Toyota Urban Cruiser: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Toyota Urban Cruiser fails its first MOT more often than the average UK car, by 0.1 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 3,892 individual Toyota Urban Cruiser tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

First-time pass rate76.6%
UK national average76.7%
Difference-0.1 points
Tests analysed3,892
Average mileage at test89,556 miles
Average year of manufacture2010
Reliability rank1,567 of 2,005 models

What this means if you are buying one

A 76.6% first-time pass rate means roughly 23 in every 100 Toyota Urban Cruisers 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 Urban Cruiser tested had covered 89,556 miles and was built around 2010.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Toyota Urban Cruiser 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 Urban Cruiser 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 Urban Cruisers actually sold for at UK salvage auction.

Most common MOT failures on a Toyota Urban Cruiser

  1. ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction, 1.5% of tests (10.19x the national rate for this defect)
  2. Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded, 3.9% of tests (4.71x the national rate for this defect)
  3. Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction, 1.8% of tests (1.99x the national rate for this defect)
  4. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 1.1% of tests (1.93x the national rate for this defect)
  5. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 2.8% of tests (1.75x the national rate for this defect)
  6. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 1.2% of tests (1.5x the national rate for this defect)
  7. A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 2% of tests (1.45x the national rate for this defect)
  8. A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps, 0.9% of tests (1.44x the national rate for this defect)
  9. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 1.7% of tests (1.41x the national rate for this defect)
  10. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 1.8% of tests (1.32x the national rate for this defect)

From 5,477 DVSA-tracked Toyota Urban Cruiser tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 3.06% of these flagged Toyota Urban Cruiser defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Toyota Urban Cruiser 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 Urban Cruiser year:

Toyota Urban Cruiser by fuel type

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

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