53,185 cars · 145,427 MOT tests · 2024 and 2025
Toyota Prius 1.8 (2016 to 2022) MOT statistics
What every MOT test on a Toyota Prius 1.8 (2016 to 2022) 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 fourth-generation Prius, imported or sold new in the UK.
13%
failed their first MOT test
36% lower than the UK average for their age
6.5 yrs
median age at the MOT
All cars: 9.7 years
23%
of tests had at least one advisory
All cars: 52%
0.7%
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.
- 0–4 years28,892 tests11%vs 13%
- 5–9 years116,535 tests13%vs 22%
Most common advisories on a Toyota Prius 1.8 (2016 to 2022)
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 edge9.4%vs 16%
- Brake pads (brake linings and pads): wearing thin3.6%vs 7.6%
- Brake discs: worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened3.3%vs 8.9%
- Condition: slightly damaged or cracking or perishing3.2%vs 8.8%
- Tread depth: worn close to legal limit or worn on edge1.9%vs 2.1%
- Pins and bushes (suspension arms): pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement1.1%vs 5.3%
- Brake discs: worn, but not excessively1.0%vs 2.5%
- Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre1.0%
- Registration plates: deteriorated but not likely to be misread1.0%vs 2.5%
- Non-component advisories: Play in steering rack inner joint(s)1.0%
Most common MOT failures on a Toyota Prius 1.8 (2016 to 2022)
Share of initial tests that failed on each item, including faults fixed during the test.
- Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively1.9%vs 2.0%
- Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm1.7%vs 2.3%
- Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps1.1%
- Brake pads (brake linings and pads): less than 1.5 mm thick0.9%vs 1.8%
- Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt0.9%
- Rear fog lamp: not working0.8%
- Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords0.7%vs 1.4%
- Condition: has ply or cords exposed0.6%vs 1.3%
- Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid0.5%vs 1.4%
- Position lamp: not working0.5%vs 2.5%
By part of the car
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment4.6%vs 11%
- Tyres4.0%vs 6.3%
- Visibility2.7%vs 4.5%
- Suspension2.2%vs 8.8%
- Brakes1.7%vs 6.5%
- Body, chassis, structure0.3%vs 3.4%
- Road Wheels0.3%vs 0.4%
- Steering0.3%vs 2.0%
Advisories left unfixed
Of 10,703 advisories on a Toyota Prius 1.8 (2016 to 2022) that we could follow to the next annual MOT, 21% were flagged again and 3.1% had turned into a failure (all cars: 29% and 5.1%). The items most often still there:
- Rigid brake pipes57 advisories53%
- Headlamp54 advisories35%
- Condition (seat belts)51 advisories31%
- Coil spring60 advisories30%
- Pins and bushes (suspension arms)309 advisories30%
- Registration plates284 advisories30%
- Brake discs1,503 advisories28%
- Condition1,827 advisories27%
Cars that disappeared from the MOT record
Of the 42,070 cars tested before October 2024, 3.4% had no MOT for over a year after their last one (imports overall: 10.4%; all cars: 7.2%). 1 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 (2016 to 2022)42,070 cars3.4%
- Japanese imports72,369 cars10%
- All cars (sample)1,360,703 cars7.2%
Most popular colours
Share of cars, against all UK cars.
- White33%vs 19%
- Silver22%vs 14%
- Black16%vs 19%
- Grey12%vs 17%
- Red7.2%vs 10%
- Blue7.1%vs 16%
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Questions
- How often does a Toyota Prius 1.8 (2016 to 2022) fail its MOT?
- 13% of first MOT tests on a Toyota Prius 1.8 (2016 to 2022) failed in 2024 and 2025, from 145,427 tests. That’s 36% lower than the UK average for cars of the same age.
- What is the most common MOT advisory on a Toyota Prius 1.8 (2016 to 2022)?
- Tread depth: worn close to legal limit or worn on edge, on 9.4% of tests.
- What does a Toyota Prius 1.8 (2016 to 2022) most often fail its MOT on?
- Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively, on 1.9% of tests.
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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.