Toyota Land Cruiser MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Toyota Land Cruiser in Great Britain in 2025 — 21,093 tests. Figures cover every Land Cruiser first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Land Cruiser ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
72.8%
0.5 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
21,093
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
6.6%
of Land Cruiser first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
81,250
middle half: 58,750–108,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Toyota Land Cruiser cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 30,080 Toyota Land Cruiser cars that were taxed or on SORN: 20,872 taxed and 9,208 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Toyota Land Cruiser vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
20,872
69.4% of the 30,080 Land Cruiser cars taxed or on SORN; 75 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
9,208
declared off the road by their keepers — 30.6% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Land Cruiser cars peaked at 31,478 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 10,606 (33.7%) to 20,872 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 2,469 at the end of 2014 to 9,208 at the end of 2025, up 272.9%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Land Cruiser cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

010k20k30k40k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Land Cruiser cars, year 2014: 31kTaxed Land Cruiser cars, year 2015: 31kTaxed Land Cruiser cars, year 2016: 30kTaxed Land Cruiser cars, year 2017: 29kTaxed Land Cruiser cars, year 2018: 28kTaxed Land Cruiser cars, year 2019: 27kTaxed Land Cruiser cars, year 2020: 25kTaxed Land Cruiser cars, year 2021: 24kTaxed Land Cruiser cars, year 2022: 23kTaxed Land Cruiser cars, year 2023: 22kTaxed Land Cruiser cars, year 2024: 21kTaxed Land Cruiser cars, year 2025: 21k21k
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YearTaxed Land Cruiser cars
201431,478
201530,913
201630,321
201728,869
201827,730
201926,632
202025,282
202124,143
202223,260
202322,336
202421,448
202520,872

Land Cruiser cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

02k4k6k8k10k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Land Cruiser cars on SORN, year 2014: 2kLand Cruiser cars on SORN, year 2015: 3kLand Cruiser cars on SORN, year 2016: 3kLand Cruiser cars on SORN, year 2017: 4kLand Cruiser cars on SORN, year 2018: 5kLand Cruiser cars on SORN, year 2019: 5kLand Cruiser cars on SORN, year 2020: 6kLand Cruiser cars on SORN, year 2021: 7kLand Cruiser cars on SORN, year 2022: 7kLand Cruiser cars on SORN, year 2023: 8kLand Cruiser cars on SORN, year 2024: 9kLand Cruiser cars on SORN, year 2025: 9k9k
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YearLand Cruiser cars on SORN
20142,469
20152,909
20163,385
20174,069
20184,682
20195,362
20206,164
20216,615
20227,295
20238,084
20248,607
20259,208

Which model years survive

Taxed Land Cruiser cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 20,872 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 12 taxed Land Cruiser cars have no recorded year of manufacture and are not in the table, so the rows add up to 20,860. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Land Cruiser cars
20254912.4%
20245052.4%
20238964.3%
20226903.3%
20212481.2%
20203071.5%
20195582.7%
20185762.8%
20174762.3%
20166343.0%
20157603.6%
20147153.4%
20134142.0%
20124182.0%
20114912.4%
20106152.9%
20093801.8%
20085602.7%
20079604.6%
20061,1205.4%
20051,4416.9%
20041,3156.3%
20039414.5%
20027753.7%
20018133.9%
20005522.6%
19996122.9%
19986573.1%
19976793.3%
19963171.5%
19942091.0%
All other build years (24 years, each under 1%)7353.5%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model names LANDCRUISER, LAND CRUISER FIRST EDITION D A under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Land Cruiser ages

