1996 Toyota Hilux: MOT pass rate and reliability

69.2% of 1996 Toyota Hilux pass the MOT first time, measured across 377 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 165,754 miles.

How the 1996 compares

  • Against all Toyota Hilux (74%, 68,160 tests): -4.8 points
  • Against all 1996 cars (70.7%): -1.5 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Toyota Hilux model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 1996 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Toyota Hilux:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
1995 70.7% 239 160,598
1996 69.2% 377 165,754
1997 68.6% 344 152,512
1998 64% 662 162,318
1999 66.5% 618 155,477
2000 64.7% 563 155,106
2001 61.9% 614 149,061
2002 61.4% 857 150,238
2003 64.1% 946 157,867
2004 61.8% 1,313 155,203
2005 63.4% 1,093 151,317
2006 62.6% 1,006 145,220
2007 64.9% 1,779 145,660
2008 63.7% 1,990 140,818
2009 66.2% 1,788 134,238
2010 64.5% 2,530 131,294
2011 64.7% 3,903 122,615
2012 67.4% 3,995 114,357
2013 69.3% 4,260 107,203
2014 71% 5,117 101,359
2015 73.4% 5,869 94,386
2016 77.6% 4,703 88,417
2017 82.9% 5,352 84,483
2018 84.4% 5,925 73,847
2019 85.8% 5,697 63,990
2020 86.3% 5,326 50,065
2021 79.9% 557 28,828

What this means if you are buying a 1996 Hilux

The 1996 is a weaker year for this model, passing 4.8 points less often than the Toyota Hilux average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 1996 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. 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 30-year-old car fails on

A 1996 car is 30 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 1996 Toyota Hilux the average at test was 165,754 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 2020 at 86.3%, and the weakest in our data is 2002 at 61.4%. That 24.9 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 1996 car against a newer one tells you very little.

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