2001 Toyota Celica: MOT pass rate and reliability

67.9% of 2001 Toyota Celicas pass the MOT first time, measured across 866 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 121,049 miles.

How the 2001 compares

  • Against all Toyota Celicas (67.5%, 9,473 tests): +0.4 points
  • Against all 2001 cars (66.2%): +1.7 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Toyota Celica model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2001 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Toyota Celica:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
1996 65% 297 129,073
1997 65.5% 293 130,882
1998 67% 437 123,424
1999 68% 319 124,050
2000 65.7% 411 117,728
2001 67.9% 866 121,049
2002 68.2% 1,006 119,002
2003 65.5% 1,284 118,542
2004 66.5% 1,464 116,099
2005 66.9% 1,302 113,541
2006 67.7% 928 105,618

What this means if you are buying a 2001 Celica

The 2001 sits close to the Toyota Celica 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 25-year-old car fails on

A 2001 car is 25 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 high mileage, so timing belts, clutches, suspension bushes and corrosion are the items worth budgeting for rather than the MOT itself. On a 2001 Toyota Celica the average at test was 121,049 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 2002 at 68.2%, and the weakest in our data is 1996 at 65%. That 3.2 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2001 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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