3,510 tests in 2025
Toyota Proace City reliability and MOT pass rate
82.6% passed first time. The 17.4% fail rate is 5.2 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 3 years old with 44,454 miles.
Pass rate
82.6%
22.6% of all cars failed; 17.4% of these did.
Fixed on the day
7.2%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
44,454 mi
3 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 3,412 | 17.7% |
| 6-9 years | 0 | — |
| 10-13 years | 0 | — |
| 14+ years | 0 | — |
What the Proace City 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.
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment39.1%
- Visibility1 dangerous33.7%
- Tyres149 dangerous30.4%
- Brakes168 dangerous27.3%
- Body, chassis, structure1 dangerous7.6%
- Noise, emissions and leaks4.1%
- Suspension3.9%
- Steering1 dangerous2.8%
Is the Proace City getting worse?
The fail rate fell 0.2 points to 18.1% from 2024 to 2025, against a falling rate across all cars.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,307 | — | 18.3% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 2,986 | — | 18.1% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Proace City 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 Proace City in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively162 tests
- 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick110 tests
- 3Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm87 tests
- 4Headlamp: not working on dipped beam79 tests
- 5Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords61 tests
- 6Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps59 tests
- 7Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect39 tests
- 8Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt34 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Proace City collects 2.13 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 1.6mm592 tests
- 2Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened377 tests
- 3Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick333 tests
- 4Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm76 tests
- 5Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre70 tests
- 6Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure62 tests
- 7Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn61 tests
- 8Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine45 tests
Questions
What is the Toyota Proace City MOT pass rate?
82.6% of the 3,510 Toyota Proace City first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 17.4% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 7.2% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Toyota Proace City usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively", recorded on 162 failed tests, followed by "Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick" and "Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm". By section, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 39.1% of failures, visibility appears in 33.7% of failures, tyres appears in 30.4% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 17.7%; at 3-5 years it was 17.7%. The median Toyota Proace City tested in 2025 was 3 years old with 44,454 miles.
Is the Toyota Proace City getting less reliable?
The fail rate fell 0.2 points to 18.1% from 2024 to 2025, against a falling 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 Proace City 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 9 safety recalls naming the Toyota Proace City: Toyota Proace City recalls.
Other Toyota models
Checking a particular Proace City?
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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