Pass rate
92.5%
Above average — 1.8 pts ahead of the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 53 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £20–£54
2020 Toyota Crown MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 94,107 mi
Only 53 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
Suspension
28.1% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 92.5% pass · this year
- Avoid 2006 85.2% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 7.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 92.2%
- Typical mileage
- 94k mi
The 2020 Toyota Crown MOT pass rate is 92.5% of its MOT tests — 1.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.1% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 28.1% of everything recorded on the 2020 Toyota Crown, against 21.0% nationally — 7.1 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.
- Based on a small sample. 53 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 2020 Toyota Crown compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 1.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 92.2%. The median 2020 Toyota Crown in this dataset had covered 94,107 mi.
68% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 91.7% of the time.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 3.77% of tests.
- 53 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.5% overall pass rate, 92.2% 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
- 53
- Typical mileage (median)
- 94,107 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 79% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (68% of tests).
What fails a 2020 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 2020 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 3.8% 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 1.9% of tests
“linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
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 number plates 1.9% of tests
“registration plates incorrect”
Check both plates are present, legible and correctly spaced, with the postcode of the supplier and the BS AU 145e mark. A private plate in the wrong style is a fail before the car is even looked at.
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 2020 Crown through its MOT
Across the 8 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £20–£54 — and 44% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 8 common items
- £20–£54
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp missing
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements
- £45–£110
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 88%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 44%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 53 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 2020 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Nissan Qashqai 92.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Glc 92.5%
- Citroen C3 92.5%
- Kia Picanto 92.5%
- BMW X1 92.5%
- BMW I3 92.5%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Toyota Crown 8 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 32 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 | 9 | 28.10% | 20.98% | +7.12 |
| Tyres | 6 | 18.80% | 19.76% | −0.96 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 5 | 15.60% | 12.21% | +3.39 |
| Brakes | 4 | 12.50% | 20.89% | −8.39 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4 | 12.50% | 5.52% | +6.98 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 6.20% | 5.57% | +0.63 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 3.10% | 4.18% | −1.08 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 3.10% | 1.76% | +1.34 |
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 | 3.8% | £5–20 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.9% | £5–25 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £45–110 |
| Rear fog lamp missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £3–15 |
| Registration plates incorrect Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 1.9% | £20–80 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.9% | £45–95 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 7.5% | £200–700 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 7.5% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 5.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.8% | £45–110 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 3.8% | £25–65 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 3.8% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3 | 100.0% | 12,891 mi |
| 30-60k | 9 | 88.9% | 47,362 mi |
| 60-90k | 8 | 87.5% | 73,630 mi |
| 90-120k | 22 | 95.5% | 99,950 mi |
| 120k+ | 11 | 90.9% | 130,555 mi |
Source: 53 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.
2020 Crown MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Toyota Crown?
92.5% of the 53 2020 Toyota Crown tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 92.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Toyota Crown?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.77%), headlamp aim too low (1.89%), headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced (1.89%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Toyota Crown MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 90.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Toyota Crown in this dataset had covered 94,107 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2020 Toyota Crown?
Petrol: 91.7% pass rate across 36 tests. Hybrid: 94.1% pass rate across 17 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.