Pass rate
74.8%
Below average — 1.0 pts ahead of the 73.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,753 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £72–£210
2000 Toyota Avensis MOT pass rate
- 2000
- typical 107,338 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
21.7% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2017 88.0% pass
- Avoid 2002 73.8% pass
Across the 19 years on record, a spread of 14.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 68.4%
- Typical mileage
- 107k mi
The 2000 Toyota Avensis MOT pass rate is 74.8% of its MOT tests — 1.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Toyota Avensis does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.1× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 11.6% of everything recorded on the 2000 Toyota Avensis, against 5.5% nationally — 6.1 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 21.7%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 19% 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.
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 2000 Toyota Avensis compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.8%, so this figure is 1.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 68.4%. The median 2000 Toyota Avensis in this dataset had covered 107,338 mi.
98% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 74.7% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 74.7% of the time, April–September 74.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", noted on 5.99% of tests.
- 1,753 recorded tests behind this page.
- 74.8% overall pass rate, 68.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Avensis, the average is 79.0% — best year 2017 (88.0%), worst 2002 (73.8%).
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
- 1,753
- Typical mileage (median)
- 107,338 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Avensis
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Corrosion Welding Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Avensis MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 62% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (98% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Avensis
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 447 | 77.2% |
| South West | 246 | 66.7% |
| North West | 218 | 77.5% |
| East of England | 206 | 75.7% |
| West Midlands | 181 | 75.7% |
| East Midlands | 135 | 71.9% |
| Yorkshire | 133 | 75.9% |
| Wales | 67 | 65.7% |
| London | 52 | 86.5% |
| Scotland | 35 | 74.3% |
| North East | 30 | 80.0% |
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 2000 Avensis
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 2000 Avensis
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 6.0% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
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 exhaust and emissions 3.6% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the windscreen 3.5% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new 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 2000 Avensis through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £72–£210 — and 19% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £72–£210
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 30%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 19%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,753 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 Avensis, side by side
19 model years on record, from 2000 to 2018. Across them the pass rate runs from 73.8% to 88.0% — a spread of 14.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 74.8%component mounting prescribed…
- 2001 75.4% component mounting prescribed…
- 2002 73.8% component mounting prescribed…
- 2003 75.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 76.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2005 75.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 75.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 75.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 75.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 77.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 78.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 80.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 81.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 81.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 82.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 84.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 87.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 88.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 87.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
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 2000 Toyota Avensis 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 2000 cars with a similar record
- Land Rover Defender 74.7%
- MG Mgf 75.0%
- Honda Civic 75.3%
- Land Rover Discovery 75.7%
- Audi A4 73.5%
- Audi A3 73.5%
Closest pass rates among 2000 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 2000 Toyota Avensis 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 4,861 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 | 1,070 | 21.70% | 20.98% | +0.72 |
| Brakes | 1,027 | 20.90% | 20.89% | +0.01 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 570 | 11.60% | 5.52% | +6.08 |
| Tyres | 551 | 11.20% | 19.76% | −8.56 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 468 | 9.50% | 5.57% | +3.93 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 457 | 9.30% | 12.21% | −2.91 |
| Non-component advisories | 214 | 4.30% | 4.18% | +0.12 |
| Visibility | 213 | 4.30% | 4.97% | −0.67 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 195 | 4.00% | 1.76% | +2.24 |
| Steering | 96 | 2.00% | 2.57% | −0.57 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 6.0% | £180–450 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.6% | £60–250 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.5% | £80–200 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.1% | £45–120 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.1% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.0% | £5–20 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.7% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.4% | £60–250 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 2.2% | £60–150 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £45–110 |
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 | 16.2% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 13.5% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 13.5% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 12.0% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 10.3% | £20–80 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 9.9% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 15 | 86.7% | 21,680 mi |
| 30-60k | 138 | 84.8% | 46,646 mi |
| 60-90k | 444 | 75.9% | 76,258 mi |
| 90-120k | 492 | 76.0% | 105,123 mi |
| 120k+ | 662 | 70.8% | 156,751 mi |
Source: 1,753 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.
2000 Avensis MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2000 Toyota Avensis?
74.8% of the 1,753 2000 Toyota Avensis tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.8% for cars first used in 2000. First-attempt pass rate: 68.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2000 Toyota Avensis?
The three most recorded items are component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.99%), catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (3.59%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.48%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2000 Toyota Avensis MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 86.7% of the time, falling to 70.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2000 Toyota Avensis in this dataset had covered 107,338 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2000 Toyota Avensis?
Petrol: 74.7% pass rate across 1,710 tests. Diesel: 76.7% pass rate across 43 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2000 Toyota Avensis MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 74.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 74.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.