2012 Toyota Estima: MOT pass rate and reliability

86.5% of 2012 Toyota Estimas pass the MOT first time, measured across 1,605 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 89,547 miles.

How the 2012 compares

  • Against all Toyota Estimas (83.2%, 17,609 tests): +3.3 points
  • Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): +15.7 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Toyota Estima model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2012 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Toyota Estima:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2004 70.3% 219 118,674
2005 66.5% 203 108,083
2006 79.6% 903 106,795
2007 77.7% 952 105,592
2008 82.4% 1,302 102,931
2009 84.2% 1,561 95,279
2010 83.2% 1,649 94,113
2011 84% 1,241 92,547
2012 86.5% 1,605 89,547
2013 87.7% 1,492 93,025
2014 87% 1,116 99,864
2015 82.2% 771 102,566
2016 84.5% 991 100,734
2017 87.1% 938 84,530
2018 85.3% 646 93,923
2019 85.5% 634 114,128
2020 78.8% 523 106,820
2021 78.7% 357 101,057

What this means if you are buying a 2012 Estima

The 2012 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 3.3 points more often than the Toyota Estima average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. 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 14-year-old car fails on

A 2012 car is 14 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 2012 Toyota Estima the average at test was 89,547 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 87.7%, and the weakest in our data is 2005 at 66.5%. That 21.2 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2012 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

All Toyota Estima MOT data · Every model