13,819 tests in 2025
Toyota Land Cruiser reliability and MOT pass rate
79.6% passed first time. The 20.4% fail rate is 2.2 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 18 years old with 119,562 miles.
Pass rate
79.6%
22.6% of all cars failed; 20.4% of these did.
Fixed on the day
4.5%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
119,562 mi
18 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 1,692 | 7.4% |
| 6-9 years | 2,057 | 10.2% |
| 10-13 years | 1,858 | 14% |
| 14+ years | 8,142 | 27.2% |
What the Land Cruiser 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.
- Brakes562 dangerous43%
- Suspension187 dangerous41.2%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment27 dangerous35.7%
- Body, chassis, structure95 dangerous32.5%
- Visibility2 dangerous13%
- Steering34 dangerous10.5%
- Tyres211 dangerous10.5%
- Noise, emissions and leaks4 dangerous10.4%
Is the Land Cruiser getting worse?
The fail rate fell 3 points to 20.8% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 1 year. Ageing alone would predict about -0.3 points, so it is holding up better than the fleet average for its age.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15,091 | 17 | 23.8% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 14,589 | 17 | 22.4% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 12,743 | 18 | 22.5% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 13,350 | 18 | 20.8% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Land Cruiser 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 Land Cruiser in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick285 tests
- 2Position lamp: not working278 tests
- 3Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt268 tests
- 4Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength236 tests
- 5Exhaust system: has a major leak of exhaust gases234 tests
- 6Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively198 tests
- 7Chassis condition: or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting191 tests
- 8Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded178 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Land Cruiser collects 3.27 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.
- 1Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded1,312 tests
- 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick1,172 tests
- 3Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm1,051 tests
- 4Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine884 tests
- 5Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn877 tests
- 6Coil spring: corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened838 tests
- 7Chassis condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced653 tests
- 8Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened597 tests
Questions
What is the Toyota Land Cruiser MOT pass rate?
79.6% of the 13,819 Toyota Land Cruiser first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 20.4% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 4.5% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Toyota Land Cruiser usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick", recorded on 285 failed tests, followed by "Position lamp: not working" and "Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt". By section, brakes appears in 43% of failures, suspension appears in 41.2% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 35.7% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 7.4%; at 14+ years it was 27.2%. The median Toyota Land Cruiser tested in 2025 was 18 years old with 119,562 miles.
Is the Toyota Land Cruiser getting less reliable?
The fail rate fell 3 points to 20.8% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 1 year. Ageing alone would predict about -0.3 points, so it is holding up better than the fleet average for its age.
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 Land Cruiser trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
Other Toyota models
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