Toyota Landcruiser: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Toyota Landcruiser fails its first MOT more often than the average UK car, by 6.3 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 4,496 individual Toyota Landcruiser tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 70.4% first-time pass rate means roughly 30 in every 100 Toyota Landcruisers presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is worse than average, so budget for remedial work and treat a fresh 12-month MOT as a genuine selling point rather than a given. The average Toyota Landcruiser tested had covered 155,573 miles and was built around 2003.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Toyota Landcruiser bought as a repairable salvage, assume the mechanical side needs more than the visible accident damage, and pad your repair estimate accordingly.

Before you bid: run the lot through the analyzer, check the car's own record, check the mileage, decode the VIN, and if it carries a marker use the write-off value calculator. Or compare it against another model.

Looking at a specific Toyota Landcruiser rather than the model in general? The free check covers its MOT and mileage history, and the full HPI report confirms the insurance write-off category, outstanding finance and whether it is recorded stolen, from licensed data for 5 credits. Already own one that has been damaged? Work out whether fixing it beats selling it with the repair or scrap calculator, and see what damaged Toyota Landcruisers actually sold for at UK salvage auction.

Most common MOT failures on a Toyota Landcruiser

1. Body, cab or chassis excessively corroded at a mounting point, 3.4% of tests (16.76x the national rate for this defect)
2. The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any seat belt anchorage (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired, 2% of tests (8.63x the national rate for this defect)
3. Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is seriously reduced, 2.4% of tests (6.69x the national rate for this defect)
4. An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 2.3% of tests (6.67x the national rate for this defect)
5. The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired, 3.5% of tests (4.22x the national rate for this defect)
6. Exhaust system leaking or insecure, 2.3% of tests (3.05x the national rate for this defect)
7. Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded, 2.2% of tests (2.61x the national rate for this defect)
8. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 1.7% of tests (2.22x the national rate for this defect)
9. Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement, 2.1% of tests (2.18x the national rate for this defect)
10. A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 2.3% of tests (2.05x the national rate for this defect)

From 8,301 DVSA-tracked Toyota Landcruiser tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 3.66% of these flagged Toyota Landcruiser defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Toyota Landcruiser pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Toyota Landcruiser year:

• 1997 Toyota Landcruiser - 70.3% first-time pass, 276 tests
• 1998 Toyota Landcruiser - 64% first-time pass, 258 tests
• 1999 Toyota Landcruiser - 70.1% first-time pass, 234 tests
• 2002 Toyota Landcruiser - 74.5% first-time pass, 200 tests
• 2003 Toyota Landcruiser - 72.4% first-time pass, 406 tests
• 2004 Toyota Landcruiser - 70.5% first-time pass, 552 tests
• 2005 Toyota Landcruiser - 67.6% first-time pass, 490 tests
• 2006 Toyota Landcruiser - 67.6% first-time pass, 355 tests
• 2007 Toyota Landcruiser - 67.7% first-time pass, 248 tests

Toyota Landcruiser by fuel type

Diesel and petrol versions of the same car fail on different things, so the fuel type moves the number:

• Diesel Toyota Landcruiser - 71.7% first-time pass, 4,098 tests
• Petrol Toyota Landcruiser - 68.2% first-time pass, 302 tests

Other Toyota models

• Toyota Yaris - 78.6%
• Toyota Aygo - 80.9%
• Toyota Prius - 86%
• Toyota Auris - 80.5%
• Toyota Rav4 - 84.3%
• Toyota C-Hr - 90.6%
• Toyota Corolla - 75.3%
• Toyota Hilux - 73%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Fiat 500c - 70.4%
• Toyota Mr2 - 70.4%
• Toyota Hiace - 70.4%
• MG Zt - 70.4%
• Rover Metro - 70.4%
• Peugeot Expert - 70.2%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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