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

Toyota Land CruiserAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Toyota Land Cruiser, vehicle age 3: 90.6%Toyota Land Cruiser, vehicle age 6: 87.2%Toyota Land Cruiser, vehicle age 7: 86.5%Toyota Land Cruiser, vehicle age 9: 86.7%Toyota Land Cruiser, vehicle age 10: 83.9%Toyota Land Cruiser, vehicle age 11: 81.6%Toyota Land Cruiser, vehicle age 15: 76.3%Toyota Land Cruiser, vehicle age 17: 68.1%Toyota Land Cruiser, vehicle age 18: 66.3%Toyota Land Cruiser, vehicle age 19: 62.5%Toyota Land Cruiser, vehicle age 20: 65.8%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 Land Cruiser 65.8%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Land Cruiser testsLand Cruiser pass rateAll cars
394590.6%88.5%
659487.2%83.5%
759286.5%80.9%
958786.7%74.9%
1071983.9%71.9%
1170881.6%68.6%
1559976.3%59.3%
1757768.1%57.2%
1895566.3%57.4%
191,11962.5%57.0%
201,51165.8%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Land Cruiser ahead
-18-9+0+9+18Age 3: +2.1 points vs the average car3Age 6: +3.7 points vs the average carAge 7: +5.6 points vs the average car7Age 9: +11.8 points vs the average car9Age 10: +12.0 points vs the average carAge 11: +13.0 points vs the average car11Age 15: +17.0 points vs the average car15Age 17: +10.9 points vs the average car17Age 18: +8.9 points vs the average carAge 19: +5.5 points vs the average car19Age 20: +8.2 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+2.1
6+3.7
7+5.6
9+11.8
10+12.0
11+13.0
15+17.0
17+10.9
18+8.9
19+5.5
20+8.2

The Land Cruiser fleet on the road, by age

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

05001k1k2kAge 3: 9453Age 6: 594Age 7: 5927Age 9: 5879Age 10: 719Age 11: 70811Age 15: 59915Age 17: 57717Age 18: 955Age 19: 1k19Age 20: 1k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
3945
6594
7592
9587
10719
11708
15599
17577
18955
191,119
201,511

What a Land Cruiser fails on

Where the failure items land when a Land Cruiser 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 equipment21.8%
Suspension21.4%
Brakes20.2%
Body, chassis, structure15.8%
Visibility5.8%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems3.9%
Tyres3.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.3%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (95.5% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Suspension: 34.8% of advisories34.8%Brakes: 23.5% of advisories23.5%Body, chassis, structure: 13.5% of advisories13.5%Tyres: 12.2% of advisories12.2%Noise, emissions and leaks: 5.5% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 4.2% of advisories
SuspensionBrakesBody, chassis, structureTyresNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension34.8%
Brakes23.5%
Body, chassis, structure13.5%
Tyres12.2%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.5%
Non-component advisories4.2%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Land Cruiser?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Land Cruiser 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: 72.8% of 19,530 tests72.8%Diesel19,530 testsPetrol: 72.6% of 1,429 tests72.6%Petrol1,429 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel19,53072.8%
Petrol1,42972.6%

What mileage is normal for a Land Cruiser?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Land Cruiser; 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 Land Cruiser (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k200k3791115171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 26,250 miles (middle half 18,750–41,250)Age 6: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 36,250–73,750)Age 7: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 41,250–78,750)Age 9: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 58,750–98,750)Age 10: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 58,750–108,750)Age 11: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 66,250–118,750)Age 15: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 93,750–158,750)Age 17: typical 136,250 miles (middle half 103,750–166,250)Age 18: typical 146,250 miles (middle half 116,250–178,750)Age 19: typical 146,250 miles (middle half 116,250–183,750)Age 20: typical 148,750 miles (middle half 116,250–183,750)148k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
318,75026,25041,250
636,25053,75073,750
741,25058,75078,750
958,75076,25098,750
1058,75081,250108,750
1166,25091,250118,750
1593,750128,750158,750
17103,750136,250166,250
18116,250146,250178,750
19116,250146,250183,750
20116,250148,750183,750

What fails at each age

The Land Cruiser'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.

BrakesTyresVisibilityLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentIdentification of the vehicleSuspensionBody, chassis, structureSeat belts and supplementary restraint systemsEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsBrakes42.2%
3-5 yrsTyres21.1%
3-5 yrsVisibility13.5%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment9.2%
3-5 yrsIdentification of the vehicle4.4%
3-5 yrsEverything else9.6%
6-9 yrsBrakes39.3%
6-9 yrsTyres18.0%
6-9 yrsSuspension12.1%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment9.3%
6-9 yrsVisibility7.2%
6-9 yrsEverything else14.1%
10-13 yrsBrakes37.7%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment14.7%
10-13 yrsSuspension11.9%
10-13 yrsTyres11.9%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure7.4%
10-13 yrsEverything else16.4%
14+ yrsSuspension24.3%
14+ yrsBrakes20.3%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure18.3%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.2%
14+ yrsSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems4.5%
14+ yrsEverything else14.4%

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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. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “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.