52,225 cars · 121,512 MOT tests · 2024 and 2025
Toyota Prius 1.8 (2009 to 2015) MOT statistics
What every MOT test on a Toyota Prius 1.8 (2009 to 2015) in Great Britain in 2024 and 2025 found: how often they fail, what testers flag, which faults owners leave, and how many never came back after failing.
The third-generation Prius, imported or sold new in the UK.
27%
failed their first MOT test
16% lower than the UK average for their age
11.6 yrs
median age at the MOT
All cars: 9.7 years
43%
of tests had at least one advisory
All cars: 52%
11%
of tests mention corrosion
All cars: 12%
Failure rate by age
Share of initial tests that failed, by the car’s age at the test, against all UK cars of the same age.
- 5–9 years31,873 tests23%vs 22%
- 10–14 years79,577 tests28%vs 35%
- 15–19 years10,062 tests34%vs 43%
Most common advisories on a Toyota Prius 1.8 (2009 to 2015)
Things the tester noticed that weren’t bad enough to fail. Share of initial tests, against all UK cars.
- Tread depth: worn close to legal limit or worn on edge12%vs 16%
- Brake discs: worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened6.3%vs 8.9%
- Brake pads (brake linings and pads): wearing thin6.1%vs 7.6%
- Rigid brake pipes: corroded, covered in grease or other material6.0%vs 3.8%
- Condition: slightly damaged or cracking or perishing5.3%vs 8.8%
- Pins and bushes (suspension arms): pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement4.9%vs 5.3%
- Shock absorbers: has light misting of oil3.9%vs 3.0%
- Registration plates: deteriorated but not likely to be misread3.4%vs 2.5%
- Headlamp: has a product on the lens but not seriously reducing light output2.6%
- Non-component advisories: Play in steering rack inner joint(s)2.5%
Most common MOT failures on a Toyota Prius 1.8 (2009 to 2015)
Share of initial tests that failed on each item, including faults fixed during the test.
- Position lamp: not working5.3%vs 2.5%
- Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps4.2%
- Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm2.3%vs 2.3%
- Headlamp: not working on dipped beam2.1%vs 1.4%
- Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively2.1%vs 2.0%
- Brake pads (brake linings and pads): less than 1.5 mm thick1.7%vs 1.8%
- Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt1.6%
- Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak1.5%
- Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid1.4%vs 1.4%
- Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect1.3%vs 1.3%
By part of the car
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16%vs 11%
- Suspension6.3%vs 8.8%
- Tyres5.1%vs 6.3%
- Brakes5.1%vs 6.5%
- Visibility4.4%vs 4.5%
- Noise, emissions and leaks1.2%vs 3.1%
- Steering0.9%vs 2.0%
- Body, chassis, structure0.9%vs 3.4%
Advisories left unfixed
Of 34,777 advisories on a Toyota Prius 1.8 (2009 to 2015) that we could follow to the next annual MOT, 28% were flagged again and 3.4% had turned into a failure (all cars: 29% and 5.1%). The items most often still there:
- Rigid brake pipes2,562 advisories53%
- Headlamp1,285 advisories43%
- Registration plates1,420 advisories41%
- Coil spring799 advisories40%
- Engine oil leaks778 advisories40%
- Pins and bushes (suspension arms)1,964 advisories38%
- Suspension arm268 advisories36%
- Sub-frame436 advisories35%
Cars that disappeared from the MOT record
Of the 43,171 cars tested before October 2024, 4.1% had no MOT for over a year after their last one (imports overall: 10.4%; all cars: 7.2%). 14 of them (0.0%) had failed that last test. MOT records don’t say why: most of these cars were scrapped, but some were exported, laid up or declared off the road.
- Toyota Prius 1.8 (2009 to 2015)43,171 cars4.1%
- Japanese imports72,369 cars10%
- All cars (sample)1,360,703 cars7.2%
Most popular colours
Share of cars, against all UK cars.
- White27%vs 19%
- Silver27%vs 14%
- Black19%vs 19%
- Blue9.8%vs 16%
- Grey9.1%vs 17%
- Red5.5%vs 10%
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Questions
- How often does a Toyota Prius 1.8 (2009 to 2015) fail its MOT?
- 27% of first MOT tests on a Toyota Prius 1.8 (2009 to 2015) failed in 2024 and 2025, from 121,512 tests. That’s 16% lower than the UK average for cars of the same age.
- What is the most common MOT advisory on a Toyota Prius 1.8 (2009 to 2015)?
- Tread depth: worn close to legal limit or worn on edge, on 12% of tests.
- What does a Toyota Prius 1.8 (2009 to 2015) most often fail its MOT on?
- Position lamp: not working, on 5.3% of tests.
More MOT statistics
How we worked these out
- Every car MOT in Great Britain in 2024 and 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT tests and results. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The analysis and any errors are ours, not DVSA’s.
- MOT records give the make, model name and engine size, not the chassis code, so models are grouped by name. A model page says when that grouping is looser than its title.
- Failure rates count initial tests only, and include faults fixed during the test (DVSA’s definition). Advisories are counted once per test.
- Ages run from the first-use date on the MOT record. For many imports that’s the date the car was first registered in the UK, not in Japan, so imports can look younger than they are, and the age comparison flatters them less than it should.
- An advisory counts as unfixed if the same part of the car is flagged again, or fails, at the next annual MOT (300 to 500 days later).
- A car “disappeared” if it had no MOT between 31 October 2024 and 30 December 2025, over a year after its last test. It’s an estimate of cars scrapped or taken off the road: some were exported, laid up, or made exempt at 40 years old.
- The figures for all cars and all Japanese-brand cars come from a random one-in-20 sample of vehicles; the model figures use every car.