Pass rate
75.0%
Around average — 2.4 pts ahead of the 72.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 128 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £56–£142
2003 London Taxis Int Tx Ii MOT pass rate
- 2003
- typical 238,650 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
24.3% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£55 for Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2003 75.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2002 68.8% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 6.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 70.8%
- Typical mileage
- 239k mi
The 2003 London Taxis Int Tx Ii MOT pass rate is 75.0% of its MOT tests — 2.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 24.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how London Taxis Int Tx Ii does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Steering: 4.0× the national share
Steering accounts for 10.3% of everything recorded on the 2003 London Taxis Int Tx Ii, against 2.6% nationally — 7.7 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 24.3%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Ask for the steering to be checked for play with the wheels on the ground, not on a jack.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 0% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
- Based on a small sample. 128 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2003 London Taxis Int Tx Ii compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.6%, so this figure is 2.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 70.8%. The median 2003 London Taxis Int Tx Ii in this dataset had covered 238,650 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 76% of tests, with a 77.3% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 75.4% of the time, April–September 74.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements", noted on 10.16% of tests.
- 128 recorded tests behind this page.
- 75.0% overall pass rate, 70.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the London Taxis Int Tx Ii, the average is 71.9% — best year 2003 (75.0%), worst 2002 (68.8%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 128
- Typical mileage (median)
- 238,650 mi
- Make and model
- London Taxis Int Tx Ii
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Discs and Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Tx Ii MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 65% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (76% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Tx Ii
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 31 | 67.7% |
| North West | 27 | 77.8% |
| South East | 19 | 73.7% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2003 Tx Ii
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2003 Tx Ii
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check corrosion 6.3% of tests
“integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the suspension joints 4.7% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the wheel bearings 4.7% of tests
“wheel bearings has excessive play”
Listen for a hum that rises and falls with speed and changes when you load one side in a bend. A noisy bearing is an easy pre-test diagnosis and an awkward surprise at the test station.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2003 Tx Ii through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £56–£142 — and 0% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £56–£142
- Cheapest common item: ball joint excessively worn
- £18–£45
- Dearest common item: integral vehicle structure condition corroded…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 0%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 128 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Tx Ii, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2002 to 2006. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.8% to 75.0% — a spread of 6.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 68.8% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2003 75.0%rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2004 71.6% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2005 74.5% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2006 69.6% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2003 London Taxis Int Tx Ii with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2003 cars with a similar record
- Toyota Land Cruiser 74.7%
- BMW 525 74.7%
- Saab 9-3 74.6%
- Mercedes-Benz Clk 75.5%
- Audi A6 74.5%
- Toyota Avensis 75.6%
Closest pass rates among 2003 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2003 London Taxis Int Tx Ii 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 436 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 106 | 24.30% | 20.89% | +3.41 |
| Suspension | 82 | 18.80% | 20.98% | −2.18 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 55 | 12.60% | 12.21% | +0.39 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 53 | 12.20% | 5.52% | +6.68 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 47 | 10.80% | 5.57% | +5.23 |
| Steering | 45 | 10.30% | 2.57% | +7.73 |
| Visibility | 19 | 4.40% | 4.97% | −0.57 |
| Tyres | 18 | 4.10% | 19.76% | −15.66 |
| Non-component advisories | 6 | 1.40% | 4.18% | −2.78 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 5 | 1.10% | 0.82% | +0.28 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 10.2% | £45–110 |
| Integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Major | 6.3% | £180–450 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.7% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 4.7% | £18–45 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Major | 4.7% | £20–55 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.9% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.1% | £40–150 |
| Prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 3.1% | £40–120 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 3.1% | £80–180 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.1% | £60–150 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 20.3% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 18.8% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 16.4% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 9.4% | £45–95 |
| Transmission oil leaks leaking excessively from transmission Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 8.6% | £200–700 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 7.0% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 6 | 83.3% | 2,258 mi |
| 30-60k | 1 | 100.0% | 32,284 mi |
| 90-120k | 3 | 100.0% | 106,014 mi |
| 120k+ | 63 | 73.0% | 241,764 mi |
Source: 128 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2003 Tx Ii MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2003 London Taxis Int Tx Ii?
75.0% of the 128 2003 London Taxis Int Tx Ii tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.6% for cars first used in 2003. First-attempt pass rate: 70.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2003 London Taxis Int Tx Ii?
The three most recorded items are rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (10.16%), integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced (6.25%), ball joint excessively worn (4.69%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2003 London Taxis Int Tx Ii MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.3% of the time, falling to 73.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2003 London Taxis Int Tx Ii in this dataset had covered 238,650 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2003 London Taxis Int Tx Ii?
Diesel: 77.3% pass rate across 97 tests. LPG: 64.3% pass rate across 28 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2003 London Taxis Int Tx Ii MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 75.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 74.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.