Pass rate
75.2%
Around average — 2.7 pts ahead of the 72.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 17,874 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £17–£48
2006 Toyota Avensis MOT pass rate
- 2006
- typical 123,287 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
27.6% 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
- 123k mi
The 2006 Toyota Avensis MOT pass rate is 75.2% of its MOT tests — 2.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.6% 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
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 27.6% of everything recorded on the 2006 Toyota Avensis, against 21.0% nationally — 6.6 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.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 65% 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 2006 Toyota Avensis compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.5%, so this figure is 2.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 68.4%. The median 2006 Toyota Avensis in this dataset had covered 123,287 mi.
60% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 76.3% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 75.0% of the time, April–September 75.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 6.66% of tests.
- 17,874 recorded tests behind this page.
- 75.2% 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
- 17,874
- Typical mileage (median)
- 123,287 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
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Avensis MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 64% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (60% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Avensis
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 4,008 | 77.1% |
| North West | 2,483 | 74.4% |
| West Midlands | 1,852 | 77.9% |
| Yorkshire | 1,780 | 73.9% |
| East of England | 1,667 | 77.7% |
| South West | 1,646 | 68.8% |
| East Midlands | 1,321 | 76.7% |
| London | 1,120 | 83.9% |
| Wales | 720 | 71.1% |
| Scotland | 704 | 63.9% |
| North East | 573 | 69.1% |
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 2006 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 2006 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 the lights 6.7% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
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 3.6% 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 windscreen 3.1% 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 2006 Avensis through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £17–£48 — and 65% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £17–£48
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 65%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 17,874 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 2006 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 2006 cars with a similar record
- Jaguar S-Type 75.3%
- Volvo S60 75.3%
- Saab 9-5 75.1%
- BMW 118 75.4%
- Chrysler Jeep 300 75.0%
- Audi A4 75.5%
Closest pass rates among 2006 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 2006 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 50,561 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 | 14,098 | 27.60% | 20.98% | +6.62 |
| Brakes | 10,810 | 21.20% | 20.89% | +0.31 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 8,407 | 16.50% | 12.21% | +4.29 |
| Tyres | 6,257 | 12.30% | 19.76% | −7.46 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 3,164 | 6.20% | 5.57% | +0.63 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2,380 | 4.70% | 5.52% | −0.82 |
| Visibility | 2,064 | 4.00% | 4.97% | −0.97 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1,680 | 3.30% | 1.76% | +1.54 |
| Non-component advisories | 1,074 | 2.10% | 4.18% | −2.08 |
| Steering | 627 | 1.20% | 2.57% | −1.37 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.7% | £5–20 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.9% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.6% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.1% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.0% | £5–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 3.0% | £5–25 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.9% | £25–65 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.8% | £3–12 |
| Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Major | 2.3% | £35–85 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £5–25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 17.5% | £45–95 |
| Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 16.3% | £35–85 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 11.8% | £180–450 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.8% | £45–110 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 11.3% | £80–180 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.3% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 74 | 87.8% | 23,925 mi |
| 30-60k | 847 | 83.9% | 49,107 mi |
| 60-90k | 2,767 | 79.8% | 77,562 mi |
| 90-120k | 4,693 | 75.6% | 105,471 mi |
| 120k+ | 9,468 | 72.8% | 162,144 mi |
Source: 17,874 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.
2006 Avensis MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2006 Toyota Avensis?
75.2% of the 17,874 2006 Toyota Avensis tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.5% for cars first used in 2006. First-attempt pass rate: 68.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2006 Toyota Avensis?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.66%), position lamp not working (4.93%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (3.62%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2006 Toyota Avensis MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.8% of the time, falling to 72.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2006 Toyota Avensis in this dataset had covered 123,287 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2006 Toyota Avensis?
Petrol: 76.3% pass rate across 10,641 tests. Diesel: 73.5% pass rate across 7,193 tests. LPG: 78.4% pass rate across 37 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2006 Toyota Avensis MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 75.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 75.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.