Pass rate
80.4%
Around average — 9.1 pts behind the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 56 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£74
2019 Toyota Chaser MOT pass rate
- 2019
- typical 111,653 mi
Only 56 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
25.9% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Which year to buy
- Best 2000 95.2% pass
- Avoid 2019 80.4% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 14.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 76.6%
- Typical mileage
- 112k mi
The 2019 Toyota Chaser MOT pass rate is 80.4% of its MOT tests — 9.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.9% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 2.1× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 25.9% of everything recorded on the 2019 Toyota Chaser, against 12.2% nationally — 13.7 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 89.5%; this one manages 80.4% — 9.1 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 21% 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 2019 Toyota Chaser compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 9.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.6%. The median 2019 Toyota Chaser in this dataset had covered 111,653 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has ply or cords exposed", noted on 7.14% of tests.
- 56 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.4% overall pass rate, 76.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Chaser, the average is 88.2% — best year 2000 (95.2%), worst 2019 (80.4%).
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
- 56
- Typical mileage (median)
- 111,653 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Chaser
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Chaser MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 68% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Chaser
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 18 | 72.2% |
| South West | 17 | 70.6% |
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 2019 Chaser
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 2019 Chaser
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 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 exhaust and emissions 3.6% of tests
“exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases”
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 brake pipes 3.6% of tests
“flexible brake hoses excessively chafed”
Brake pipes run under the car, usually in front of the rear wheels. Flaking or crusty metal is what fails; a light dusting of surface rust does not. Worth asking a garage to look while it is on a ramp.
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 2019 Chaser through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£74 — and 21% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£74
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp lens defective
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 21%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 56 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 Chaser, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2000 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 80.4% to 95.2% — a spread of 14.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 95.2% flexible brake hoses slightly…
- 2019 80.4%has ply or cords exposed
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 2019 Toyota Chaser 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 2019 cars with a similar record
- Renault Zoe 80.5%
- Renault Grand Scenic 81.7%
- Mercedes-Benz Citan 82.1%
- Fiat Fiorino 83.1%
- Vauxhall Combo 83.4%
- Mercedes-Benz Vito 83.5%
Closest pass rates among 2019 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 2019 Toyota Chaser 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 85 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 | 22 | 25.90% | 12.21% | +13.69 |
| Tyres | 20 | 23.50% | 19.76% | +3.74 |
| Suspension | 15 | 17.60% | 20.98% | −3.38 |
| Brakes | 10 | 11.80% | 20.89% | −9.09 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 9 | 10.60% | 5.57% | +5.03 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4 | 4.70% | 5.52% | −0.82 |
| Visibility | 3 | 3.50% | 4.97% | −1.47 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 2.40% | 4.18% | −1.78 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 7.1% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.6% | £18–45 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.6% | £45–120 |
| Flexible brake hoses excessively chafed Brakes | Major | 3.6% | £25–70 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.6% | £30–80 |
| Rear fog lamp lens defective which has no effect on emitted light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.6% | £3–15 |
| Side repeaters lens defective which has no effect on emitted light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.6% | £3–15 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.8% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.8% | £18–45 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.8% | £60–250 |
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 | 19.6% | £45–95 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 10.7% | £45–120 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.7% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.1% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.4% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 5.4% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 7 | 100.0% | 45,737 mi |
| 60-90k | 6 | 83.3% | 71,394 mi |
| 90-120k | 25 | 76.0% | 106,191 mi |
| 120k+ | 18 | 77.8% | 152,689 mi |
Source: 56 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.
2019 Chaser MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Toyota Chaser?
80.4% of the 56 2019 Toyota Chaser tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 76.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Toyota Chaser?
The three most recorded items are has ply or cords exposed (7.14%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (3.57%), exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases (3.57%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Toyota Chaser MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 77.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Toyota Chaser in this dataset had covered 111,653 mi.