2012 Toyota Vellfire: MOT pass rate and reliability

89.6% of 2012 Toyota Vellfires pass the MOT first time, measured across 345 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 64,068 miles.

How the 2012 compares

  • Against all Toyota Vellfires (87.7%, 2,366 tests): +1.9 points
  • Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): +18.8 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Toyota Vellfire 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 Vellfire:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2008 87.9% 315 77,026
2009 86.6% 388 71,315
2010 84.8% 527 74,203
2011 84.7% 215 69,973
2012 89.6% 345 64,068
2013 92.8% 209 58,940

What this means if you are buying a 2012 Vellfire

The 2012 sits close to the Toyota Vellfire 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 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 around average, so condition and service history will tell you more than the odometer does. On a 2012 Toyota Vellfire the average at test was 64,068 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 2013 at 92.8%, and the weakest in our data is 2011 at 84.7%. That 8.1 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2012 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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