2003 Toyota Land Cruiser: MOT pass rate and reliability

68.8% of 2003 Toyota Land Cruisers pass the MOT first time, measured across 783 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 162,210 miles.

How the 2003 compares

  • Against all Toyota Land Cruisers (77.7%, 14,180 tests): -8.9 points
  • Against all 2003 cars (64.7%): +4.1 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Toyota Land Cruiser model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2003 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Toyota Land Cruiser:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
1996 74.9% 215 180,043
1997 69.6% 385 178,864
1998 72.2% 399 172,211
1999 71.7% 424 174,393
2000 73.5% 396 172,398
2001 66.5% 538 177,178
2002 70.7% 540 166,211
2003 68.8% 783 162,210
2004 66.8% 1,045 157,479
2005 70.2% 1,080 151,149
2006 68.7% 772 150,244
2007 73.7% 674 144,269
2008 74.6% 429 140,495
2009 71.4% 276 124,046
2010 77.6% 295 124,581
2011 85.6% 263 111,417
2012 85.5% 297 102,992
2013 86.3% 314 97,531
2014 88.5% 667 89,727
2015 89% 697 81,067
2016 88.5% 593 76,111
2017 89.1% 441 66,618
2018 90.9% 607 55,578
2019 91.8% 600 49,000
2020 90.3% 361 40,986
2021 94.2% 291 30,224

What this means if you are buying a 2003 Land Cruiser

The 2003 is a weaker year for this model, passing 8.9 points less often than the Toyota Land Cruiser average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2003 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 23-year-old car fails on

A 2003 car is 23 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 2003 Toyota Land Cruiser the average at test was 162,210 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 2021 at 94.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2001 at 66.5%. That 27.7 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2003 car against a newer one tells you very little.

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