Pass rate
74.6%
Below average — 2.1 pts ahead of the 72.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 3,460 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £41–£118
2006 Toyota Celica MOT pass rate
- 2006
- typical 103,028 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
22.9% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2009 83.3% pass
- Avoid 2000 71.4% pass
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 11.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 68.5%
- Typical mileage
- 103k mi
The 2006 Toyota Celica MOT pass rate is 74.6% of its MOT tests — 2.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Toyota Celica does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with tyres
Tyres are 10.5% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
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 Celica compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.5%, so this figure is 2.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 68.5%. The median 2006 Toyota Celica in this dataset had covered 103,028 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 74.1% of the time, April–September 75.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 5.55% of tests.
- 3,460 recorded tests behind this page.
- 74.6% overall pass rate, 68.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Celica, the average is 73.3% — best year 2009 (83.3%), worst 2000 (71.4%).
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
- 3,460
- Typical mileage (median)
- 103,028 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Celica
- 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 Celica MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 64% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Celica
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 770 | 77.3% |
| North West | 466 | 77.0% |
| South West | 370 | 68.1% |
| West Midlands | 350 | 76.0% |
| East of England | 345 | 73.9% |
| Yorkshire | 300 | 78.7% |
| East Midlands | 260 | 72.7% |
| Scotland | 223 | 68.2% |
| Wales | 139 | 64.7% |
| London | 124 | 87.1% |
| North East | 113 | 69.0% |
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 2006 Celica
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 Celica
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 5.5% 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 exhaust and emissions 3.3% 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 2.8% 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 Celica through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £41–£118 — and 37% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £41–£118
- 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
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 37%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 3,460 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 Celica, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2000 to 2009. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.4% to 83.3% — a spread of 11.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 71.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 74.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 74.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 71.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 72.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 73.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 74.6%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 78.6% catalyst emissions carbon…
- 2008 79.9% catalyst emissions lambda reading…
- 2009 83.3% steering rack gaiter missing or…
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 Celica 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
- Audi Tt 74.6%
- Land Rover Discovery 74.8%
- Peugeot 1007 74.3%
- Suzuki Wagon-R+ 74.9%
- Nissan Micra 74.2%
- Chrysler Jeep 300 75.0%
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 Celica 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 8,687 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 | 2,050 | 22.90% | 20.98% | +1.92 |
| Brakes | 2,044 | 22.80% | 20.89% | +1.91 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,242 | 13.90% | 12.21% | +1.69 |
| Tyres | 943 | 10.50% | 19.76% | −9.26 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 921 | 10.30% | 5.57% | +4.73 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 696 | 7.80% | 5.52% | +2.28 |
| Visibility | 274 | 3.10% | 4.97% | −1.87 |
| Non-component advisories | 214 | 2.40% | 4.18% | −1.78 |
| Road Wheels | 152 | 1.70% | 0.75% | +0.95 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 151 | 1.70% | 0.82% | +0.88 |
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 | 5.5% | £5–20 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.0% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.9% | £30–80 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.3% | £60–250 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 3.3% | £45–110 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.0% | £45–120 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.8% | £80–200 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.5% | £5–25 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 2.3% | £180–450 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.3% | £25–65 |
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 | 13.3% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.5% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 11.0% | £25–65 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.6% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.5% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 8.4% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 49 | 93.9% | 19,322 mi |
| 30-60k | 305 | 79.0% | 48,312 mi |
| 60-90k | 871 | 75.5% | 76,270 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,134 | 74.2% | 104,905 mi |
| 120k+ | 1,099 | 72.2% | 146,366 mi |
Source: 3,460 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 Celica MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2006 Toyota Celica?
74.6% of the 3,460 2006 Toyota Celica tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.5% for cars first used in 2006. First-attempt pass rate: 68.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2006 Toyota Celica?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (5.55%), headlamp lens slightly defective (3.96%), headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (3.90%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2006 Toyota Celica MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.9% of the time, falling to 72.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2006 Toyota Celica in this dataset had covered 103,028 mi.
Does the season affect the 2006 Toyota Celica MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 74.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 75.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.