Toyota Landcruiser Amazon: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Toyota Landcruiser Amazon fails its first MOT more often than the average UK car, by 4.1 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 851 individual Toyota Landcruiser Amazon tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 72.6% first-time pass rate means roughly 27 in every 100 Toyota Landcruiser Amazons 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 Amazon tested had covered 170,556 miles and was built around 2002.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. The Toyota Landcruiser Amazon sits 4.1 points below the national average, ranked 1,694 of 2,005 models. On one bought as repairable salvage, assume the mechanical side needs more than the visible accident damage, and pad your repair estimate accordingly.

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Most common MOT failures on a Toyota Landcruiser Amazon

1. Body, cab or chassis excessively corroded at a mounting point, 4% of tests (17.34x the national rate for this defect)
2. A wheel bearing with excessive play, 2.5% of tests (14.22x the national rate for this defect)
3. 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, 2.2% of tests (8.31x the national rate for this defect)
4. Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is seriously reduced, 2.9% of tests (7.07x the national rate for this defect)
5. 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, 2.9% of tests (6.64x the national rate for this defect)
6. Parking brake inoperative on one side, 2.2% of tests (3.72x the national rate for this defect)
7. Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement, 4.6% of tests (3.5x the national rate for this defect)
8. 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, 2.6% of tests (2.72x the national rate for this defect)
9. Exhaust system leaking or insecure, 2.5% of tests (2.42x the national rate for this defect)
10. A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 3% of tests (1.98x the national rate for this defect)

From 856 DVSA-tracked Toyota Landcruiser Amazon tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 2.64% of these flagged Toyota Landcruiser Amazon defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 5.11% nationally.

Most common MOT advisories on a Toyota Landcruiser Amazon

An advisory doesn't fail the car - the tester flags it as worth watching, but it still passes. A different list from the failures above: what testers are noting on a Toyota Landcruiser Amazon before it actually fails on it.

1. A wheel bearing with excessive play, 21.3% of tests (32.76x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
2. Body, cab or chassis excessively corroded at a mounting point, 7% of tests (24.13x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
3. Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is seriously reduced, 15.2% of tests (12.21x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
4. 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, 6.2% of tests (4.08x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
5. Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded, 19.5% of tests (3.15x the national rate for this advisory)
6. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 33.4% of tests (2.5x the national rate for this advisory)
7. A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened, 10.9% of tests (2.3x the national rate for this advisory)
8. A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage, 7.2% of tests (1.85x the national rate for this advisory)
9. Exhaust system leaking or insecure, 5% of tests (1.77x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
10. Fluid leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users, 8.6% of tests (1.55x the national rate for this advisory)

From 856 DVSA-tracked Toyota Landcruiser Amazon tests, 2024.

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

• Peugeot 205 - 72.7%
• Kia Sorento - 72.6%
• DS Ds4 - 72.6%
• Hyundai I800 - 72.5%
• Vauxhall Ampera - 72.5%
• MG Tf - 72.4%

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
• Do you need an HPI check on a car you know is a write-off?

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