ToyotaAlphard MOT results

In 2025, 72.7% of Toyota Alphard MOT tests were passed first time, better than the 64.1% for cars of the same age. 7.3% had at least one dangerous defect (8.9% for cars the same age). The typical Toyota Alphard tested was 17 years old with 79,900 miles. Based on 11,462 initial MOT tests in Great Britain.

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MOT records can't tell car and van versions apart, so these figures may include vans of this model. They are left out of the MOT rankings.

First-time pass: 72.7%no defects to fix
Cars the same age: 64.1%first-time pass
Fixed at the test: 5.2%passed after repair
Failed: 22.2%needed a retest
Dangerous defect: 7.3%same age 8.9%
Typical mileage: 79,900at the test

Great Britain · DVSA MOT tests · 2025

First-time pass rate by year first registered

Toyota AlphardAll cars first registered that year

Year first registered	Tests	First-time pass	All cars
2022	38	86.8%	88.5%
2021	405	73.3%	87.2%
2020	471	72.6%	85.9%
2019	388	70.1%	83.5%
2018	399	71.9%	80.8%
2017	450	68.0%	78.1%
2016	380	66.8%	74.8%
2015	303	68.3%	71.8%
2014	232	81.5%	68.5%
2013	338	84.9%	65.6%
2012	387	79.1%	63.2%
2011	206	77.2%	61.0%
2010	458	75.3%	59.1%
2009	335	80.6%	58.1%
2008	1,163	76.6%	57.0%
2007	1,608	72.1%	57.2%
2006	1,402	73.6%	56.8%
2005	899	68.9%	57.5%
2004	866	66.3%	57.5%
2003	505	65.0%	58.5%
2002	186	69.4%	59.4%

Years with fewer than 30 tests are left out.

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By age at the test

Toyota AlphardAll cars that age

Age	Tests	First-time pass	All cars	Typical miles
3-4 years	699	72.5%	87.4%	81,200
5-9 years	1,962	69.8%	79.1%	95,100
10-14 years	1,563	79.0%	65.7%	70,400
15-19 years	5,266	73.7%	57.6%	77,000
20-29 years	1,921	67.0%	59.6%	85,500

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Where they’re tested

Colour shows how common the Toyota Alphard is among cars tested in each area, against its share across Great Britain: 2× means twice as common as usual.

under 0.5×
0.5×–0.8×
0.8×–1.25×
1.25×–2×
2× or more
Fewer than 5 tests
None tested

Postcode area of the garage that did the test, not where the owner lives. Hover over or tap an area for its figures.

