Pass rate
79.5%
Around average — 11.2 pts behind the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 73 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £18–£47
2020 Toyota Alphard E-Four MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 84,345 mi
Only 73 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
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Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
27.7% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 79.5% pass · this year
- Avoid 2020 79.5% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 74.1%
- Typical mileage
- 84k mi
The 2020 Toyota Alphard E-Four MOT pass rate is 79.5% of its MOT tests — 11.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.7% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 2.3× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 27.7% of everything recorded on the 2020 Toyota Alphard E-Four, against 12.2% nationally — 15.5 points above. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 90.7%; this one manages 79.5% — 11.2 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 55% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2020 Toyota Alphard E-Four compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 11.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 74.1%. The median 2020 Toyota Alphard E-Four in this dataset had covered 84,345 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 81.4% of the time, April–September 76.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Position lamp not working", noted on 4.11% of tests.
- 73 recorded tests behind this page.
- 79.5% overall pass rate, 74.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Alphard E-Four, the average is 79.5% — best year 2020 (79.5%), worst 2020 (79.5%).
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
- 73
- Typical mileage (median)
- 84,345 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Alphard E-Four
- 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 E-Four MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 53% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Alphard E-Four
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| London | 25 | 72.0% |
| Scotland | 16 | 81.3% |
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 2020 Alphard E-Four
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 2020 Alphard E-Four
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 4.1% of tests
“position lamp not working”
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 2.7% of tests
“linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
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 wipers and washers 2.7% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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 2020 Alphard E-Four through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £18–£47 — and 55% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £18–£47
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep…
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 55%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 73 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 →
Compare the 2020 Toyota Alphard E-Four 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Citan 81.6%
- Nissan Elgrand 76.0%
- Vauxhall Combo 83.1%
- Tesla Model 3 Performance 83.2%
- Mercedes-Benz Vito 83.3%
- Tesla Model X 84.6%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Toyota Alphard E-Four 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 83 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 23 | 27.70% | 12.21% | +15.49 |
| Suspension | 21 | 25.30% | 20.98% | +4.32 |
| Tyres | 20 | 24.10% | 19.76% | +4.34 |
| Brakes | 9 | 10.80% | 20.89% | −10.09 |
| Visibility | 6 | 7.20% | 4.97% | +2.23 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 2.40% | 5.52% | −3.12 |
| Steering | 2 | 2.40% | 2.57% | −0.17 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.1% | £5–25 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.7% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.7% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.7% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.7% | £5–25 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.7% | £18–45 |
| Obviously under inflated Tyres | Minor | 2.7% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 2.7% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.7% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Rectified | 1.4% | £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 | 15.1% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.0% | £45–95 |
| Swivel pins and bushes swivel pin and/or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.2% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.8% | £45–110 |
| Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 6.8% | £5–25 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.1% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 8 | 87.5% | 50,938 mi |
| 60-90k | 35 | 82.9% | 74,424 mi |
| 90-120k | 17 | 82.4% | 100,457 mi |
| 120k+ | 13 | 61.5% | 135,405 mi |
Source: 73 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.
2020 Alphard E-Four MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Toyota Alphard E-Four?
79.5% of the 73 2020 Toyota Alphard E-Four tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 74.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Toyota Alphard E-Four?
The three most recorded items are position lamp not working (4.11%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.74%), headlamp aim too low (2.74%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Toyota Alphard E-Four MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.5% of the time, falling to 61.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Toyota Alphard E-Four in this dataset had covered 84,345 mi.
Does the season affect the 2020 Toyota Alphard E-Four MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 81.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 76.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.