2014 Toyota Prius Plus: MOT pass rate and reliability

90.5% of 2014 Toyota Prius Plus pass the MOT first time, measured across 545 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 150,741 miles.

How the 2014 compares

  • Against all Toyota Prius Plus (92.1%, 3,776 tests): -1.6 points
  • Against all 2014 cars (75.4%): +15.1 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Toyota Prius Plus model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2014 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Toyota Prius Plus:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2012 85% 286 117,186
2013 87.6% 426 135,494
2014 90.5% 545 150,741
2015 92.2% 463 163,681
2016 93% 542 154,100
2017 94.2% 345 111,270
2018 96.3% 324 110,868
2019 96% 675 100,574

What this means if you are buying a 2014 Prius Plus

The 2014 sits close to the Toyota Prius Plus 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 12-year-old car fails on

A 2014 car is 12 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 2014 Toyota Prius Plus the average at test was 150,741 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 2018 at 96.3%, and the weakest in our data is 2012 at 85%. That 11.3 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2014 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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