Toyota RAV4 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Toyota RAV4 in Great Britain in 2025 — 132,191 tests. Figures cover every RAV4 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the RAV4 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
77.6%
5.3 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
132,191
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
5.2%
of RAV4 first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
78,750
middle half: 61,250–101,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Toyota RAV4 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 164,398 Toyota RAV4 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 145,727 taxed and 18,671 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 RAV4 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
145,727
88.6% of the 164,398 RAV4 cars taxed or on SORN; 125 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
18,671
declared off the road by their keepers — 11.4% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed RAV4 cars peaked at 152,440 at the end of 2022 and has since fallen by 6,713 (4.4%) to 145,727 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 3,381 at the end of 2014 to 18,671 at the end of 2025, up 452.2%. 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 RAV4 cars, year by year

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

050k100k150k200k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed RAV4 cars, year 2014: 134kTaxed RAV4 cars, year 2015: 136kTaxed RAV4 cars, year 2016: 138kTaxed RAV4 cars, year 2017: 138kTaxed RAV4 cars, year 2018: 137kTaxed RAV4 cars, year 2019: 138kTaxed RAV4 cars, year 2020: 143kTaxed RAV4 cars, year 2021: 149kTaxed RAV4 cars, year 2022: 152kTaxed RAV4 cars, year 2023: 151kTaxed RAV4 cars, year 2024: 148kTaxed RAV4 cars, year 2025: 146k146k
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YearTaxed RAV4 cars
2014134,340
2015135,743
2016137,587
2017137,898
2018136,895
2019138,349
2020142,898
2021149,177
2022152,440
2023150,607
2024148,211
2025145,727

RAV4 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.

05k10k15k20k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)RAV4 cars on SORN, year 2014: 3kRAV4 cars on SORN, year 2015: 5kRAV4 cars on SORN, year 2016: 6kRAV4 cars on SORN, year 2017: 8kRAV4 cars on SORN, year 2018: 9kRAV4 cars on SORN, year 2019: 11kRAV4 cars on SORN, year 2020: 13kRAV4 cars on SORN, year 2021: 14kRAV4 cars on SORN, year 2022: 15kRAV4 cars on SORN, year 2023: 17kRAV4 cars on SORN, year 2024: 17kRAV4 cars on SORN, year 2025: 19k19k
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YearRAV4 cars on SORN
20143,381
20154,638
20166,144
20177,801
20189,244
201910,957
202012,872
202113,792
202214,964
202316,612
202417,432
202518,671

Which model years survive

Taxed RAV4 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 145,727 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 2 taxed RAV4 cars have no recorded year of manufacture and are not in the table, so the rows add up to 145,725. 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 RAV4 cars
20255,2913.6%
20245,7223.9%
20236,1864.2%
20229,5596.6%
202111,8008.1%
202011,1807.7%
20198,6465.9%
20187,2485.0%
20177,8525.4%
20167,7305.3%
20155,9604.1%
20146,4494.4%
20136,1674.2%
20123,4052.3%
20113,6682.5%
20103,8162.6%
20092,9692.0%
20084,3303.0%
20074,8423.3%
20064,1782.9%
20055,1643.5%
20044,5913.2%
20033,3322.3%
20022,2201.5%
All other build years (nine years, each under 1%)3,4202.3%

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 name RAV4 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 RAV4 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, RAV4 vs all cars, 2025.

Toyota RAV4All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Toyota RAV4, vehicle age 3: 94.4%Toyota RAV4, vehicle age 4: 91.4%Toyota RAV4, vehicle age 5: 91.2%Toyota RAV4, vehicle age 6: 90.6%Toyota RAV4, vehicle age 7: 83.2%Toyota RAV4, vehicle age 8: 82.3%Toyota RAV4, vehicle age 9: 81.6%Toyota RAV4, vehicle age 10: 81.3%Toyota RAV4, vehicle age 11: 78.2%Toyota RAV4, vehicle age 12: 76%Toyota RAV4, vehicle age 13: 71%Toyota RAV4, vehicle age 14: 68.8%Toyota RAV4, vehicle age 15: 65.8%Toyota RAV4, vehicle age 16: 61.4%Toyota RAV4, vehicle age 17: 59.7%Toyota RAV4, vehicle age 18: 58.6%Toyota RAV4, vehicle age 19: 58%Toyota RAV4, vehicle age 20: 63.7%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 RAV4 63.7%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)RAV4 testsRAV4 pass rateAll cars
310,28194.4%88.5%
412,33891.4%87.2%
511,64091.2%86.0%
68,89290.6%83.5%
77,37683.2%80.9%
87,83682.3%78.2%
97,63881.6%74.9%
105,36881.3%71.9%
115,94178.2%68.6%
125,78976.0%65.8%
133,25671.0%63.5%
143,54568.8%61.2%
153,75065.8%59.3%
162,90461.4%58.3%
174,45959.7%57.2%
185,13658.6%57.4%
194,56758.0%57.0%
205,58663.7%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

