2005 Toyota Alphard: MOT pass rate and reliability

76.7% of 2005 Toyota Alphards pass the MOT first time, measured across 847 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 86,446 miles.

How the 2005 compares

  • Against all Toyota Alphards (77.5%, 10,202 tests): -0.8 points
  • Against all 2005 cars (64.2%): +12.5 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Toyota Alphard model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2005 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Toyota Alphard:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2003 69.6% 481 96,189
2004 73.2% 822 89,671
2005 76.7% 847 86,446
2006 78.4% 1,334 78,067
2007 78.7% 1,500 75,831
2008 80.2% 1,022 79,464
2009 83% 306 70,758
2010 83% 347 75,848
2012 85.9% 270 67,861
2013 90.5% 211 72,001
2015 72.6% 274 109,349
2016 73.8% 363 108,524
2017 72.1% 416 102,967
2018 77% 374 94,425
2019 75.5% 347 90,401
2020 71.5% 390 83,632
2021 75.5% 375 79,161

What this means if you are buying a 2005 Alphard

The 2005 sits close to the Toyota Alphard average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 21-year-old car fails on

A 2005 car is 21 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2005 Toyota Alphard the average at test was 86,446 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2013 at 90.5%, and the weakest in our data is 2003 at 69.6%. That 20.9 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2005 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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