208 cars · 334 MOT tests · 2024 and 2025
Toyota Soarer MOT statistics
What every MOT test on a Toyota Soarer 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.
21%
failed their first MOT test
42% lower than the UK average for their age
24.2 yrs
median age at the MOT
All cars: 9.7 years
49%
of tests had at least one advisory
All cars: 52%
18%
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.
- 15–19 years61 tests20%vs 43%
- 20–24 years81 tests27%vs 42%
- 25–29 years102 tests22%vs 35%
- 30+ years56 tests20%vs 26%
Most common advisories on a Toyota Soarer
Things the tester noticed that weren’t bad enough to fail. Share of initial tests, against all UK cars.
- Engine oil leaks: leak, but not excessive15%vs 4.9%
- Tread depth: worn close to legal limit or worn on edge12%vs 16%
- Condition: slightly damaged or cracking or perishing7.2%vs 8.8%
- Brake discs: worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened6.9%vs 8.9%
- Sub-frame: corroded but not seriously weakened5.7%vs 2.3%
- Pins and bushes (suspension arms): pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement5.4%vs 5.3%
- Rigid brake pipes: corroded, covered in grease or other material4.2%vs 3.8%
- Brake pads (brake linings and pads): wearing thin4.2%vs 7.6%
- Registration plates: deteriorated but not likely to be misread3.9%vs 2.5%
- Coil spring: corroded3.3%vs 3.3%
Most common MOT failures on a Toyota Soarer
Share of initial tests that failed on each item, including faults fixed during the test.
- Rear fog lamp: not working4.8%
- Steering rack (steering gear): gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt3.3%
- Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect3.3%vs 1.3%
By part of the car
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12%vs 11%
- Brakes5.4%vs 6.5%
- Noise, emissions and leaks4.5%vs 3.1%
- Visibility4.2%vs 4.5%
- Steering3.9%vs 2.0%
- Body, chassis, structure3.6%vs 3.4%
- Tyres3.3%vs 6.3%
- Suspension3.0%vs 8.8%
Advisories left unfixed
Of 114 advisories on a Toyota Soarer that we could follow to the next annual MOT, 36% were flagged again and 1.8% had turned into a failure (all cars: 29% and 5.1%).
Not enough advisories of any one kind to rank them yet.
Most popular colours
Share of cars, against all UK cars.
- White22%vs 19%
- Green18%vs 1.7%
- Silver16%vs 14%
- Black15%vs 19%
- Blue13%vs 16%
- Red7.7%vs 10%
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Questions
- How often does a Toyota Soarer fail its MOT?
- 21% of first MOT tests on a Toyota Soarer failed in 2024 and 2025, from 334 tests. That’s 42% lower than the UK average for cars of the same age.
- What is the most common MOT advisory on a Toyota Soarer?
- Engine oil leaks: leak, but not excessive, on 15% of tests.
- What does a Toyota Soarer most often fail its MOT on?
- Rear fog lamp: not working, on 4.8% 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.