Postcode area	Region	Tests	Share	vs all cars	First-time pass
PO Portsmouth	South East	687	6.0%	4.2×	68.3%
PL Plymouth	South West	389	3.4%	3.3×	62.7%
B Birmingham	West Midlands	363	3.2%	1.0×	88.7%
EH Edinburgh	Scotland	292	2.5%	2.0×	75.7%
NR Norwich	East of England	271	2.4%	1.7×	77.9%
BH Bournemouth	South West	267	2.3%	2.2×	62.2%
SO Southampton	South East	262	2.3%	1.9×	75.6%
ST Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	245	2.1%	1.9×	66.9%
EX Exeter	South West	239	2.1%	1.9×	59.0%
G Glasgow	Scotland	236	2.1%	1.3×	69.1%
BS Bristol	South West	222	1.9%	1.1×	64.4%
BN Brighton	South East	221	1.9%	1.6×	57.9%
KY Kirkcaldy	Scotland	195	1.7%	3.0×	58.5%
M Manchester	North West	183	1.6%	1.1×	77.6%
GU Guildford	South East	174	1.5%	1.1×	70.7%
NE Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	171	1.5%	0.9×	74.3%
E London E	London	169	1.5%	1.8×	81.7%
TR Truro	South West	169	1.5%	2.4×	69.8%
RM Romford	London	165	1.4%	1.8×	85.5%
S Sheffield	Yorkshire and the Humber	163	1.4%	0.6×	87.1%
CT Canterbury	South East	158	1.4%	1.8×	74.1%
WA Warrington	North West	145	1.3%	1.2×	71.7%
N London N	London	144	1.3%	1.9×	82.6%
TQ Torquay	South West	144	1.3%	2.5×	63.2%
SE London SE	London	137	1.2%	1.5×	73.0%
WR Worcester	West Midlands	132	1.2%	2.0×	89.4%
PE Peterborough	East of England	122	1.1%	0.6×	74.6%
SA Swansea	Wales	122	1.1%	0.8×	68.9%
TN Tonbridge	South East	121	1.1%	0.8×	66.9%
AB Aberdeen	Scotland	119	1.0%	1.4×	59.7%
CF Cardiff	Wales	113	1.0%	0.6×	61.9%
BD Bradford	Yorkshire and the Humber	112	1.0%	1.1×	84.8%
IG Ilford	London	111	1.0%	2.2×	89.2%
DY Dudley	West Midlands	110	1.0%	1.4×	89.1%
IP Ipswich	East of England	110	1.0%	0.8×	80.9%
NW London NW	London	107	0.9%	1.4×	65.4%
DE Derby	East Midlands	103	0.9%	0.7×	76.7%
LE Leicester	East Midlands	103	0.9%	0.5×	79.6%
SK Stockport	North West	101	0.9%	0.9×	71.3%
CV Coventry	West Midlands	97	0.8%	0.6×	78.4%
WN Wigan	North West	97	0.8%	1.8×	86.6%
RG Reading	South East	92	0.8%	0.5×	69.6%
GL Gloucester	South West	91	0.8%	0.6×	76.9%
ME Rochester	South East	91	0.8%	0.7×	80.2%
HP Hemel Hempstead	South East	90	0.8%	0.8×	74.4%
SS Southend-on-Sea	East of England	87	0.8%	0.9×	81.6%
UB Southall	London	86	0.8%	1.2×	83.7%
BL Bolton	North West	82	0.7%	0.9×	85.4%
CR Croydon	London	82	0.7%	1.1×	84.1%
NG Nottingham	East Midlands	81	0.7%	0.4×	77.8%
DH Durham	North East	77	0.7%	1.4×	81.8%
PH Perth	Scotland	77	0.7%	2.3×	74.0%
DA Dartford	South East	76	0.7%	0.9×	77.6%
RH Redhill	South East	76	0.7%	0.6×	77.6%
TW Twickenham	London	75	0.7%	0.9×	72.0%
KA Kilmarnock	Scotland	73	0.6%	1.2×	71.2%
IV Inverness	Scotland	72	0.6%	1.5×	58.3%
CO Colchester	East of England	70	0.6%	0.8×	55.7%
HA Harrow	London	69	0.6%	1.0×	78.3%
CH Chester	North West	68	0.6%	0.5×	67.6%
BA Bath	South West	67	0.6%	0.7×	67.2%
L Liverpool	North West	67	0.6%	0.5×	77.6%
LL Llandudno	Wales	66	0.6%	0.6×	72.7%
ML Motherwell	Scotland	66	0.6%	1.2×	77.3%
DD Dundee	Scotland	64	0.6%	1.4×	71.9%
NN Northampton	East Midlands	64	0.6%	0.4×	68.8%
OX Oxford	South East	62	0.5%	0.5×	72.6%
SL Slough	South East	62	0.5%	0.8×	82.3%
EN Enfield	London	61	0.5%	0.9×	73.8%
MK Milton Keynes	South East	61	0.5%	0.5×	78.7%
SN Swindon	South West	61	0.5%	0.6×	59.0%
YO York	Yorkshire and the Humber	61	0.5%	0.6×	70.5%
KT Kingston upon Thames	London	59	0.5%	0.6×	76.3%
TS Teesside	North East	59	0.5%	0.6×	69.5%
WV Wolverhampton	West Midlands	56	0.5%	0.7×	67.9%
CB Cambridge	East of England	55	0.5%	0.7×	70.9%
LS Leeds	Yorkshire and the Humber	55	0.5%	0.4×	72.7%
SW London SW	London	55	0.5%	1.1×	72.7%
TA Taunton	South West	55	0.5%	0.7×	56.4%
PR Preston	North West	54	0.5%	0.5×	77.8%
FK Falkirk	Scotland	53	0.5%	1.1×	62.3%
NP Newport	Wales	51	0.4%	0.5×	62.7%
DT Dorchester	South West	48	0.4%	1.1×	58.3%
SG Stevenage	East of England	48	0.4%	0.6×	75.0%
CM Chelmsford	East of England	44	0.4%	0.3×	75.0%
CW Crewe	North West	44	0.4%	0.6×	61.4%
DN Doncaster	Yorkshire and the Humber	44	0.4%	0.3×	79.5%
OL Oldham	North West	44	0.4%	0.6×	79.5%
SP Salisbury	South West	42	0.4%	0.8×	61.9%
WS Walsall	West Midlands	42	0.4%	0.5×	71.4%
PA Paisley	Scotland	41	0.4%	0.8×	63.4%
SM Sutton	London	40	0.3%	1.6×	75.0%
BB Blackburn	North West	35	0.3%	0.4×	91.4%
CA Carlisle	North West	35	0.3%	0.5×	80.0%
FY Blackpool	North West	33	0.3%	0.7×	63.6%
LA Lancaster	North West	33	0.3%	0.5×	78.8%
WF Wakefield	Yorkshire and the Humber	33	0.3%	0.3×	69.7%
LU Luton	East of England	32	0.3%	0.4×	93.8%
HU Hull	Yorkshire and the Humber	30	0.3%	0.4×	73.3%
HD Huddersfield	Yorkshire and the Humber	28	0.2%	0.6×	–
SY Shrewsbury	West Midlands	28	0.2%	0.4×	–
DG Dumfries	Scotland	27	0.2%	1.0×	–
DL Darlington	North East	27	0.2%	0.4×	–
W London W	London	27	0.2%	0.9×	–
LN Lincoln	East Midlands	26	0.2%	0.4×	–
TD Galashiels	Scotland	26	0.2%	1.2×	–
SR Sunderland	North East	24	0.2%	0.6×	–
BR Bromley	London	23	0.2%	0.6×	–
HR Hereford	West Midlands	23	0.2%	0.5×	–
HX Halifax	Yorkshire and the Humber	21	0.2%	0.7×	–
WD Watford	East of England	21	0.2%	0.5×	–
AL St Albans	East of England	20	0.2%	0.4×	–
TF Telford	West Midlands	19	0.2%	0.4×	–
HG Harrogate	Yorkshire and the Humber	13	0.1%	0.4×	–
HS Outer Hebrides	Scotland	10	<0.1%	2.0×	–
KW Kirkwall	Scotland	6	<0.1%	0.6×	–
LD Llandrindod Wells	Wales	fewer than 5	–	–	–
ZE Shetland	Scotland	fewer than 5	–	–	–

