2020 Toyota RAV4: 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 90.7% to 91.7% (±0.6 points).

• 2020 Toyota RAV491.2%
• All vehicles first used in 202086.0%

That is 5.2 points above the average for all vehicles first used in 2020 (86.0%). These cars were about 5 years old at the test.

Failure areas compared with all 2020 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2020, failures are more common in windscreen, wipers, mirrors (1.1×), and less common in tyres (0.7×), lights and electrics (0.5×) and brakes (0.4×).

Failed tests with a fault in each area, per 100 tests. The right-hand column shows how many times as often as all vehicles first used in 2020.

1. Tyres3.5 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 5.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2020
2. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors3.3 in 100 tests1.1× compared with 2.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2020
3. Lights and electrics1.5 in 100 tests0.5× compared with 3.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2020
4. Brakes0.9 in 100 tests0.4× compared with 2.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2020

All vehicles first used in 2020: the 212 models in our data, 1,688,603 tests (96.0% of all 1,758,903 tests on vehicles first used in 2020). 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 –.

Median odometer reading at the 2025 MOT test, in miles. Half had more and half had less.

What MOT data can't tell you about any 2020 Toyota RAV4

Outstanding finance, write-offs, theft and plate changes aren't in MOT records. For a particular car, you need a history check.

Other Toyota RAV4 years

• 2021 Toyota RAV491.4%
• 2022 Toyota RAV494.4%

Other cars first used in 2020

• 2020 Ford Fiesta86.1%
• 2020 Vauxhall Corsa84.8%
• 2020 Ford Focus85.7%
• 2020 Volkswagen Golf90.0%
• 2020 MINI Hatch88.1%