2004 Toyota Rav4: MOT pass rate and reliability

70.2% of 2004 Toyota Rav4s pass the MOT first time, measured across 3,315 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 113,080 miles.

How the 2004 compares

  • Against all Toyota Rav4s (84.7%, 97,033 tests): -14.5 points
  • Against all 2004 cars (64%): +6.2 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Toyota Rav4 model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2004 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Toyota Rav4:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
1996 63% 227 117,074
1997 60.7% 272 119,884
1998 66.3% 566 120,944
1999 70% 480 117,630
2000 70.6% 469 119,592
2001 69.1% 1,023 122,488
2002 69.6% 1,930 121,771
2003 69.9% 2,669 118,173
2004 70.2% 3,315 113,080
2005 72.4% 3,363 112,317
2006 68.5% 2,351 112,501
2007 67.1% 3,403 117,131
2008 68.3% 3,379 117,248
2009 69.6% 1,680 111,994
2010 74.5% 478 99,386
2011 79.9% 497 95,221
2012 82.2% 1,549 90,618
2013 83.8% 4,536 91,339
2014 84.6% 4,765 84,781
2015 86.2% 5,432 76,760
2016 87.6% 7,744 66,534
2017 88.2% 7,918 59,615
2018 89.4% 7,410 48,476
2019 94.5% 9,103 42,832
2020 94.8% 11,928 38,171
2021 95% 9,827 28,500
2022 96.2% 495 25,541

What this means if you are buying a 2004 Rav4

The 2004 is a weaker year for this model, passing 14.5 points less often than the Toyota Rav4 average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2004 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 22-year-old car fails on

A 2004 car is 22 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 high mileage, so timing belts, clutches, suspension bushes and corrosion are the items worth budgeting for rather than the MOT itself. On a 2004 Toyota Rav4 the average at test was 113,080 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 2022 at 96.2%, and the weakest in our data is 1997 at 60.7%. That 35.5 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2004 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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