2014 Toyota Prius: MOT pass rate and common faults
Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 75.6% to 77.2% (±0.9 points).
That is 7.8 points above the average for all vehicles first used in 2014 (68.6%). These cars were about 11 years old at the test.
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Failure areas compared with all 2014 vehicles
Compared with all vehicles first used in 2014, failures are more common in lights and electrics (1.3×), and less common in suspension (0.5×), tyres (0.7×), brakes (0.6×), windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.8×), noise, emissions, leaks (0.2×), body, chassis, structure (0.2×) and steering (0.2×). Other differences are within the margin of error.
- Lights and electrics14.4 in 100 tests1.3× compared with 11.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Suspension5.1 in 100 tests0.5× compared with 10.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Tyres4.6 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 7.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Brakes4.0 in 100 tests0.6× compared with 6.7 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Windscreen, wipers, mirrors3.4 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 4.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Noise, emissions, leaks0.7 in 100 tests0.2× compared with 3.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Body, chassis, structure0.7 in 100 tests0.2× compared with 3.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Wheels0.7 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Steering0.6 in 100 tests0.2× compared with 2.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
All vehicles first used in 2014: the 215 models in our data, 2,266,322 tests (97.3% of all 2,330,102 tests on vehicles first used in 2014). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.
What MOT data can't tell you about any 2014 Toyota Prius
Outstanding finance, write-offs, theft and plate changes aren't in MOT records. For a particular car, you need a history check.
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