2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser: MOT pass rate and reliability

79.4% of 2012 Toyota Urban Cruisers pass the MOT first time, measured across 559 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 83,671 miles.

How the 2012 compares

  • Against all Toyota Urban Cruisers (77%, 3,869 tests): +2.4 points
  • Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): +8.6 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Toyota Urban Cruiser model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2012 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Toyota Urban Cruiser:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2009 74.5% 1,210 94,167
2010 76.7% 1,141 92,564
2011 79.2% 956 87,208
2012 79.4% 559 83,671

What this means if you are buying a 2012 Urban Cruiser

The 2012 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 2.4 points more often than the Toyota Urban Cruiser average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. 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 14-year-old car fails on

A 2012 car is 14 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 above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2012 Toyota Urban Cruiser the average at test was 83,671 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.

2012 is the strongest year on record for this model at 79.4%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.

Nearby model years

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