Pass rate
80.2%
Around average — 7.3 pts ahead of the 72.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 409 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £18–£62
2002 Toyota Alphard MOT pass rate
- 2002
- 2 trims combined
- typical 86,443 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
27.4% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
1.0 pts down across model years — 11.9% in 2003, 10.9% in 2021.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 93.8% pass
- Avoid 2016 77.3% pass
Across the 21 years on record, a spread of 16.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 76.2%
- Typical mileage
- 86k mi
The 2002 Toyota Alphard MOT pass rate is 80.2% of its MOT tests — 7.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.4% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 27.4% of everything recorded on the 2002 Toyota Alphard, against 21.0% nationally — 6.4 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 72.9% and this one manages 80.2% — 7.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
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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Every Toyota Alphard first registered in 2002 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2002 Toyota Alphard compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.9%, so this figure is 7.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.2%. The median 2002 Toyota Alphard in this dataset had covered 86,443 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 81.9% of the time, April–September 79.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 5.87% of tests.
- 409 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.2% overall pass rate, 76.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Alphard, the average is 81.6% — best year 2022 (93.8%), worst 2016 (77.3%).
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
- 409
- Typical mileage (median)
- 86,443 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Alphard
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Alphard MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 70% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Toyota Alphard is most common
Across all Alphard model years on record (2002–2022): 15,913 Toyota Alphard cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 36,514 tests. Portsmouth (PO) has the most, with 820 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portsmouth (PO) | 820 | 78.1% |
| 2 | Birmingham (B) | 539 | 91.5% |
| 3 | Southampton (SO) | 468 | 83.8% |
| 4 | Plymouth (PL) | 461 | 76.0% |
| 5 | Edinburgh (EH) | 374 | 83.2% |
| 6 | Norwich (NR) | 361 | 85.4% |
| 7 | Exeter (EX) | 338 | 74.2% |
| 8 | Poole (BH) | 320 | 75.2% |
| 9 | Romford (RM) | 319 | 90.4% |
| 10 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 302 | 82.2% |
| 11 | London (E) | 286 | 91.4% |
| 12 | Glasgow (G) | 283 | 80.1% |
| 13 | Brighton (BN) | 282 | 74.2% |
| 14 | Bristol (BS) | 280 | 73.1% |
| 15 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 277 | 87.1% |
| 16 | Sheffield (S) | 263 | 91.8% |
| 17 | Kirkcaldy (KY) | 254 | 72.2% |
| 18 | Manchester (M) | 253 | 83.7% |
| 19 | Truro (TR) | 243 | 75.9% |
| 20 | Guildford (GU) | 230 | 80.0% |
The twenty areas with the most Toyota Alphard cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Alphard
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 97 | 83.5% |
| South West | 71 | 76.1% |
| Scotland | 65 | 80.0% |
| North West | 42 | 83.3% |
| West Midlands | 31 | 77.4% |
| North East | 26 | 69.2% |
| Yorkshire | 23 | 78.3% |
| East of England | 23 | 91.3% |
| East Midlands | 17 | 88.2% |
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 2002 Alphard
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 2002 Alphard
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 the lights 5.9% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the suspension joints 3.4% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
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 brakes 2.4% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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 2002 Alphard through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £18–£62 — and 49% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £18–£62
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 49%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 409 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 Alphard, side by side
21 model years on record, from 2002 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 77.3% to 93.8% — a spread of 16.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 80.2%headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2003 77.4% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2004 79.2% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2005 80.4% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 82.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2007 83.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2008 83.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2009 87.1% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2010 84.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2011 85.0% linkage ball joint dust cover…
- 2012 87.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2013 90.1% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2014 83.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 77.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2016 77.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2017 77.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2018 79.3% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2019 79.8% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2020 78.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2021 81.6% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2022 93.8% linkage ball joint dust cover…
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 2002 Toyota Alphard 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 2002 cars with a similar record
- Porsche Boxster 80.3%
- Subaru Impreza 80.5%
- Jaguar XK8 79.8%
- BMW Z3 80.7%
- Mercedes-Benz Slk 81.2%
- Land Rover Range Rover 77.4%
Closest pass rates among 2002 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 2002 Toyota Alphard 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 840 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 231 | 27.40% | 20.98% | +6.42 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 145 | 17.20% | 12.21% | +4.99 |
| Tyres | 141 | 16.70% | 19.76% | −3.06 |
| Brakes | 140 | 16.60% | 20.89% | −4.29 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 80 | 9.50% | 5.52% | +3.98 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 31 | 3.70% | 5.57% | −1.87 |
| Non-component advisories | 21 | 2.50% | 4.18% | −1.68 |
| Visibility | 20 | 2.40% | 4.97% | −2.57 |
| Steering | 18 | 2.10% | 2.57% | −0.47 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 13 | 1.50% | 1.76% | −0.26 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.9% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.4% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.4% | £5–20 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.7% | £5–25 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 2.4% | £18–45 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.4% | £60–250 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.4% | £40–150 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.4% | £3–15 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.2% | £30–80 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.2% | £18–45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 24.0% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 17.6% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 11.3% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.8% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.1% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 6 | 83.3% | 23,201 mi |
| 30-60k | 62 | 83.9% | 48,613 mi |
| 60-90k | 148 | 80.4% | 74,725 mi |
| 90-120k | 92 | 78.3% | 103,342 mi |
| 120k+ | 101 | 79.2% | 152,729 mi |
Source: 409 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.
2002 Alphard MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2002 Toyota Alphard?
80.2% of the 409 2002 Toyota Alphard tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.9% for cars first used in 2002. First-attempt pass rate: 76.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2002 Toyota Alphard?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (5.87%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (3.42%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.42%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2002 Toyota Alphard MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.3% of the time, falling to 79.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2002 Toyota Alphard in this dataset had covered 86,443 mi.
Does the season affect the 2002 Toyota Alphard MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 81.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 79.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.