Region	Tests	Share	vs all cars	First-time pass
Scotland	1,358	11.8%	1.5×	68.3%
North East	358	3.1%	0.8×	74.9%
North West	1,021	8.9%	0.8×	76.5%
Yorkshire and the Humber	560	4.9%	0.5×	78.4%
Wales	355	3.1%	0.6×	66.8%
West Midlands	1,115	9.7%	1.0×	79.9%
East Midlands	377	3.3%	0.5×	75.9%
East of England	880	7.7%	0.8×	75.7%
London	1,410	12.3%	1.3×	78.9%
South East	2,233	19.5%	1.3×	70.8%
South West	1,794	15.7%	1.5×	63.5%

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Where they fail

Share of tests with at least one failure in each area, against cars of the same age.

Toyota AlphardCars the same age

Lights and electrics13.9%16.3%
Suspension8.9%13.5%
Brakes5.3%9.3%
Tyres5.0%6.6%
Visibility (wipers, glass, mirrors)4.7%5.8%
Body and structure2.6%6.0%
Emissions and leaks2.2%4.9%
Steering1.1%2.9%
Seat belts and airbags0.8%1.8%

A test can fail in more than one area. Failures fixed during the test are included.

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Most common failures

The 10 defects that failed Toyota Alphard tests most often, as a share of all tests.

Failure	Tests	Cars the same age	vs same age	Marked dangerous
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility (wipers, glass, mirrors)	3.2%	2.4%	1.3×	0.0%
Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension	3.1%	1.4%	2.2×	0.0%
Position lamp: not working Lights and electrics	2.9%	4.2%	0.7×	0.0%
Rear fog lamp: not working Lights and electrics	2.8%	0.7%	4.0×	0.0%
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes Dangerous	2.3%	1.8%	1.3×	100.0%
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lights and electrics	2.0%	2.6%	0.8×	0.0%
Stop lamp: not working Lights and electrics	1.9%	3.0%	0.6×	0.0%
Ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension	1.9%	1.4%	1.4×	0.0%
Condition: has ply or cords exposed Tyres Dangerous	1.9%	1.5%	1.3×	100.0%
Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres Dangerous	1.5%	2.5%	0.6×	100.0%

“vs same age” compares this model with cars of the same age: 2.0× means twice as often. “Marked dangerous” is how often the tester recorded that failure as dangerous.

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Most common advisories

Things the tester noted to watch, which don’t fail the test.

Advisory	Tests
Tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge	16.5%
Pins and bushes: pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement	15.5%
Brake pads: wearing thin	9.1%
Swivel pins and bushes: swivel pin and/or bush slightly worn	7.1%
Brake discs: worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened	6.8%
Condition: slightly damaged/cracking or perishing	6.3%
Engine oil leaks: leak, but not excessive	5.5%
Headlamp: has a product on the lens but not seriously reducing light output	3.6%
Coil spring: corroded	3.2%
Rigid brake pipes: corroded, covered in grease or other material	2.2%

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By fuel

Fuel	Tests	First-time pass
Hybrid	10,994	72.6%
Petrol	464	75.0%

Fuels with fewer than 30 tests are left out. Different fuels often mean different ages, so compare with care.

MOT results for every model