Toyota Alphard MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Toyota Alphard MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Toyota Alphard passed on its first attempt in 78.1%, and its overall record sits +0.6 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Toyota Alphard in the 2023–2025 data: 36,514 tests across 21 model years (2002–2022). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Toyota Alphard MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Toyota Alphard, the Suspension section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Toyota Alphard's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Toyota Alphard DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Toyota Alphard, each with how many of the model's 36,514 tests it was noted on.

• "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated" (Minor) — noted on about 1,812 Toyota Alphard tests, 5.0% of the model's MOT record.
• "Headlamp lens slightly defective" (Minor) — noted on about 1,474 Toyota Alphard tests, 4.0% of the model's MOT record.
• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 1,102 Toyota Alphard tests, 3.0% of the model's MOT record.
• "Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated" (Minor) — noted on about 1,012 Toyota Alphard tests, 2.8% of the model's MOT record.
• "Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt" (Major) — noted on about 873 Toyota Alphard tests, 2.4% of the model's MOT record.
• "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated" (Minor) — noted on about 647 Toyota Alphard tests, 1.8% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Toyota Alphard Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Toyota Alphard model year on record is 2022 (93.8% across 80 tests), and the weakest is 2015 (77.3%). The gap between them is 16.5 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Toyota Alphard reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 2.5 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Toyota Alphard Owners

These checks follow this Toyota Alphard's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Toyota Alphard.

• the suspension joints — “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.

• the lights — “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.

• the wipers and washers — “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.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Toyota Alphard. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Where the Toyota Alphard is most common

Across every Alphard model year 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.

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 →

Frequently Asked Questions: Toyota Alphard MOT & Reliability