Pass rate
89.7%
Above average — 17.1 pts ahead of the 72.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 58 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £19–£50
2003 Toyota Crown MOT pass rate
- 2003
- typical 107,764 mi
Only 58 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
Tyres
37.5% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 92.5% pass
- Avoid 2006 85.2% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 7.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 88.7%
- Typical mileage
- 108k mi
The 2003 Toyota Crown MOT pass rate is 89.7% of its MOT tests — 17.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 37.5% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.9× the national share
Tyres make up 37.5% of everything recorded on the 2003 Toyota Crown, against 19.8% nationally — 17.7 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 72.6% and this one manages 89.7% — 17.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 58 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2003 Toyota Crown compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.6%, so this figure is 17.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.7%. The median 2003 Toyota Crown in this dataset had covered 107,764 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 3.45% of tests.
- 58 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.7% overall pass rate, 88.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Toyota Crown, the average is 88.8% — best year 2020 (92.5%), worst 2006 (85.2%).
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
- 58
- Typical mileage (median)
- 107,764 mi
- Make and model
- Toyota Crown
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
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 Crown MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 63% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2003 Crown
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 2003 Crown
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 3.5% 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 tyre tread 3.5% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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Check the suspension joints 1.7% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
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.
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 2003 Crown through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £19–£50 — and 50% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £19–£50
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp does not emit a steady red light
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 100%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 50%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 58 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 Crown, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2000 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 85.2% to 92.5% — a spread of 7.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 91.9% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2001 90.5% rear fog lamp missing
- 2002 87.7% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2003 89.7%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 85.2% rear fog lamp missing
- 2008 86.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2020 92.5% 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 2003 Toyota Crown 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 2003 cars with a similar record
- BMW M3 87.7%
- Porsche 911 85.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 85.2%
- Honda S2000 83.5%
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class 81.7%
- Porsche Boxster 80.4%
Closest pass rates among 2003 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 2003 Toyota Crown 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 15 | 37.50% | 19.76% | +17.74 |
| Suspension | 8 | 20.00% | 20.98% | −0.98 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 6 | 15.00% | 12.21% | +2.79 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4 | 10.00% | 5.57% | +4.43 |
| Visibility | 3 | 7.50% | 4.97% | +2.53 |
| Brakes | 2 | 5.00% | 20.89% | −15.89 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 5.00% | 5.52% | −0.52 |
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 | 3.5% | £5–20 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 3.5% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.7% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.7% | £25–65 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.7% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.7% | £5–25 |
| Mirrors insecure Visibility | Major | 1.7% | £20–80 |
| Rear fog lamp does not emit a steady red light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.7% | £3–15 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.7% | £3–15 |
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 | 10.3% | £45–95 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 6.9% | £45–120 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 5.2% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 3.5% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.5% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 4 | 100.0% | 54,538 mi |
| 60-90k | 12 | 100.0% | 75,319 mi |
| 90-120k | 28 | 92.9% | 108,160 mi |
| 120k+ | 14 | 71.4% | 136,075 mi |
Source: 58 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.
2003 Crown MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2003 Toyota Crown?
89.7% of the 58 2003 Toyota Crown tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.6% for cars first used in 2003. First-attempt pass rate: 88.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2003 Toyota Crown?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.45%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.45%), ball joint excessively worn (1.72%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2003 Toyota Crown MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 71.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2003 Toyota Crown in this dataset had covered 107,764 mi.