The RAV4's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the RAV4 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

RAV4 ahead
-12-6+0+6+12Age 3: +5.9 points vs the average car3Age 4: +4.2 points vs the average carAge 5: +5.2 points vs the average car5Age 6: +7.1 points vs the average carAge 7: +2.3 points vs the average car7Age 8: +4.1 points vs the average carAge 9: +6.7 points vs the average car9Age 10: +9.4 points vs the average carAge 11: +9.6 points vs the average car11Age 12: +10.2 points vs the average carAge 13: +7.5 points vs the average car13Age 14: +7.6 points vs the average carAge 15: +6.5 points vs the average car15Age 16: +3.1 points vs the average carAge 17: +2.5 points vs the average car17Age 18: +1.2 points vs the average carAge 19: +1.0 points vs the average car19Age 20: +6.1 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+5.9
4+4.2
5+5.2
6+7.1
7+2.3
8+4.1
9+6.7
10+9.4
11+9.6
12+10.2
13+7.5
14+7.6
15+6.5
16+3.1
17+2.5
18+1.2
19+1.0
20+6.1

The RAV4 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the RAV4 fleet still in use.

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 10k3Age 4: 12kAge 5: 11k5Age 6: 8kAge 7: 7k7Age 8: 7kAge 9: 7k9Age 10: 5kAge 11: 5k11Age 12: 5kAge 13: 3k13Age 14: 3kAge 15: 3k15Age 16: 2kAge 17: 4k17Age 18: 5kAge 19: 4k19Age 20: 5k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
310,281
412,338
511,640
68,892
77,376
87,836
97,638
105,368
115,941
125,789
133,256
143,545
153,750
162,904
174,459
185,136
194,567
205,586

What a RAV4 fails on

Where the failure items land when a RAV4 fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Suspension24.0%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.0%
Brakes15.9%
Tyres10.5%
Visibility9.3%
Body, chassis, structure6.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.2%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems2.3%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.8% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a RAV4, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Suspension: 30.3% of advisories30.3%Tyres: 27.1% of advisories27.1%Brakes: 24.6% of advisories24.6%Body, chassis, structure: 5.0% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 5.0% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 3.0% of advisories
SuspensionTyresBrakesBody, chassis, structureNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension30.3%
Tyres27.1%
Brakes24.6%
Body, chassis, structure5.0%
Non-component advisories5.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.0%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid RAV4?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested RAV4 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%Hybrid electric: 89.3% of 59,670 tests89.3%Hybrid59,670 testsDiesel: 70.1% of 41,830 tests70.1%Diesel41,830 testsPetrol: 65.1% of 30,657 tests65.1%Petrol30,657 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Hybrid electric59,67089.3%
Diesel41,83070.1%
Petrol30,65765.1%

What mileage is normal for a RAV4?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) RAV4; 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 RAV4 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 26,250 miles (middle half 18,750–36,250)Age 4: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 23,750–46,250)Age 5: typical 41,250 miles (middle half 31,250–56,250)Age 6: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 36,250–63,750)Age 7: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 38,750–68,750)Age 8: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 48,750–81,250)Age 9: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 53,750–88,750)Age 10: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 61,250–101,250)Age 11: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 68,750–111,250)Age 12: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 73,750–118,750)Age 13: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 73,750–118,750)Age 14: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 78,750–126,250)Age 15: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 83,750–133,750)Age 16: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 88,750–136,250)Age 17: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 93,750–143,750)Age 18: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 93,750–146,250)Age 19: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 96,250–143,750)Age 20: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 91,250–138,750)113k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
318,75026,25036,250
423,75033,75046,250
531,25041,25056,250
636,25048,75063,750
738,75053,75068,750
848,75063,75081,250
953,75071,25088,750
1061,25078,750101,250
1168,75088,750111,250
1273,75096,250118,750
1373,75093,750118,750
1478,750101,250126,250
1583,750108,750133,750
1688,750111,250136,250
1793,750118,750143,750
1893,750121,250146,250
1996,250118,750143,750
2091,250113,750138,750

What fails at each age

The RAV4'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.

TyresVisibilityLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentBrakesSuspensionBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaksEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres57.5%
3-5 yrsVisibility17.8%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment9.7%
3-5 yrsBrakes8.7%
3-5 yrsSuspension2.3%
3-5 yrsEverything else4.0%
6-9 yrsSuspension34.2%
6-9 yrsTyres22.9%
6-9 yrsBrakes19.4%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment10.2%
6-9 yrsVisibility9.4%
6-9 yrsEverything else3.9%
10-13 yrsSuspension27.7%
10-13 yrsBrakes23.8%
10-13 yrsTyres17.2%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment15.7%
10-13 yrsVisibility6.5%
10-13 yrsEverything else9.1%
14+ yrsSuspension27.6%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment20.1%
14+ yrsBrakes17.2%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure9.6%
14+ yrsNoise, emissions and leaks8.7%
14+ yrsEverything else16.8%

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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.