9,095 tests in 2025
Toyota Mr2 reliability and MOT pass rate
71.5% passed first time. The 28.5% fail rate is 5.9 points worse than the all-car average, on a median example 24 years old with 93,674 miles.
Pass rate
71.5%
22.6% of all cars failed; 28.5% of these did.
Fixed on the day
3.8%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
93,674 mi
24 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 0 | — |
| 6-9 years | 9 | — |
| 10-13 years | 15 | — |
| 14+ years | 9,071 | 28.6% |
What the Mr2 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.
- Brakes418 dangerous58.6%
- Noise, emissions and leaks4 dangerous33.7%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18 dangerous30.9%
- Suspension68 dangerous29.6%
- Body, chassis, structure29 dangerous13.3%
- Tyres297 dangerous10.9%
- Visibility10.8%
- Steering10 dangerous6%
Is the Mr2 getting worse?
The fail rate fell 1.5 points to 28.5% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 4 years, which is about what ageing alone predicts (-2.4 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11,697 | 20 | 30% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 11,043 | 22 | 28.6% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 9,040 | 23 | 29.2% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 9,093 | 24 | 28.5% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Mr2 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 Mr2 in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements774 tests
- 2Parking brake performance: inoperative on one side408 tests
- 3Catalyst emissions: Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits306 tests
- 4Rbt (sp): efficiency less than 50% of the required value266 tests
- 5Catalyst emissions: carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits255 tests
- 6Service brake performance: excessively binding253 tests
- 7Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength227 tests
- 8Position lamp: not working221 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Mr2 collects 3.24 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.
- 1Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine1,060 tests
- 2Coil spring: corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened955 tests
- 3Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened825 tests
- 4Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure794 tests
- 5Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm664 tests
- 6Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded522 tests
- 7Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak441 tests
- 8Service brake performance: excessively binding431 tests
Questions
What is the Toyota Mr2 MOT pass rate?
71.5% of the 9,095 Toyota Mr2 first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 28.5% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 3.8% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Toyota Mr2 usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements", recorded on 774 failed tests, followed by "Parking brake performance: inoperative on one side" and "Catalyst emissions: Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits". By section, brakes appears in 58.6% of failures, noise, emissions and leaks appears in 33.7% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 30.9% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was n/a%; at 14+ years it was 28.6%. The median Toyota Mr2 tested in 2025 was 24 years old with 93,674 miles.
Is the Toyota Mr2 getting less reliable?
The fail rate fell 1.5 points to 28.5% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 4 years, which is about what ageing alone predicts (-2.4 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.
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 Mr2 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
- Yaris 20.4%
- Aygo 18.7%
- Iq 19.2%
- Land Cruiser 20.4%
- Proace 21.4%
- Alphard 22.2%
- Celica 33%
- Hi-Ace 26.9%
- Landcruiser 27%
- Gt86 13.7%
Checking a particular Mr2?
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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