1998 Toyota Hi Ace: MOT pass rate and reliability

65.7% of 1998 Toyota Hi Aces pass the MOT first time, measured across 318 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 153,501 miles.

How the 1998 compares

  • Against all Toyota Hi Aces (67.4%, 92 tests): -1.7 points
  • Against all 1998 cars (70%): -4.3 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Toyota Hi Ace model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 1998 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Toyota Hi Ace:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
1998 65.7% 318 153,501
1999 69.9% 322 144,519
2000 62.6% 243 145,214
2001 66.3% 276 147,413
2002 74.5% 204 148,401
2003 68.7% 297 154,470
2004 68.9% 302 146,362
2005 70.4% 341 158,992
2006 72.8% 475 157,883
2007 74.8% 1,339 151,283
2008 75.4% 1,225 149,310
2009 76.8% 707 142,710
2010 76.2% 630 146,502
2011 77.4% 380 135,888

What this means if you are buying a 1998 Hi Ace

The 1998 sits close to the Toyota Hi Ace 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 28-year-old car fails on

A 1998 car is 28 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 very high mileage. Clutches, dual-mass flywheels and head gaskets have usually been through at least one repair by this point, so ask for evidence rather than assume the car is original everywhere. On a 1998 Toyota Hi Ace the average at test was 153,501 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 2011 at 77.4%, and the weakest in our data is 2000 at 62.6%. That 14.8 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 1998 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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