95,007 tests in 2025
Toyota C-Hr reliability and MOT pass rate
90.7% passed first time. The 9.3% fail rate is 13.3 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 5 years old with 40,120 miles.
Pass rate
90.7%
22.6% of all cars failed; 9.3% of these did.
Fixed on the day
4.8%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
40,120 mi
5 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 46,975 | 7.5% |
| 6-9 years | 46,782 | 11.3% |
| 10-13 years | 0 | — |
| 14+ years | 2 | — |
What the C-Hr fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Tyres2,569 dangerous36.4%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment2 dangerous30.9%
- Visibility10 dangerous27.9%
- Brakes1,017 dangerous12.8%
- Suspension25 dangerous12.1%
- Identification of the vehicle1.5%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems0.8%
- Steering0.8%
Is the C-Hr getting worse?
The fail rate rose 2.2 points to 9.3% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 51,888 | 4 | 7.1% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 67,908 | — | 8.3% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 72,294 | — | 9.1% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 94,657 | — | 9.3% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical C-Hr at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a C-Hr in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively1,855 tests
- 2Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm1,120 tests
- 3Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords1,104 tests
- 4Headlamp: not working on dipped beam975 tests
- 5Reversing lamps: inoperative926 tests
- 6Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick782 tests
- 7Headlamp: not working on main beam624 tests
- 8Coil spring: fractured or broken410 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical C-Hr collects 2.08 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm11,194 tests
- 2Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure9,935 tests
- 3Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened5,671 tests
- 4Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick4,616 tests
- 5Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn2,351 tests
- 6Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre2,137 tests
- 7Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt1,828 tests
- 8Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm1,807 tests
Questions
What is the Toyota C-Hr MOT pass rate?
90.7% of the 95,007 Toyota C-Hr first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 9.3% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 4.8% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Toyota C-Hr usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively", recorded on 1,855 failed tests, followed by "Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm" and "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords". By section, tyres appears in 36.4% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 30.9% of failures, visibility appears in 27.9% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 7.5%; at 6-9 years it was 11.3%. The median Toyota C-Hr tested in 2025 was 5 years old with 40,120 miles.
Is the Toyota C-Hr getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 2.2 points to 9.3% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every C-Hr trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
DVSA has published 11 safety recalls naming the Toyota C-Hr: Toyota C-Hr recalls.
Other Toyota models
Checking a particular C-Hr?
The odds above are the model. The car in front of you has its own record: every test, every advisory, the mileage at each one.
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