2005 Toyota Hiace: MOT pass rate and reliability

71.5% of 2005 Toyota Hiaces pass the MOT first time, measured across 849 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 155,859 miles.

How the 2005 compares

  • Against all Toyota Hiaces (71.3%, 6,693 tests): +0.2 points
  • Against all 2005 cars (64.2%): +7.3 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Toyota Hiace 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 Hiace:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2000 65.8% 336 142,498
2001 67% 400 144,760
2002 70.6% 555 150,382
2003 65.7% 627 156,950
2004 73.3% 733 157,776
2005 71.5% 849 155,859
2006 70.7% 949 156,185
2007 73% 415 146,959
2008 75.1% 410 145,106
2009 74.1% 201 136,684
2010 71.4% 210 138,095

What this means if you are buying a 2005 Hiace

The 2005 sits close to the Toyota Hiace 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 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 2005 Toyota Hiace the average at test was 155,859 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 2008 at 75.1%, and the weakest in our data is 2003 at 65.7%. That 9.4 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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