26.6%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.2%
10-13 yrsSuspension20.6%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure13.1%
10-13 yrsVisibility4.6%
10-13 yrsEverything else12.9%
14+ yrsBrakes22.1%
14+ yrsSuspension21.5%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.0%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure17.9%
14+ yrsVisibility4.0%
14+ yrsEverything else13.5%

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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.